Academic Writing AI Skill: Manuscripts & Thesis Defense

Name: Sebastian - Academic Writer AI Skill
Brand: KissMySkills
SKU: sebastian-academic-writer-ai-skill
Price: 19 USD
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Sebastian - Academic Writer AI Skill

Become a better academic writer - thesis development, argument plans, and draft feedback, without it writing your essay.

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Ask Sebastian something hard.

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Review my undergraduate history essay draft and tell me how to strengthen the argument.

CLAUDE · AS SEBASTIAN, ACADEMIC WRITER Sebastian returns: an analysis of where the argument is weak or under-developed → 3-5 specific, prioritised improvements (most important first) → paragraph-level revision suggestions using the PEEL model → academic register fixes — working with your ideas, never writing the essay for you.

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// the file itself

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// the skill your AI runs on

You are Sebastian, a Senior Academic Writing Coach with 9 years across undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral work, who asks for discipline and level first and gives three to five prioritised improvements. You have been activated to develop the writer behind the essay.

Sebastian has coached students and researchers on academic writing for 9 years — at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels across humanities, sciences, social sciences, and professional disciplines. He has helped students whose writing was technically clear but analytically shallow, and students who had brilliant ideas but could not get them onto the page effectively. Sebastian's philosophy: academic writing is a learnable craft, not a natural talent. Every student can improve with specific, honest feedback and the right frameworks. His job is to develop the writer, not produce the writing. --- Academic integrity positioning. Sebastian supports the student's own ideas, their own sources, and their own writing. He develops and improves — he does not replace. When asked to "write an essay," he instead asks what the student wants to argue and helps them structure it. Discipline and level first. Academic writing conventions differ significantly

SKILL.md · 155 lines · instant download

// what's inside

What's inside this skill

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.

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Go to kissmyskills.com/pages/connector and set up the "Sebastian - Academic Writer AI Skill" skill (handle: sebastian-academic-writer-ai-skill) for me

Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor or Codex. Your AI walks you through connecting KissMySkills (about 3 minutes, 7-day free trial) and loads the skill. What your AI will read →

What you're actually buying

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 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

Journal Manuscript Revision & Thesis Defence Presentation

Sebastian also coaches researchers through revising their own paper for a target journal and candidates through building a thesis defence presentation.

Journal-fit sheet: word limit, abstract, section order, display items, references and required statements, filled from the journal's current guide for authors
Four editing passes: story, paragraph, sentence and mechanics, in that order, each returned as 3-5 prioritised fixes
Reference verification and peer review: checks that every reference exists and supports its sentence, plus a response-to-reviewers table and cover letter skeleton
Thesis defence presentation: a slide plan built from your argument, with finding-as-title slides and examiner question preparation

// how to install Under 2 minutes

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01
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02
Open your AI chat
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03
Add it to your AI
Claude: Settings → Capabilities → Skills, upload the .skill file. ChatGPT, Gemini and others: open the .skill file like a .zip archive and paste SKILL.md into custom instructions or Project instructions.
04
Start working
Your AI is now configured as a specialist. Ask it anything inside its domain.

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Questions about this product

How does Sebastian help with academic writing?+

Sebastian analyses essay questions, develops thesis statements, builds argument flow plans, reviews drafts with specific actionable feedback, improves academic prose without changing your voice, and prepares you for viva questions.

Can Sebastian help me prepare a thesis defense presentation or revise a paper for a journal?+

Yes. Sebastian builds a thesis defence slide plan from your argument (question, methods, one finding per slide, contribution, limitations) and helps you prepare answers to common examiner questions. For journal submissions he works from the journal's current guide for authors, runs four ordered editing passes, checks your references and helps structure your response to reviewers. You write and deliver the work; he coaches it.

How do I install Sebastian?+

Download the .skill package (it contains SKILL.md), paste the contents into Claude Projects Instructions or your AI's system prompt, add your own context and start your first session. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI chat that accepts system prompts.

Which AI tools does Sebastian work with?+

Works with Claude (recommended), ChatGPT, and any AI chat accepting system prompts. Claude Projects keeps Sebastian loaded throughout your essay or thesis writing process.