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Lector — CS Academic Writing Review Skill
A Claude Code plugin that reviews near-final CS academic writing for writing quality and presentation — not scientific content. Based on Justin Zobel's Writing for Computer Science.
What it does
When you invoke the lector skill, it runs 4 subagents in parallel, each covering a distinct dimension:
| Agent | Checks |
|---|---|
| Language | Economy & style, register & clarity, grammar & punctuation, American English, CS anti-patterns |
| Structure | Title, abstract, introduction, body, related work, conclusion, heading style (adapted to document type) |
| Elements | Figures, tables, algorithms, mathematical notation |
| References | Citation ↔ reference list integrity, completeness, consistency |
Findings are reported as one markdown table per agent, with globally numbered IDs so you can refer to a specific issue by number when addressing it later:
## Language & Style (2 findings)
| ID | Location | Category | Finding | Zobel |
|----|----------|----------|---------|-------|
| 1 | §2.1 | Economy | "in order to" → "to" | Ch. 3 |
| 2 | §3 | Register | "we feel the results are good" → "the results improve X by Y%" | Ch. 2 |
Scope
- In scope: CS papers, master's theses, PhD theses at near-final stage
- Language standard: American English
- Out of scope: Scientific content quality, methodology soundness, contribution novelty, LaTeX formatting issues, academic integrity, non-CS disciplines, early-draft restructuring
Installation
claude plugin marketplace add https://github.com/fatihcatalkaya/lector-skill
claude plugin install lector
Or from a local clone:
claude plugin install /path/to/lector-skill
Usage
/lector
Claude will ask for the document type (paper / master's thesis / PhD thesis) and the document (file path or pasted text), then produce a consolidated report.
Reference
Zobel, J. (2014). Writing for Computer Science (3rd ed.). Springer. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6639-9)
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