Agent skill

Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning

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

A skill your agent uses when getting a review topic in front of the Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) Editorial Committee or shaping an accepted invitation — the invited/commissioning intake route…

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Install Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning --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/Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning .claude/skills/arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning && 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
arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
705 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when getting a review topic in front of the Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) Editorial Committee or shaping an accepted invitation — the invited/commissioning intake route…

  • Getting a review topic in front of the Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) Editorial Committee
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, How ARSoc intake actually…, Anatomy of a Committee-ready… and Checklist, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Shaping an accepted invitation — the invited/commissioning intake route

What it does

Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when getting a review topic in front of the Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) Editorial Committee or shaping an accepted invitation — the invited/commissioning intake route, how to suggest a topic, and what a Committee-ready pitch contains. Frames the commission; it does not gather the literature (arsoc-literature-synthesis) or run the delivery preflight (arsoc-submission).

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

  • Getting a review topic in front of the Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) Editorial Committee
  • Shaping an accepted invitation — the invited/commissioning intake route
  • How to suggest a topic
  • What a Committee-ready pitch contains

Example prompts

  • “/arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning”

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

Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 104 tokens; SKILL.md has 705 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~104
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). 705 words, ~1,487 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning
description
Use when getting a review topic in front of the Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) Editorial Committee or shaping an accepted invitation — the invited/commissioning intake route, how to suggest a topic, and what a Committee-ready pitch contains. Frames the commission; it does not gather the literature (arsoc-literature-synthesis) or run the delivery preflight (arsoc-submission).

Invitation & Commissioning (arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning)

When to trigger

  • The topic passed arsoc-topic-selection and you want it considered for an ARSoc volume
  • You received an invitation from the Editorial Committee and need to lock the angle before reading
  • You are unsure how ARSoc intake works — it is not a portal you submit a finished paper to
  • You want to maximize the chance the Committee commissions you for this topic

How ARSoc intake actually works (检索于 2026-06;以官网为准)

This is the single most important difference from a normal journal — get it right or you waste months. ARSoc is commissioning-driven:

  • The Editorial Committee invites articles. The Committee — an editor (检索于 2026-06:co-editors Douglas Massey & Mary C. Waters;以官网为准), associate editors, regular members, and occasional guest editors — determines which topics each volume should include and solicits reviews from highly qualified authors, then assesses submitted manuscripts for accuracy, rigor, and balance (检索于 2026-06;以官网为准).
  • Unsolicited finished manuscripts are not accepted. You do not write the full review and submit it cold the way you would to ASR or AJS (检索于 2026-06;以官网为准). The leverage point is getting your topic and your name onto the Committee's radar, not polishing a finished draft no one asked for.
  • Suggesting a topic is the controllable move. Annual Reviews invites topic and author suggestions; the Committee evaluates proposed topics with the same rigor as any commissioned article (检索于 2026-06;以官网为准). Even when a Committee member is proposed to write an invited article, the suggestion is discussed and vetted like any other. So your realistic path is a sharp, short pitch — via the journal's suggestion channel or an editor/Committee member you know — that demonstrates the topic is ARSoc-shaped and that you are the right author.
  • After an invitation, scope is negotiated with the editor/Committee before you draft (see arsoc-editor-strategy).

Because you cannot manufacture an invitation, the closest controllable substitute is a one-to-two-page topic pitch that reads like the Committee's own reasoning: here is a subfield that has matured, here is why a sociologist in an adjacent area needs a map of it now, here is the spine I would impose, and here is why I can review it fairly. Put your name in front of the Committee as the person who could write that review.

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Anatomy of a Committee-ready topic pitch

ElementWhat it must doLength guide
The subfield & animating questionState the literature and the question about it (from arsoc-topic-selection)~1 paragraph
Why a synthesis is needed nowNew evidence / method turn / policy salience; the cross-subfield payoff~1 paragraph
The organizing spineThe taxonomy or analytical structure you would impose — not a chapter list~2–3 paragraphs
Coverage signalThe main research lines and theoretical traditions you would weigh (breadth evidence)a curated list
Provisional conclusionsYour read of what the area has settled and the open questions / forward agenda (the payoff)~1 paragraph
Your standing & balanceWhy you can review this fairly, and how you will handle your own work even-handedly~2 sentences

Checklist

  • You understand ARSoc is invited — you are pitching a topic, not submitting a finished paper
  • The pitch states the contents, why cross-subfield sociologists will care, and the traditions you would weigh
  • It leads with an organizing spine, not a table of contents
  • It demonstrates command of the literature (the reference signal shows breadth across schools)
  • It names the provisional conclusions and a forward research agenda (so the Committee sees a payoff)
  • It addresses balance, especially if you are a contributor to the subfield
  • You have identified the right channel (suggestion form / known editor / Committee contact) and confirmed it on the official page (volatile)
  • If already invited: scope/angle confirmed with the editor before heavy reading (arsoc-editor-strategy)

Anti-patterns

  • Writing a full-length draft and trying to submit it cold — ARSoc does not take unsolicited manuscripts
  • A pitch that is a topic outline ("Section 3 will discuss X") with no analytical spine
  • A reference list that is a literature dump rather than evidence of a curated, weighable corpus
  • Promising "comprehensive coverage" with no statement of what the review will conclude or where the field should go next
  • Asserting editor names / Committee contacts / process from memory instead of the live Annual Reviews page
  • Treating an invitation as a blank check — scope is still negotiated, and a review cannot grow without bound

Output format

text
【Subfield & question】<one sentence>
【Why now】<new evidence / method turn / policy salience>
【Proposed spine】<the organizing framework in 2–3 sentences>
【Coverage signal】<research lines + theoretical traditions signalling breadth>
【Provisional conclusions + agenda】<what the review will argue and where the field should go>
【Route】topic suggestion / known-editor contact / accepted invitation
【Balance note】<how the author's own work is handled>
【Source status】Committee process / contact re-confirmed on Annual Reviews page? Y/N · 待核实
【Next step】→ arsoc-literature-synthesis (begin systematic reading) after the invitation

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Files

Just SKILL.md in Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning

What does Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning do?

A skill your agent uses when getting a review topic in front of the Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) Editorial Committee or shaping an accepted invitation — the invited/commissioning intake route…. Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when getting a review topic in front of the Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) Editorial Committee or shaping an accepted invitation — the invited/commissioning intake route, how to suggest a topic, and what a Committee-ready pitch contains.

When should I use Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning?

Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning fits situations like: getting a review topic in front of the Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc) Editorial Committee; shaping an accepted invitation — the invited/commissioning intake route; how to suggest a topic; what a Committee-ready pitch contains.

How do I install Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning 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 arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning, .gemini/skills/arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning, .github/skills/arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning and .opencode/skills/arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning in your project.

What does Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning is instructions for the agent only.

Does Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning 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 Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning 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 Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning use?

Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning 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 Arsoc Proposal And Commissioning use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.9k 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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brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,231 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.

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