Coauthor engine

Skill TobiasBlask/open-paper-machine/skills/coauthor-engine

An autonomous LLM research agent that executes the full academic paper pipeline — from literature search to compiled PDF

Install

npx -y skills add TobiasBlask/open-paper-machine --skill coauthor-engine

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Activate when the user needs to manage multi-author collaboration on a paper. Tracks author contributions using the CRediT taxonomy, manages responsibility assignments, documents the human-AI division of labor, and produces an author contribution statement ready for submission.

SKILL.md

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Orchestration Log: When this skill is activated, append a log entry to outputs/orchestration_log.md:

### Skill Activation: Co-Author Engine
**Timestamp:** [current date/time]
**Actor:** AI Agent (coauthor-engine)
**Input:** [N] authors, task: [contribution tracking / responsibility assignment / CRediT statement]
**Output:** author_contributions.md saved

Co-Author Engine

Core Principle

Modern academic publishing increasingly requires transparent documentation of who did what. The CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) system standardizes this. For AI-assisted papers, documenting the human-AI division of labor is not optional — it's becoming a requirement at major venues.

When to Activate

User says "author contributions", "CRediT statement", "who did what"
User says "add co-author", "assign responsibilities", "contribution tracking"
Before submission (submission-engine may trigger this)
When documenting AI involvement in the research process

Step 1: DEFINE Author Roster

Author Information Template

## Authors

| # | Name | Affiliation | Role | ORCID | Corresponding |
|---|------|-------------|------|-------|--------------|
| 1 | [Name] | [University/Org] | [Senior/Junior/PI] | [ORCID] | [Yes/No] |
| 2 | [Name] | [University/Org] | [Senior/Junior] | [ORCID] | [No] |
| 3 | AI Agent (Claude) | Anthropic | AI Assistant | N/A | No |

Author Order Conventions

IS/Business conventions: First author did most work, last author is senior/PI
CS conventions: First author did most work, alphabetical otherwise or by contribution
Note: If AI is listed, typically in acknowledgments, not as author (venue-dependent)

Step 2: ASSIGN CRediT Roles

CRediT Taxonomy (14 Roles)

For each author (including AI), indicate contribution level:

#	CRediT Role	Definition	Author 1	Author 2	AI Agent
1	Conceptualization	Ideas, formulation of research goals	Lead	Supporting	—
2	Data curation	Managing, annotating, maintaining data	Lead	—	Supporting
3	Formal analysis	Statistical, mathematical, computational analysis	Supporting	—	Lead
4	Funding acquisition	Obtaining financial support	—	Lead	—
5	Investigation	Conducting the research, data collection	Lead	Supporting	Supporting
6	Methodology	Development or design of methodology	Lead	Supporting	Supporting
7	Project administration	Managing and coordinating the project	Lead	—	—
8	Resources	Provision of study materials, tools, computing	—	Lead	—
9	Software	Programming, implementation, code	—	—	Lead
10	Supervision	Oversight and leadership responsibility	—	Lead	—
11	Validation	Verification and replication of results	Lead	Supporting	Supporting
12	Visualization	Creating figures, diagrams, plots	Supporting	—	Lead
13	Writing — original draft	Creating the initial manuscript	Supporting	—	Lead
14	Writing — review & editing	Critical review, commentary, revision	Lead	Lead	Supporting

Levels: Lead / Supporting / — (not involved)

AI-Specific Contribution Documentation

For the AI agent, document specifically:

## AI Contribution Statement

This paper was produced with the assistance of an AI writing system (Claude,
via the Open Academic Paper Machine). The AI system contributed to:

- **Literature search and synthesis:** Automated multi-database search, deduplication,
  and initial thematic clustering of [N] papers
- **First draft generation:** Initial drafts of all sections following academic
  writing templates, subsequently revised by human authors
- **Figure generation:** [N] figures generated via AI (PaperBanana)
- **Citation verification:** Automated verification of [N] citations against source abstracts
- **LaTeX compilation:** Automated conversion and PDF generation

**Human oversight and quality control:**
- All research questions, theoretical framing, and methodological decisions were
  made by human authors
- All AI-generated text was reviewed, revised, and approved by human authors
- Empirical data collection and analysis were conducted by human authors
- Final manuscript was reviewed and approved by all human co-authors

**AI disclosure:** [Statement per venue requirements, e.g., "In accordance with
[Venue]'s AI policy, we disclose that AI tools were used in the preparation of
this manuscript as described above. All authors take full responsibility for the
content."]

Step 3: TRACK Responsibilities

Task Assignment Matrix

For ongoing collaboration, track who is responsible for what:

## Task Assignment

| Task | Responsible | Deadline | Status |
|------|------------|----------|--------|
| Finalize RQs | Author 1 | [date] | Done |
| Data collection | Author 1 | [date] | In progress |
| Method section review | Author 2 | [date] | Pending |
| Figure 3 redesign | AI Agent | [date] | Done |
| Discussion revision | Author 1 + Author 2 | [date] | Pending |
| Final proofread | Author 2 | [date] | Pending |
| Cover letter | Author 1 | [date] | Pending |
| Submission | Author 1 (corresponding) | [date] | Pending |

Step 4: GENERATE Output

Author Contribution Statement (for manuscript)

Generate venue-appropriate contribution statement:

CRediT format (most journals):

Author Contributions: [Author 1]: Conceptualization (lead), Investigation (lead),
Methodology (lead), Project administration (lead), Validation (lead), Writing —
review & editing (lead). [Author 2]: Conceptualization (supporting), Funding
acquisition (lead), Resources (lead), Supervision (lead), Writing — review &
editing (lead).

Prose format (some journals):

[Author 1] conceived the study, conducted the literature review, designed the
methodology, and wrote the initial manuscript. [Author 2] supervised the project,
provided critical feedback on theoretical framing, and co-edited the final
manuscript. Both authors approved the final version.

Save

File	Content
`author_contributions.md`	Full CRediT matrix + AI statement + task tracker
Add to `paper.tex`	CRediT statement in Author Contributions section
Add to `submission/`	AI disclosure statement for venue requirements

Integration

Scenario	Integration
Submission-engine	Provides author contribution statement for submission
Orchestration log	Complements the AI audit trail
Review-engine	Tracks who addresses which reviewer comment