Agent skill

Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics

by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills

A skill your agent uses when targeting Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ARA&A) or deciding whether a review proposal fits this invited, comprehensive, very-high-impact venue.

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics --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/English-NaturalScience-Journal-Skills/skills/annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics .claude/skills/annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics && 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
annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~2.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
971 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when targeting Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ARA&A) or deciding whether a review proposal fits this invited, comprehensive, very-high-impact venue.

  • Targeting Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ARA&A)
  • SKILL.md covers Journal positioning, When to trigger, Scope & topic fit and Method & evidence bar, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Deciding whether a review proposal fits this invited

What it does

Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when targeting Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ARA&A) or deciding whether a review proposal fits this invited, comprehensive, very-high-impact venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Research & Science, covering Physical and earth sciences. 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

  • Targeting Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ARA&A)
  • Deciding whether a review proposal fits this invited
  • Very-high-impact venue

Example prompts

  • “/annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics”

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

Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics loads about 2.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 83 tokens; SKILL.md has 971 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~83
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.1k

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). 971 words, ~2,054 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics
description
Use when targeting Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ARA&A) or deciding whether a review proposal fits this invited, comprehensive, very-high-impact venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics)

Journal positioning

The Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ARA&A) is published by Annual Reviews, and it is among the highest-impact venues in the astronomical sciences. Its defining character is that it publishes only invited, comprehensive, critical reviews — never primary research. An ARA&A article is the field's authoritative synthesis of a subject: it surveys what is known, weighs the evidence, resolves or sharpens disagreements, and orients the community toward open questions. Authors are typically commissioned by the editorial committee, and a topic earns a review when it is mature enough to synthesize yet active enough to need orientation. Readership is the entire astronomy and astrophysics community, including graduate students who treat these articles as canonical entry points. This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool. It does not replace the journal's current official guidelines. Before proposing or submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the Annual Reviews site and confirm the invitation/commissioning process.

When to trigger

  • An author has been invited (or is proposing to the editorial committee) to write a comprehensive review for ARA&A and needs to scope and frame it.
  • A researcher mistakes ARA&A for a venue that accepts unsolicited primary research and needs the invited-review model clarified before investing effort.
  • A topic is mature enough to synthesize authoritatively yet active enough to need a critical orientation, and the author is choosing between ARA&A and Reviews of Modern Physics or a focused review series.
  • The author needs ARA&A's comprehensiveness, critical-synthesis, and house-style expectations before drafting.

Scope & topic fit

  • Comprehensive critical reviews across the full breadth of astronomy and astrophysics: cosmology, galaxy formation and evolution, the interstellar and intergalactic medium, star formation, stellar astrophysics, compact objects, exoplanets, and high-energy and multi-messenger astrophysics.
  • Syntheses that integrate observation, theory, and simulation into a coherent assessment of a subfield's state of knowledge.
  • Reviews of instrumentation, surveys, or methods only when they have reshaped a research area and warrant a community-wide synthesis.
  • Topics at a turning point — where a body of results has accumulated and the field needs an authoritative weighing of evidence and a map of open questions.
  • Cross-cutting themes that connect previously separate lines of work into a unified picture.
  • Historical-to-frontier arcs that situate current understanding within how it was reached, when that framing clarifies the science.

Method & evidence bar

  • The article must be comprehensive and critical, not a literature list: it must weigh competing evidence, identify what is robust versus contested, and state the author's reasoned assessment.
  • Coverage must be balanced and fair to the field, representing major schools of thought and crediting foundational and recent contributions across groups.
  • Claims must be grounded in the primary literature with accurate, current citations; the review's authority rests on correct attribution and faithful representation of results.
  • Quantitative summaries — compiled measurements, comparison tables, synthesized figures — should be used where they clarify the state of evidence, with sources and caveats stated.
  • The review must delineate open questions and near-term prospects, giving the community a forward-looking agenda rather than only a retrospective.
  • Originality lies in synthesis and judgment; the article must not present new primary results as if it were a research paper.
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Structure & house style

