ieee-paperlisted
Install: claude install-skill 7abushahla/ieee-paper-skills
# ieee-paper — an academic paper for a strong venue
Papers are written in **IEEE two-column LaTeX** and built with latexmk. This skill covers
authoring a new paper, writing or rewriting any single section, running the literature survey,
and auditing an existing draft.
**What must be present, and what to do when it is not.** Check before promising a step, and say so
plainly rather than working around a missing dependency:
| Capability | Needs | If absent |
|---|---|---|
| Build, render, check | `latexmk`, `pdflatex`, poppler-utils, `python3` | Hard requirement. Stop and say so. |
| Literature survey | the **Exa** MCP plugin (`mcp__plugin_exa_exa__web_search_exa`) | Ask the user for the references; do not invent them. |
| Real Scholar citation keys | **Claude in Chrome** + a human for the CAPTCHA | Repair fields from Crossref with `fetch_bib.py`, leave keys alone, and tell the user they are unverified. |
| Bibliography field repair | network access to Crossref | Report the entries as unverified. |
`IEEEtran.cls`/`.bst` ship in `tools/`; nothing needs installing for them.
## Read the conventions first
Two files, both binding, both in this bundle:
- **`reference/paper-conventions.md`** — the rule set. It marks each rule **BINDING** (wrong at any
venue, fix it) or **CALIBRATED** (an observed default with a range, a paper may depart from it
for a reason). Read the header before applying anything.
- **`reference/paper-exemplars.md`** — measured GOOD and BAD excerpts with