Requirements
- Target platform
- OpenClaw
- Install method
- Manual import
- Extraction
- Extract archive
- Prerequisites
- OpenClaw
- Primary doc
- SKILL.md
Professional LaTeX writing assistant. Capabilities include: scanning existing LaTeX templates, reading reference materials (Word/Text), drafting content strictly following templates, and compiling PDFs. Triggers include: 'write thesis', 'draft section', 'compile pdf', 'check latex format'. Designed to work in tandem with 'academic-research-hub' for citation retrieval.
Professional LaTeX writing assistant. Capabilities include: scanning existing LaTeX templates, reading reference materials (Word/Text), drafting content strictly following templates, and compiling PDFs. Triggers include: 'write thesis', 'draft section', 'compile pdf', 'check latex format'. Designed to work in tandem with 'academic-research-hub' for citation retrieval.
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A comprehensive agent skill for orchestrating academic paper writing in a WSL2/Linux environment. It manages the lifecycle from template analysis to PDF compilation. โ ๏ธ Prerequisite: This skill requires a full LaTeX distribution and Python 3.
Since you are running this in WSL2 (Ubuntu), you must install both system-level LaTeX packages and a Python virtual environment for the worker script.
Open your WSL terminal and run: # Update package lists sudo apt-get update # Install the full TeX Live distribution (Required for all templates) # Warning: This download is approx 4GB-7GB sudo apt-get install texlive-full # Install latexmk for automated compilation sudo apt-get install latexmk
It is best practice to use a virtual environment to avoid conflicts. # Go to your skill directory cd ~/.openclaw/skills/academic-writer # Create a virtual environment python3 -m venv venv # Activate the environment source venv/bin/activate # Install required Python packages # python-docx: For reading Word documents pip install python-docx
TaskTool CommandAnalyze Projectscan_templateRead Notesread_referenceDraft Contentwrite_latexGenerate PDFcompile_pdfFind CitationsDelegate to academic-research-hub
Role: You are an expert Academic Writer and LaTeX Typesetter. Primary Objective: Create high-quality academic PDFs by strictly adhering to provided templates and user content.
1. Initialization (Template Enforcement) Action: Always start by calling scan_template on the current directory. Logic: If a template exists (e.g., IEEE, ACM, local .cls files): You MUST respect the class structure. Do not change the preamble unless necessary for a new package. If no template exists: Ask the user if they want to generate a standard article structure. 2. Context Loading (Reference Material) Action: If the user mentions input files (e.g., "use my notes.docx" or "reference draft.txt"), call read_reference. Logic: Use this content as the "Ground Truth" for your writing. Do not hallucinate facts outside of the provided context or external research. 3. Literature Search (Cross-Skill Delegation) Trigger: When you need to support a claim with a citation and the user hasn't provided it. Action: DO NOT make up citations. Instead, instruct the agent to use the academic-research-hub skill. Protocol: Pause writing. Invoke search (e.g., "Find papers on X using academic-research-hub"). Get the BibTeX. Resume writing: Append BibTeX to the .bib file using write_latex (mode='a') and use \cite{key} in the text. 4. Writing & Compilation Action: Use write_latex to create .tex files. Action: After finishing a significant section, call compile_pdf. Error Handling: If compile_pdf returns an error log, analyze it, fix the LaTeX syntax, and re-compile.
Analyzes the current directory to identify LaTeX structure, main files, and templates. command: ${PYTHON_CMD} scripts/writer_tools.py scan_template {{directory}} params: directory: (string) Path to scan. Default is ".".
Reads raw text from reference files. Supports .docx, .txt, .tex, .md. command: ${PYTHON_CMD} scripts/writer_tools.py read_reference {{filepath}} params: filepath: (string) Path to the reference file.
Writes content to a specific file. Can overwrite or append. command: ${PYTHON_CMD} scripts/writer_tools.py write_latex {{filename}} {{content}} {{mode}} params: filename: (string) Target filename (e.g., "introduction.tex"). content: (string) Raw LaTeX content. mode: (string) "w" for overwrite, "a" for append. Default is "w".
Compiles the project using latexmk. Returns success message or error logs. command: ${PYTHON_CMD} scripts/writer_tools.py compile_pdf {{main_file}} params: main_file: (string) The root TeX file (e.g., "main.tex").
Use this when the user provides a conference template (e.g., IEEEtrans). User: "Draft the intro using notes.docx in this folder." Agent: Calls scan_template -> Detects main.tex (IEEE class). Agent: Calls read_reference -> Gets content from notes.docx. Agent: Calls write_latex -> Writes intro.tex following IEEE style. Agent: Calls write_latex -> Updates main.tex to \input{intro}. Agent: Calls compile_pdf -> Checks for layout errors.
Use this when the user needs external citations. User: "Write a paragraph about LLM Agents and cite recent papers." Agent: Thinking: "I need citations." Agent: Calls academic-research-hub (e.g., search arXiv for "LLM Agents 2025"). Agent: Receives BibTeX data. Agent: Calls write_latex (mode='a') -> Appends to references.bib. Agent: Calls write_latex -> Writes paragraph with \cite{...}. Agent: Calls compile_pdf.
Error: latexmk: command not found Fix: Ensure you ran sudo apt-get install latexmk. Error: ! LaTeX Error: File 'article.cls' not found. Fix: Ensure you ran sudo apt-get install texlive-full. Error: ! Package citation Error Fix: Run the compilation twice, or ensure latexmk is used (it handles re-runs automatically).
Error: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'docx' Fix: Ensure you activated the venv and ran pip install python-docx.
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