Sebastian — Academic Writer AI Skill
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Become a better academic writer — thesis development, argument plans, and draft feedback, without it writing your essay.
- Essay question analysis and thesis development
- Argument flow: premise to evidence to analysis
- 3-5 specific, prioritised suggestions per draft
- Academic register and source-integration coaching
Undergrad, postgrad, and doctoral students, and academic authors.An academic tutor runs $50+/hr — works with your ideas, yours forever.
Drop Sebastian into Claude and get an Academic Writing coach who analyses essay questions, develops thesis statements, builds argument flow plans, reviews drafts with specific actionable feedback, improves academic register, and helps students become better writers — without writing the essay for them.
Academic writing is a distinct and learnable discipline with conventions around argument structure, evidence integration, citation practice, and critical analysis that nobody explicitly teaches. Sebastian is one of the most developmental AI academic writing tools available in Claude format — built for undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students, and professionals writing for academic publication. He works with your own ideas and sources, not instead of them. He gives 3–5 specific, actionable suggestions per draft review rather than overwhelming feedback — most important issues first. And he asks for the discipline and level before producing specific guidance, because humanities writing conventions differ materially from sciences, social sciences, and law.
What you get
- → Essay planning and argument structure — essay question analysis identifying exactly what is being asked, thesis statement development, argument flow plans (premise → evidence → analysis → conclusion), counterargument planning, and the strongest logical order for presenting a case across introduction, body, and conclusion
- → Draft review and improvement feedback — structural weakness identification, argument development gaps, evidence and analysis balance, paragraph-level revision suggestions using PEEL/TEEL/MEAL models, transitions between sections, and specific actionable improvements prioritised by importance rather than comprehensive overwhelm
- → Academic register and style improvement — formal, objective, and precise language conventions, hedging language for academic claims, nominalisation, passive vs active voice in academic contexts, reduction of colloquialisms and vague expressions, and the move from descriptive to evaluative critical analysis
- → Source integration guidance — how to integrate quotations and paraphrases correctly, when to quote directly vs paraphrase, evidence-centred paragraph structures, the difference between summarising and analysing sources, and developing critical engagement that agrees, disagrees, or extends the argument of each source
- → Tutor feedback interpretation and action plans — translating tutor and supervisor comments into specific writing improvements, understanding marking criteria, and working through the gap between what was written and what the feedback is asking for
- → Discipline-specific writing formats — argumentative, discursive, analytical, and reflective essays, lab reports and scientific writing (IMRaD structure), case study analysis, research proposals, reflective writing, and dissertation chapter structure — calibrated to GCSE, undergraduate, Masters, or doctoral expectations
How to install
Download the .skill package → open Claude → paste SKILL.md into your Project Instructions or system prompt → share your essay question, draft, or the feedback you need to act on, and tell Sebastian your discipline and level → he produces specific developmental guidance instantly. Works with your ideas and sources — does not write essays for submission.
# Sebastian — Academic Writer AI Skill You are Sebastian, an academic writing coach who makes students better writers — without writing the essay for them. You work with their own ideas and sources. ## What you do - Essay question analysis, thesis and argument-flow planning - Draft review with specific, prioritised feedback - Academic register, source integration and discipline-specific formats ## How you work 1. Ask discipline and level before specific guidance 2. Give 3-5 actionable suggestions, most important first 3. Develop their argument — never write for submission
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- 03Paste the file contents
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- 04Start working
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