A skill your agent uses when judging whether a management/organization literature is an Academy of Management Annals (Annals)-scale review topic — mature, important, fragmented, and integrable into…

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Install Amann Topic Selection

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill amann-topic-selection -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills amann-topic-selection --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Academy-of-Management-Annals-Skills/skills/amann-topic-selection .claude/skills/amann-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
amann-topic-selection
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
714 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when judging whether a management/organization literature is an Academy of Management Annals (Annals)-scale review topic — mature, important, fragmented, and integrable into…

  • Works in 5 steps: Maturity. There is a body of research —… → Importance / breadth of interest. The… → Fragmentation / need for integration.… → …
  • Judging whether a management/organization literature is an Academy of Management Annals (Annals)-scale review topic — mature
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, The five Annals-fit tests, Decision table and Framing the animating problem, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Amann Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when judging whether a management/organization literature is an Academy of Management Annals (Annals)-scale review topic — mature, important, fragmented, and integrable into a new framework — rather than a narrow review. Decides fit and frames the review's animating problem; it does not gather the literature (amann-literature-synthesis) or write the proposal (amann-proposal-framing).

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Journal-specific Claude Code/Codex skill packs covering mainstream journals — AER, QJE, Nature, Cell, 管理世界, 经济研究 & 200+ more — your fast track to getting published. | 覆盖主流期刊的… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Judging whether a management/organization literature is an Academy of Management Annals (Annals)-scale review topic — mature
  • Integrable into a new framework — rather than a narrow review

Example prompts

  • “/amann-topic-selection”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Maturity. There is a body of research — multiple research streams, accumulated findings, recognizable debates — not a handful of recent…
  2. Importance / breadth of interest. The questions matter to management and organization scholars broadly, and to allied audiences…
  3. Fragmentation / need for integration. The literature is scattered, siloed, contradictory, or conceptually muddled — rival constructs…
  4. Integrability. You can see a plausible new organizing logic that would make the fragments cohere — a framework, a typology, a process…
  5. Tractable scope. One author/team can read and weigh the whole relevant literature in a single ~50-page review (检索于 2026-06;以官网为准). Annals…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 932eb23. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Amann Topic Selection loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 103 tokens; SKILL.md has 714 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~103
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.5k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 714 words, ~1,515 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/amann-topic-selection/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
amann-topic-selection
description
Use when judging whether a management/organization literature is an Academy of Management Annals (Annals)-scale review topic — mature, important, fragmented, and integrable into a new framework — rather than a narrow review. Decides fit and frames the review's animating problem; it does not gather the literature (amann-literature-synthesis) or write the proposal (amann-proposal-framing).

Topic Selection for an Annals Review (amann-topic-selection)

When to trigger

  • You have a candidate literature and need to know whether it is "Annals-shaped"
  • A topic feels either too narrow (a single-construct review) or too sprawling (a whole discipline)
  • You are deciding between Annals and a sibling outlet — AMR, AMJ, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, or an Annual Review
  • The domain is young/fast-moving and you suspect it is not yet mature enough to review for Annals

The five Annals-fit tests

A literature belongs in Annals when it passes all five. Fail one and route accordingly.

  1. Maturity. There is a body of research — multiple research streams, accumulated findings, recognizable debates — not a handful of recent studies. A domain still being born produces a premature review that dates within a year. (Fails → too young; wait, or place a focused piece elsewhere.)
  2. Importance / breadth of interest. The questions matter to management and organization scholars broadly, and to allied audiences (organizational psychology, sociology of organizations), not only to a dozen specialists. Annals reaches across the field. (Fails → too niche; a field journal's review section fits better.)
  3. Fragmentation / need for integration. The literature is scattered, siloed, contradictory, or conceptually muddled — rival constructs, parallel streams that never speak to each other, conflicting evidence. The review's value is the integration, not the inventory. (Fails → already well-synthesized; nothing to add.)
  4. Integrability. You can see a plausible new organizing logic that would make the fragments cohere — a framework, a typology, a process model, a reconciliation. If you cannot imagine the spine, you have a topic, not an Annals review. (Fails → keep reading, or it is not yet an Annals piece.)
  5. Tractable scope. One author/team can read and weigh the whole relevant literature in a single ~50-page review (检索于 2026-06;以官网为准). Annals reviews are long but bounded. (Fails → carve a coherent sub-domain.)

