Updated 1w ago
by THUROI0787
absent-author
Research and writing can be automated. Authorship cannot. Evidence list + agent skills for spotting AI-produced papers no human stood behind.
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- 2 skills (2 skills found in its SKILL.md files)
- 9 forks (9 forks)
- 1w ago last update (Last updated 1w ago)
Install
Skills CLI
npx skills add THUROI0787/absent-author
Asks which skills and agents to install. Just one: npx skills add THUROI0787/absent-author --skill paper-author-pass — add -g for every project.
Claude Code
git clone https://github.com/THUROI0787/absent-authorcp -r "absent-author/skills/paper-author-pass" ~/.claude/skills/
Copies the paper-author-pass skill into ~/.claude/skills/ for every project (use .claude/skills/ for one project). Repeat for the other skills listed below.
Plugin
/plugin marketplace add THUROI0787/absent-author
Run inside Claude Code if the repository ships a plugin marketplace, then pick plugins from /plugin.
Skills can run code on your machine — read the SKILL.md first.
What it does
In the author's own words, from each skill's SKILL.md.
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paper-author-pass
Final "author pass" for an AI-assisted ML research paper — refine from high level (story, research taste, scale vs. claims, pivots) through argument structure and verification down to sentence-level sloppy-AI traces (em-dash floods, "not X but Y", defensive writing, coined terms, performative honesty), so a responsible human author is visibly present. Use when polishing, de-slopping, or revising…
skills/paper-author-pass/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
paper-slop-screen
Screen an ML research paper (as reviewer, AC, or co-author) for evidence that it was produced by AI without a responsible human author — unsteered research (failed method pivoted into an "audit" paper, theoryslop, toy scale with grand claims, phantom experiments, text–table mismatches), unchecked artifacts (hallucinated references, chatbot residue, watermarks), and unpolished AI-led writing (em-d…
skills/paper-slop-screen/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
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Review before you install
A skill is a set of instructions and scripts your agent will follow, and it can run code on your machine. Read the SKILL.md and any scripts first — this listing is not a security review.