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name: scientific-writer description: AI-powered scientific writing tool. Generate publication-ready papers, grant proposals, posters, and more with real-time research and verified citations. metadata: { "openclaw": { "emoji": "🔬", "requires": { "bins": ["python3", "pip"], "env": ["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"] } } }

Scientific Writer

AI-powered scientific writing tool that combines deep research with well-formatted outputs.

Installation

pip install scientific-writer

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10-3.12
• ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (required)
• OPENROUTER_API_KEY (optional for research lookup)

Set API keys:

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY='your_key'
# or create .env file
echo "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_key" > .env

Usage

As Python API

import asyncio
from scientific_writer import generate_paper

async def main():
    async for update in generate_paper(
        query="Create a Nature paper on CRISPR gene editing...",
        data_files=["editing_efficiency.csv", "western_blot.png"]
    ):
        if update["type"] == "progress":
            print(f"[{update['stage']}] {update['message']}")
        else:
            print(f"✓ PDF: {update['files']['pdf_final']}")

asyncio.run(main())

Via OpenClaw exec

# Run scientific writer
python3 -c "
import asyncio
from scientific_writer import generate_paper

async def main():
    async for update in generate_paper(
        query='Create a paper on your topic...',
        data_files=[]
    ):
        print(update)

asyncio.run(main())
"

Available Skills (when used as plugin)

• scientific-schematics - AI diagram generation (CONSORT, neural networks, pathways)
• research-lookup - Real-time literature search
• peer-review - Systematic manuscript evaluation
• citation-management - BibTeX and reference handling
• clinical-reports - Medical documentation
• research-grants - NSF, NIH, DOE proposal support
• scientific-slides - Research presentations
• latex-posters - Conference poster generation
• hypothesis-generation - Scientific hypothesis development

Output

• Scientific papers (Nature, Science, NeurIPS format)
• Grant proposals (NSF, NIH, DOE)
• Conference posters (LaTeX beamerposter)
• Literature reviews
• Clinical reports

Notes

• Requires ANTHROPIC_API_KEY for Claude to work
• Place data files in data/ folder (images → figures/, data → data/)
• Outputs saved to writing_outputs/