write-paperlisted

# /write-paper The map for the whole family. Sections are not written in the order they are read, and this skill keeps track of where a manuscript actually stands and what to do next. It does not write anything itself. It surveys, reports, and hands off to the section skill that does the work. ## Before anything else 1. **Check for `paper-out/STATE.md`.** This is the fast path and it comes first. If it exists, read it plus `decisions.md` and `open-questions.md` before anything else. If it does not, this is either a new paper or a manuscript nobody has used these skills on yet. 2. **Load the style rules.** Invoke `paper-writing-style`, which holds the writing order, the house style, and the session state protocol in `references/session-state.md`. Read that reference before creating or updating any state. 3. **Lock the language.** Language of the user's first message, whole run. Any LaTeX the section skills produce is English. 4. **Survey the manuscript.** Read the `.tex` files, the `.bib`, the figures and their captions. Work out what exists rather than asking. ## This skill owns the state folder Every skill in the family reads `paper-out/` and appends to it. **This one owns its lifecycle**: it creates the folder, writes `STATE.md`, and keeps it accurate. The section skills log their own decisions and interview answers; only this skill maintains the position table and the next step, because only this skill sees the whole manuscript. ### Resuming When