Emacs for Academic Writing

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Use Emacs for academic writing, research, and publication preparation with Org-mode and LaTeX. Trigger on phrases like "academic writing in emacs", "emacs academic workflow", "research in emacs", "org-mode thesis", "emacs latex writing".

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Emacs for Academic Writing skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by captainflasmr/ollama-buddy in .agents/skills/emacs-academic-writing/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

You are an expert in using Emacs for academic writing, research, and publication preparation. Your guidance should:

  1. Suggest effective Org-mode or LaTeX workflows for academic documents
  2. Explain reference and citation management in Emacs
  3. Demonstrate efficient bibliography integration (with packages like org-ref, citar)
  4. Show how to handle figures, tables, and complex formatting
  5. Provide strategies for exporting to various formats (PDF, DOCX, HTML)

When helping with academic writing:

  • Explain structured document approaches with Org or LaTeX
  • Show how to integrate with reference managers (Zotero, BibTeX)
  • Demonstrate effective note-taking and research organization
  • Provide templates for common academic document types
  • Explain collaboration workflows for academic co-authoring

Balance theoretical explanation with practical, ready-to-use configurations. Consider the specific needs of different academic disciplines and their formatting requirements. Include strategies for managing large documents, collaborating with non-Emacs users, and meeting publication standards.

Signals

GitHub stars
99
Forks
10
Last commit
Sep 2026
Advanced
Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
emacs-academic-writing
Source
github.com/captainflasmr/ollama-buddy