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PaperSpine is a local-first academic writing system that orchestrates research, citation sourcing, drafting, review and delivery of papers, enforcing that every claim is backed by confirmed contributions and evidence before a manuscript can be called submittable.
PaperSpine is a local-first academic writing system that orchestrates research, citation sourcing, drafting, review and delivery of papers, enforcing that every claim is backed by confirmed contributions and evidence before a manuscript can be called submittable.Is this a standalone app or something I install into my AI coding agent?It is not a standalone app; it is an orchestration 'skill' that gets installed into an existing AI coding agent host. A single paper-spine skill routes all 12 writing stages internally rather than shipping as 12 separate tools.
It is not a standalone app; it is an orchestration 'skill' that gets installed into an existing AI coding agent host. A single paper-spine skill routes all 12 writing stages internally rather than shipping as 12 separate tools.Which coding agents does it need?You need one of four supported hosts already set up: Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, or Hermes CLI. The skill installs into each host's own skills folder and is invoked from inside that host, so no separate API key is required by PaperSpine itself.
You need one of four supported hosts already set up: Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, or Hermes CLI. The skill installs into each host's own skills folder and is invoked from inside that host, so no separate API key is required by PaperSpine itself.Does it just start writing once I give it materials?No — writing is hard-blocked behind a Contribution-First gate: no substantive drafting can start until confirmedcontribution.md exists, and the Motivation Confirmation stage stops and waits for explicit user approval instead of auto-selecting a motivation.
No — writing is hard-blocked behind a Contribution-First gate: no substantive drafting can start until confirmedcontribution.md exists, and the Motivation Confirmation stage stops and waits for explicit user approval instead of auto-selecting a motivation.Who is this built for?Researchers and students writing journal papers, conference papers, course or technical reports, literature reviews, or competition papers where matching the target format and venue matters.
Researchers and students writing journal papers, conference papers, course or technical reports, literature reviews, or competition papers where matching the target format and venue matters.What final outputs does a full run produce?Beyond the paper itself, PaperSpine generates LaTeX source, a compiled PDF, a Word document, a writingrationalematrix.md explaining every section's reasoning, and a citationsupportbank.md binding each cited claim to evidence.
Beyond the paper itself, PaperSpine generates LaTeX source, a compiled PDF, a Word document, a writingrationalematrix.md explaining every section's reasoning, and a citationsupportbank.md binding each cited claim to evidence.Does it write in English and Chinese?Yes, output language is English or Chinese; if you choose English, you can request translationpackage=zh to also generate a Chinese translation package and a final Chinese Word document.
Yes, output language is English or Chinese; if you choose English, you can request translationpackage=zh to also generate a Chinese translation package and a final Chinese Word document.How do I upgrade from an older version?Upgrading from 3.x requires a manual reinstall with --clean-legacy since the old 12-skill layout is incompatible with V4's single orchestrator; from 4.0 onward the built-in updater (via /paperspine update) checks and applies new versions automatically.
Upgrading from 3.x requires a manual reinstall with --clean-legacy since the old 12-skill layout is incompatible with V4's single orchestrator; from 4.0 onward the built-in updater (via /paperspine update) checks and applies new versions automatically.What are similar projects?codex-claude-academic-skills, modex-mh-agent, FigGenie-paper-diagram-skill, cumcm-step-review, awesome-ai-research-writing, cumcm-paper-hand-skill, linkedin-skills, lieflat-gongwen
codex-claude-academic-skills, modex-mh-agent, FigGenie-paper-diagram-skill, cumcm-step-review, awesome-ai-research-writing, cumcm-paper-hand-skill, linkedin-skills, lieflat-gongwenWhich topics is it in?research-tools, academic-writing, latex, writing, hermes-agent, academic, agent-skill, openclaw, document-processing, claude-skills, workflow-automation, pdf
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