  • ARA&A articles are long, comprehensive, and structured around the logic of the subject; re-check current length, figure, and reference expectations on the live Annual Reviews site.
  • The writing is authoritative and pedagogical: accessible to non-specialist astronomers and students while remaining rigorous for experts.
  • Figures are often original syntheses — compiled, re-plotted, or schematic — designed to convey the state of the field; permissions for reproduced figures must be handled per Annual Reviews policy.
  • A clear narrative arc is expected: framing the subject, surveying the evidence, resolving tensions, and closing with open questions and outlook.
  • Reference lists are extensive and current; the article is expected to be a definitive entry point to the literature.
  • The abstract and introduction must orient a broad astronomical readership to why the subject matters now.

Official-submission checklist

  • Before giving submission-ready advice, read ../../resources/source-basis.md and ../../resources/official-source-map.md; start from the official source anchors for this journal family, then cite the current journal-specific page you checked.
  • Search the live site for "Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics information for authors" and follow the current Annual Reviews version.
  • Confirm the invited/commissioned status and any editorial-committee process; ARA&A does not operate as an open primary-research submission venue.
  • Re-check current length, figure, and reference expectations, and figure-permission and reproduction requirements.
  • Re-check competing-interests, funding, AI-use, and copyright/licensing policies specific to Annual Reviews.
  • If the live official instructions conflict with this skill, the official instructions win.

Pre-submission self-check

  • One sentence — the subject this review synthesizes and why the field needs an authoritative orientation now.
  • The article is a comprehensive critical synthesis, not new primary research, and not a bare literature survey.
  • Coverage is balanced across major groups and viewpoints, with accurate, current attribution.
  • Synthesized figures and tables clarify the state of evidence and respect reproduction permissions.
  • Open questions and near-term prospects are clearly delineated.
  • The invitation/commissioning status is confirmed and the scope agreed with the editors.

Common desk-reject triggers

  • A submission presenting primary research results rather than a comprehensive invited review.
  • A narrow or premature topic that is not yet mature enough to synthesize, or already covered by a recent ARA&A article.
  • A literature compilation that lists work without critical weighing, synthesis, or a forward-looking agenda.
  • An unbalanced review that privileges the author's own work or omits major competing lines of evidence.
  • A proposal that bypasses the editorial-committee/commissioning process where required.

Re-routing decision

  • Primary research on the same topic, full-length and high-rigor: the-astrophysical-journal.
  • A comprehensive, mathematically grounded review at the physics interface: reviews-of-modern-physics.
  • A shorter or more focused review of an active sub-area: a topical review in a dedicated astronomy or physics review series.
  • A timely, broadly significant primary result needing rapid dissemination: ApJ Letters or Nature Astronomy.

Output format

text
[Fit] High / Medium / Low (one-line reason)
[Target] Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
[Topic tags] <2–3 closest topics>
[Method/evidence] <is the topic mature yet active, and is the article a balanced critical synthesis with accurate attribution and a forward-looking agenda — not primary research?>
[Top risk] <the single most likely reason for rejection>
[Official items to re-check] <invited/commissioned status / length-figure-reference expectations / figure permissions / disclosure / licensing>
[Re-route suggestion] <if not a fit, a better-matched venue>

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Files

Just SKILL.md in English-NaturalScience-Journal-Skills/skills/annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics

What does Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics do?

A skill your agent uses when targeting Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ARA&A) or deciding whether a review proposal fits this invited, comprehensive, very-high-impact venue. Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when targeting Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ARA&A) or deciding whether a review proposal fits this invited, comprehensive, very-high-impact venue.

When should I use Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics?

Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics fits situations like: targeting Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ARA&A); deciding whether a review proposal fits this invited; very-high-impact venue.

How do I install Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (English-NaturalScience-Journal-Skills/skills/annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (English-NaturalScience-Journal-Skills/skills/annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics 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 annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics, .gemini/skills/annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics, .github/skills/annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics and .opencode/skills/annual-review-of-astronomy-and-astrophysics in your project.

What does Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics is instructions for the agent only.

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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 Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics 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 Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics use?

Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics 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 Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics use?

About 2.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.2k 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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