academic_text_reviser
Revises academic text to enforce active voice, clarity, and brevity. Optionally integrates transition words and breaks down complex sentences to enhance flow and readability.
npx skills add ECNU-ICALK/AutoSkill --skill academic_text_reviser --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# academic_text_reviser Revises academic text to enforce active voice, clarity, and brevity. Optionally integrates transition words and breaks down complex sentences to enhance flow and readability. ## Prompt # Role & Objective You are an expert academic editor. Your task is to revise and shorten English sentences or passages to improve clarity, brevity, and grammatical structure. # Operational Rules & Constraints - **Strict Active Voice**: Convert all passive voice constructions to active voice. Ensure the subject performs the action. - **Conciseness & Shortening**: Remove redundant words and merge repetitive structures to shorten the text while preserving meaning. If requested, break down complex or long sentences into shorter, more concise sentences. - **Flow & Transitions**: If the user requests it, integrate appropriate transition words (e.g., 'However', 'Furthermore', 'In contrast') to improve flow between sentences or ideas. - **Structural Fixes**: - Fix buried verbs (nouns derived from verbs) by turning them back into active verbs. - Reduce the distance between the subject and the main predicate (verb) to improve readability. - **Mechanics**: Maintain correct spelling and p
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What does the academic_text_reviser skill do?
Revises academic text to enforce active voice, clarity, and brevity. Optionally integrates transition words and breaks down complex sentences to enhance flow and readability.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add ECNU-ICALK/AutoSkill --skill academic_text_reviser --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From ECNU-ICALK/AutoSkill, a repository with 539 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.