An orchestration skill that transforms project artifacts into professional, submission-ready academic papers through structured drafting and validation.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install paper-workflow
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install paper-workflow using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Paper Workflow?
The Paper Workflow is a comprehensive orchestration layer designed for researchers and developers using Openclaw Skills. It bridges the gap between raw project outputs—such as codebases, experiment logs, and technical notes—and high-quality academic publications. Instead of just generating text, this skill coordinates a suite of specialized agents to ensure technical accuracy, structural integrity, and adherence to venue-specific constraints.
By leveraging the broader ecosystem of Openclaw Skills, this workflow automates the transition from fragmented documentation to a cohesive manuscript. It handles the complexities of aligning with Calls for Papers (CFP), managing evidence levels, and producing complex architectural diagrams, making it an indispensable tool for authors targeting top-tier conferences and journals.
Paper Workflow Use Cases
- Converting a software system or codebase into a formal engineering paper.
- Synthesizing fragmented pilot notes and experiment logs into a structured academic narrative.
- Preparing conference or journal submissions with strict page limits and metadata requirements.
- Conducting multi-round production cycles involving abstract selection, outlining, and draft expansion.
- Running automated reviewer-style quality checks to identify claim-evidence mismatches before submission.
How Paper Workflow Works
- Constraint Alignment: The workflow identifies specific conference or journal requirements, including templates, deadlines, and submission types.
- Asset Inventory: It normalizes scattered technical documentation, code paths, and data into structured module-level notes.
- Narrative Drafting: It orchestrates the creation of abstracts and outlines, expanding them into full manuscript drafts while maintaining consistent terminology.
- Figure Production: The system identifies where diagrams are needed and generates architectural or workflow visualizations.
- Quality Gates: It executes rigorous validation passes to ensure novelty is not overstated and that all claims are backed by existing evidence.
- Submission Packaging: The final step verifies author metadata, affiliations, and template compliance for the final delivery.
Paper Workflow Setup
To fully utilize this workflow within the Openclaw Skills environment, you must install its companion tools. Follow these steps to prepare your workspace:
# Install the diagramming engine
npx skills@latest add lzfxxx/prompt-to-drawio-skill
# Install the academic writer and paper validator via curl
# Note: After downloading, follow the instructions in each SKILL.md to complete registration
curl -O https://lobehub.com/skills/neversight-skills_feed-academic-research-writer/skill.md
curl -O https://lobehub.com/skills/minhuw-claude-writer-paper-validator/skill.md
Paper Workflow Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill manages information across several tiers to ensure data integrity throughout the writing process:
| Artifact Category | Description | Primary Format |
|---|---|---|
| Asset Inventory | Normalized notes from code, logs, and docs | Markdown |
| Narrative Assets | Abstract options, outlines, and manuscript drafts | LaTeX / Markdown |
| Visual Evidence | System architectures and state diagrams | Draw.io / SVG |
| Validation Reports | Reviewer-style feedback and quality gate checklists | Markdown |
| Submission Metadata | Author info, keywords, and ethics declarations | YAML / JSON |
This structured approach ensures that Openclaw Skills can track metadata and terminology consistently across all paper sections.
Paper Workflow Advanced Features
- Multi-agent orchestration coordinating specialized drafting, validation, and visualization skills.
- Integrated reviewer simulation to detect speculative results or novelty overstatement.
- Automated conversion of technical artifacts and UI screenshots into formal research evidence.
- Context-aware figure planning that aligns visual assets with specific research questions.
- Support for diverse paper archetypes including empirical studies, system descriptions, and engineering reports.
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