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A skill your agent uses when judging whether a sociology literature is an Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc)-scale review topic — mature, broadly important, and genuinely in need of an authoritative…
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Install Arsoc Topic Selection
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill arsoc-topic-selection -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills arsoc-topic-selection --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ 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-topic-selection .claude/skills/arsoc-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "arsoc-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-topic-selection into .claude/skills/arsoc-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "arsoc-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-topic-selectionType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill arsoc-topic-selection -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills arsoc-topic-selection --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-topic-selection .agents/skills/arsoc-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "arsoc-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-topic-selection into .agents/skills/arsoc-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "arsoc-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill arsoc-topic-selection -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills arsoc-topic-selection --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-topic-selection .cursor/skills/arsoc-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "arsoc-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-topic-selection into .cursor/skills/arsoc-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "arsoc-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git --path Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-topic-selection--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill arsoc-topic-selection -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills arsoc-topic-selection --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-topic-selection .gemini/skills/arsoc-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "arsoc-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-topic-selection into .gemini/skills/arsoc-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "arsoc-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills arsoc-topic-selectionInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill arsoc-topic-selection -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-topic-selection .github/skills/arsoc-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "arsoc-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-topic-selection into .github/skills/arsoc-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "arsoc-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill arsoc-topic-selection -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills arsoc-topic-selection --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-topic-selection .opencode/skills/arsoc-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "arsoc-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-topic-selection into .opencode/skills/arsoc-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "arsoc-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
arsoc-topic-selection- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.6k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 768 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 sociology literature is an Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc)-scale review topic — mature, broadly important, and genuinely in need of an authoritative…
- Works in 4 steps: Maturity. There is a body of research —… → Broad importance. The questions matter… → Need for synthesis. A newcomer cannot… → …
- Judging whether a sociology literature is an Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc)-scale review topic — mature
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, What ARSoc is for, The four ARSoc-fit tests and Decision table, plus 4 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Arsoc Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when judging whether a sociology literature is an Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc)-scale review topic — mature, broadly important, and genuinely in need of an authoritative cross-subfield synthesis — and framing the review's animating question. Decides fit; it does not gather the literature (arsoc-literature-synthesis) or pitch the Committee (arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning).
Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k 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 sociology literature is an Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc)-scale review topic — mature
- Broadly important
- Genuinely in need of an authoritative cross-subfield synthesis — and framing the reviews animating question
Example prompts
- “/arsoc-topic-selection”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Maturity. There is a body of research — multiple research lines, accumulated evidence, recognizable theoretical debates — not a handful of…
- Broad importance. The questions matter to sociologists generally, not only to a dozen specialists. ARSoc serves the whole discipline; a…
- Need for synthesis. A newcomer cannot currently get oriented without a guide, and existing entry points (a recent ARSoc review, a handbook…
- Tractable for the ARSoc envelope. ARSoc reviews are substantial but bounded; Annual Reviews does not publish a fixed public word limit, so…
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
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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 Topic Selection loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 102 tokens; SKILL.md has 768 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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). 768 words, ~1,630 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/arsoc-topic-selection/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- arsoc-topic-selection
- description
- Use when judging whether a sociology literature is an Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc)-scale review topic — mature, broadly important, and genuinely in need of an authoritative cross-subfield synthesis — and framing the review's animating question. Decides fit; it does not gather the literature (arsoc-literature-synthesis) or pitch the Committee (arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning).
Topic Selection for an ARSoc Review (arsoc-topic-selection)
When to trigger
- You have a candidate sociology literature and need to know if it is "ARSoc-shaped"
- A topic feels either too narrow (a single-study debate) or too sprawling (a whole field)
- You are deciding between ARSoc and a sibling outlet (ASR/AJS empirical paper, Sociological Theory, a handbook chapter)
- The literature is young/fast-moving and you suspect it is not yet ready for an annual-volume review
What ARSoc is for
ARSoc is the Annual Reviews sociology survey series: a yearly volume of invited, authoritative review articles that are accessible to sociologists outside the subfield, not only to its specialists. The reader is a competent sociologist — a culture scholar reading the networks review, a demographer reading the race/ethnicity review — who wants to enter, teach, or locate the open questions of an area they do not currently work in. That cross-subfield reader profile, plus the annual-volume cadence, sets the fit bar. ARSoc covers the breadth of the discipline: stratification, culture, organizations, networks, race/ethnicity, gender, family, demography, political and economic sociology, and more.
The four ARSoc-fit tests
A literature belongs in ARSoc when it passes all four. If it fails one, route accordingly.
- Maturity. There is a body of research — multiple research lines, accumulated evidence, recognizable theoretical debates — not a handful of recent papers. A subfield still being born produces a premature review that dates within a volume cycle. (Fails → too young; wait.)
- Broad importance. The questions matter to sociologists generally, not only to a dozen specialists. ARSoc serves the whole discipline; a review only its own subfield could love is a specialist-journal review, not an ARSoc article. (Fails → too niche.)