Decision table

SituationVerdictAction
Mature, broadly important, fragmented, integrable, tractableAnnals-shaped→ amann-proposal-framing
Important but immatureNot yetrevisit in 2–3 years; place a focused piece elsewhere
Mature but narrow / specialistWrong venuefield-journal review section, or Journal of Management
Mature, important, but enormous (whole discipline)Rescopepick a coherent axis; → amann-organizing-framework to test the cut
You have new theory, not a reviewWrong venueAcademy of Management Review (AMR)
You have new data / hypothesis testsWrong venueAcademy of Management Journal (AMJ)
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Framing the animating problem

An Annals review is organized by a problem with the field, not a topic label. Before proposing, write one sentence of each:

  • The state-of-knowledge problem: "This literature has accumulated a lot, but it is fragmented/contradictory/conceptually confused in this specific way."
  • The integrative payoff: the new way of seeing the field your review will deliver (the seed of the framework).
  • The agenda: what becomes researchable after the review that was not before — Annals expects a forward-looking agenda, not a closing summary.
  • The "attitude": where you will take a critical, potentially provocative position grounded in the evidence (the Annals house signature), not neutral description.

Checklist

  • The literature passes all five fit tests (maturity, importance, fragmentation, integrability, tractable scope)
  • The animating problem with the field is written in one sentence (not a topic label)
  • You can sketch a plausible new organizing logic — the integrability test is met
  • The "why now" is concrete (a wave of new work, a method shift, a fractured debate), not "no review exists"
  • The intended audience is broad (management + allied fields), and the agenda payoff is stated
  • You can name the 3–6 research streams the review must cover (a coverage skeleton)
  • Checked it is not an AMR (new theory) or AMJ (new data) piece, nor a narrow field-review
  • You are not the dominant contributor to this literature — the review will not be a self-retrospective

Anti-patterns

  • "No comprehensive review of X exists" as the sole justification — absence is not importance or integrability
  • Reviewing your own research program under a neutral-sounding title (self-promotion; review referees punish this)
  • Picking a domain so new the review freezes a moving target
  • A scope so broad it becomes an inventory; a scope so narrow it is a field-journal review
  • Mistaking a topic (a label) for an animating problem (what is wrong with how the field is organized)
  • Proposing a descriptive map with no "attitude" — Annals wants critique and an agenda, not a tour

Output format

text
【Literature】<the body of research>
【Five tests】maturity / importance / fragmentation / integrability / tractable-scope — pass or fail each
【Animating problem】"This field is fragmented/contradictory in ___ way"
【Integrative payoff】<the new way of seeing the field — seed of the framework>
【Why now】<new work / method shift / fractured debate>
【Agenda】<what becomes researchable after the review>
【Coverage skeleton】<3–6 research streams the review must cover>
【Verdict】Annals-shaped / rescope / wrong-venue (→ AMR / AMJ / field-review)
【Next skill】→ amann-proposal-framing (write the ≤5-page proposal)

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Files

Just SKILL.md in Academy-of-Management-Annals-Skills/skills/amann-topic-selection of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Amann Topic Selection

What does Amann Topic Selection do?

A skill your agent uses when judging whether a management/organization literature is an Academy of Management Annals (Annals)-scale review topic — mature, important, fragmented, and integrable into…. Amann Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when judging whether a management/organization literature is an Academy of Management Annals (Annals)-scale review topic — mature, important, fragmented, and integrable into a new framework — rather than a narrow review.

When should I use Amann Topic Selection?

Amann Topic Selection fits situations like: judging whether a management/organization literature is an Academy of Management Annals (Annals)-scale review topic — mature; integrable into a new framework — rather than a narrow review.

How do I install Amann Topic Selection in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill amann-topic-selection -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Academy-of-Management-Annals-Skills/skills/amann-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/amann-topic-selection in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Amann Topic Selection in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill amann-topic-selection -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Academy-of-Management-Annals-Skills/skills/amann-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/amann-topic-selection in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Amann Topic Selection in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill amann-topic-selection -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/amann-topic-selection, .gemini/skills/amann-topic-selection, .github/skills/amann-topic-selection and .opencode/skills/amann-topic-selection in your project.

What does Amann Topic Selection need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Amann Topic Selection is instructions for the agent only.

Does Amann Topic Selection access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Amann Topic Selection safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Amann Topic Selection use?

Amann Topic Selection is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Amann Topic Selection use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Amann Topic Selection?

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