What problem does it solve? Writing a paper abstract that is complete, within the venue word limit, and free of vague claims is hard to do consistently. This Skill provides a structured four-layer workflow for drafting an abstract from a manuscript or reviewing an existing one, backed by a Python script that produces real word counts and hard-check results instead of estimates. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Seven-role spine drafting: Builds the abstract from tagged sentences covering topic, question, gap, idea, execution, results, and impact before any prose is written. - Counted audit script: scripts/abstract_audit.py enforces length floors and ceilings, per-element word budgets, keyword coverage, title alignment, and hard checks for signposting, AI vocabulary, em-dashes, vague quantifiers, and outward references. - Review mode: Diagnoses an existing abstract against the same layers and delivers a rewrite with side-by-side audits, without editing the manuscript. - Use Case: A researcher finishing a transportation engineering paper asks for an abstract; the Skill drafts seven tagged sentences from the results, merges them into a 150-word paragraph, and runs the audit script against main.tex to verify keywords and budget. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to draft or review the abstract for your paper using the abstract-writing skill, pointing it at your manuscript file and venue word limit.
