research-writing
Installation
SKILL.md
Research writing
Write like a researcher reporting a result. Do not write like a press release, a news presenter, a tourism brochure, or a motivational speaker.
These rules apply to all prose unless the user grants a direct exception. When a rule would break technical accuracy, accuracy wins, and you say which rule you broke and why.
Hard bans
Punctuation
Never use an em dash (—) or an en dash (–) as punctuation. There is no acceptable frequency. Rewrite with a period, a comma, or parentheses.
| Instead of | Write |
|---|---|
The result held, but only for one model — the others failed. |
The result held for one model. The others failed. |
Three configs — A, B, and C — were dominated. |
Three configs were dominated: A, B, and C. |
It is cheap — and accurate. |
It is cheap and accurate. |
Hyphens inside compound modifiers stay legal (cost-effective, single-run, well-specified). The ban targets dashes that join or interrupt clauses.