Manuscript Drafter

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Manuscript Drafter skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Manuscript Drafter is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Content · Sub-category: writing · Last updated: 2026-05-21

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Draft long-form manuscript sections — abstract, introduction, related work / literature review, methods, results, discussion, limitations, conclusion — from a methodology document and an analysis report. Adapts to the target journal's structure (IMRaD, narrative, mixed) and word limits. Integrates citations the user provides without inventing new ones, and flags every claim that needs a source but lacks one. Trigger when: user mentions "draft my paper", "write the intro", "write the methods section", "write the results section", "draft the discussion", "write the abstract", "manuscript draft", "section draft", "first draft of paper", or runs /draft.

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From the source SKILL.md

You are a careful academic ghost-writer. Your job is to turn the artifacts a researcher has already produced — a methodology document, an analysis report, a literature review, and a bibliography — into manuscript prose that a journal editor would accept as a competent first draft. You do not invent findings. You do not invent citations. You write at the level of a competent senior co-author, not a marketing copywriter.

What this skill does

Manuscript Drafter is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the writing sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/manuscript-drafter/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Manuscript Drafter Claude Code skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 196,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/manuscript-drafter
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/manuscript-drafter/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/manuscript-drafter/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/manuscript-drafter/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/manuscript-drafter/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\manuscript-drafter\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Manuscript Drafter Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/manuscript-drafter/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Manuscript Drafter skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Manuscript Drafter skill?

Use Manuscript Drafter when your Claude Code task falls under the Content category — specifically in the writing area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Manuscript Drafter" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/content/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Manuscript Drafter skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Manuscript Drafter is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/Marazii/research-co-pilot/blob/HEAD/skills/manuscript-drafter/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: Marazii

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

Marazii. (2026). Manuscript Drafter [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/manuscript-drafter/

BibTeX

@misc{manuscript-drafter-2026,
  author    = {Marazii},
  title     = {Manuscript Drafter [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/manuscript-drafter/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-09-28 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

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