- Need for synthesis. A newcomer cannot currently get oriented without a guide, and existing entry points (a recent ARSoc review, a handbook chapter) have not already done the job — a too-recent prior ARSoc review on the same area is a hard barrier. The value is the map, not the list. (Fails → already synthesized.)
- Tractable for the ARSoc envelope. ARSoc reviews are substantial but bounded; Annual Reviews does not publish a fixed public word limit, so length is set per commissioned article — confirm with your editor (待核实, do not assume a number). One author/team must read and weigh the literature within that envelope. (Fails → carve a coherent axis, or it is a handbook chapter.)
Decision table
| Situation | Verdict | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Mature, broadly important, needs synthesis, fits the ARSoc envelope | ARSoc-shaped | → arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning |
| Important but immature | Not yet | revisit in a volume or two |
| Mature but narrow / specialist-only | Wrong venue | a specialty journal's review section |
| Mature, important, but exhaustive and book-length | Wrong venue | handbook chapter (deeper, longer) |
| You have original data/findings to report | Wrong venue | ASR / AJS / Sociological Science / Demography |
| A pure theoretical-development argument (not a survey of evidence) | Wrong venue | Sociological Theory |
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Framing the animating question
An ARSoc review is organized by a question about the subfield, not by a topic label. Before approaching the Committee, write one sentence of each:
- State-of-knowledge question: "What do we now know about X, and how confident should we be?"
- Why now: what makes a synthesis valuable for this volume — a wave of new evidence, a methodological turn (e.g. computational/administrative-data methods), a policy or public debate, convergence or fracture of findings.
- Reader payoff: what a sociologist from an adjacent subfield can do after reading (enter the area, teach it, locate the open questions and the forward agenda).
Checklist
- The subfield passes all four fit tests (maturity, broad importance, need, envelope-tractability)
- The animating question about the subfield is written in one sentence
- The "why now" is concrete (new evidence / method turn / public-policy salience), not "no one has reviewed this"
- The intended reader is the cross-subfield sociologist, and the payoff is stated
- You can name the 4–7 research lines / theoretical traditions the review must cover (a coverage skeleton)
- Checked no too-recent prior ARSoc review covers the same ground
- Checked it is not an ASR/AJS empirical paper, a Sociological Theory argument, or a handbook chapter
- You are not the subfield's only contributor — the review will not become a self-retrospective
Anti-patterns
- "No one has reviewed X" used as the sole justification — absence is not importance
- Reviewing your own research program under a neutral subfield title (self-promotion; ARSoc punishes this)
- Picking an area so new the review freezes a moving target before the volume prints
- A scope so broad it becomes a handbook chapter; so narrow it is a specialist-journal review
- Confusing "topic" (a label like "social networks") with "animating question" (what the review argues about the area)
- Planning to submit cold — ARSoc does not take unsolicited manuscripts (see
arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning)
Output format
【Subfield】<the literature / area>
【Four tests】maturity / broad-importance / need-for-synthesis / envelope-tractable — pass or fail each
【Animating question】"What do we know about ___, and how sure are we?"
【Why now】<new evidence / method turn / policy or public salience>
【Reader payoff】<what a cross-subfield sociologist can do after reading>
【Coverage skeleton】<4–7 research lines / theoretical traditions the review must cover>
【Verdict】ARSoc-shaped / rescope / wrong-venue (→ ASR/AJS / Sociological Theory / handbook)
【Source status】verified URL / 待核实 / not asserted
【Next step】→ arsoc-proposal-and-commissioning (get the topic to the Editorial Committee)© brycewang-stanford, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-topic-selection of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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Questions about Arsoc Topic Selection
What does Arsoc Topic Selection do?
A skill your agent uses when judging whether a sociology literature is an Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc)-scale review topic — mature, broadly important, and genuinely in need of an authoritative…. Arsoc Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when judging whether a sociology literature is an Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc)-scale review topic — mature, broadly important, and genuinely in need of an authoritative cross-subfield synthesis — and framing the review's animating question.
When should I use Arsoc Topic Selection?
Arsoc Topic Selection fits situations like: judging whether a sociology literature is an Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc)-scale review topic — mature; broadly important; genuinely in need of an authoritative cross-subfield synthesis — and framing the reviews animating question.
How do I install Arsoc Topic Selection in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill arsoc-topic-selection -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/arsoc-topic-selection in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Arsoc Topic Selection in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill arsoc-topic-selection -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Annual-Review-of-Sociology-Skills/skills/arsoc-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/arsoc-topic-selection in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Arsoc 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 arsoc-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/arsoc-topic-selection, .gemini/skills/arsoc-topic-selection, .github/skills/arsoc-topic-selection and .opencode/skills/arsoc-topic-selection in your project.
What does Arsoc Topic Selection need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Arsoc Topic Selection is instructions for the agent only.
Does Arsoc 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 Arsoc 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 Arsoc Topic Selection use?
Arsoc 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 Arsoc Topic Selection use?
About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.5k 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 Arsoc Topic Selection?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,228 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.
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