Paper Planning

A structured approach to planning academic papers before writing begins. Covers four key activities: Story design, Experiment planning, Figure design, and Timeline management.

When to Use This Skill

If you don't yet have an idea, use the research-ideation skill first to find a problem and design a solution.

• User wants to plan a paper before writing
• User asks about structuring a paper's story or contributions
• User needs to plan experiments (comparisons, ablations)
• User wants to design pipeline figures or teaser figures
• User asks about writing timelines or submission schedules

Planning Overview

Paper planning follows four steps, ideally completed before writing begins: