Clo Author New Paper

clo-author-new-paper

A [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code) skill that scaffolds a new empirical research project from the [clo-author](https://github.com/hugosantanna/clo-author) template in one command.

It clones the latest scaffold, strips the upstream meta files you don't need (README, CHANGELOG, docs site, personal state), and drops you into a clean paper folder with `.claude/`, `CLAUDE.md`, the LaTeX skeleton, and empty `quality_reports/` directories ready for the workflow to write into.

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Install

Clone this repo as a skill directory inside your Claude Code skills folder:

git clone https://github.com/hugosantanna/clo-author-new-paper.git \
  ~/.claude/skills/new-paper

Claude Code discovers skills in `~/.claude/skills/` on next launch. The skill will appear as `new-paper` (the folder name, not the repo name).

Requirements

• bash, rsync, git (all standard on macOS/Linux)
• Network access for the default GitHub clone mode, or a local checkout of clo-author for --local mode.

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Usage

From Claude Code (preferred)

Just say what you want in natural language. Examples that trigger the skill:

• "Start a new paper on minimum wage at ~/icloud/repos/min-wage-paper"
• "Scaffold a clo-author project in ~/work/new-project"
• "Install clo-author into this folder"

Claude will run the installer, then offer to fill in the `CLAUDE.md` placeholders (project name, institution, field) from context.

From the shell directly

~/.claude/skills/new-paper/scripts/install.sh  [flags]

**Flags**

Flag	What it does
--git	Initialize target as a new git repo with an initial commit.
--local	Skip GitHub; copy from $CLO_AUTHOR_LOCAL (default ~/icloud/repos/clo-author).