Paper Writer

Overview

This skill writes the empirical sections of an academic finance/economics paper in LaTeX format. The user provides a PDF containing all tables and figures. The skill reads each table/figure sequentially, asks the user for the desired word count, then writes that section following established academic writing conventions.

Scope: Introduction, Literature Review, Hypothesis Development (verbal or theoretical model), research design sections (Data and Sample, Variable Construction, Empirical Model), empirical results, and conclusion. Does NOT write: Institutional Background.

Workflow

Phase 1: Initialization

1. Receive PDF path from user (via $ARGUMENTS or ask).
2. Read the PDF to identify all tables and figures. Use the Read tool with the PDF file path. For large PDFs, read in page ranges (e.g., pages: "1-20").
3. Build a section plan: Map each table/figure to its empirical section. Present the plan to the user for confirmation:

I have identified the following tables/figures and mapped them to sections: