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Agent skill
Commres Topic Selection
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills
A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a communication project fits Communication Research (CR) and is shaped as quantitative, theory-testing social science.
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Install Commres Topic Selection
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill commres-topic-selection -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills commres-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/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-topic-selection .claude/skills/commres-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 "commres-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-topic-selection into .claude/skills/commres-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "commres-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/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-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 commres-topic-selection -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills commres-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/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-topic-selection .agents/skills/commres-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 "commres-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-topic-selection into .agents/skills/commres-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "commres-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 commres-topic-selection -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills commres-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/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-topic-selection .cursor/skills/commres-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 "commres-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-topic-selection into .cursor/skills/commres-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "commres-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 Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-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 commres-topic-selection -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills commres-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/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-topic-selection .gemini/skills/commres-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 "commres-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-topic-selection into .gemini/skills/commres-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "commres-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 commres-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 commres-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/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-topic-selection .github/skills/commres-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 "commres-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-topic-selection into .github/skills/commres-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "commres-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 commres-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 commres-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/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-topic-selection .opencode/skills/commres-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 "commres-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-topic-selection into .opencode/skills/commres-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "commres-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
commres-topic-selection- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 589 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a communication project fits Communication Research (CR) and is shaped as quantitative, theory-testing social science.
- Works in 4 steps: Communication-science question. It is… → A testable mechanism, not just a… → Quantitative identification. An… → …
- Deciding whether a communication project fits Communication Research (CR) and is shaped as quantitative
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, The CR fit test, Study-type framing (lead with… and Fit-screen decision table…, plus 5 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Commres Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding whether a communication project fits Communication Research (CR) and is shaped as quantitative, theory-testing social science. CR rewards a clear communication-science question with a testable mechanism, not platform novelty or description. Helps frame the question; it does not collect data.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k 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
- Deciding whether a communication project fits Communication Research (CR) and is shaped as quantitative
- Theory-testing social science
Example prompts
- “/commres-topic-selection”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Communication-science question. It is about a communication process — message effects,
- A testable mechanism, not just a finding. CR rewards why and for whom: a mediating
- Quantitative identification. An experiment, survey/panel, or content analysis with measured
- Rigorous measurement. Validated multi-item scales or a reliability-tested codebook — CR
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
Commres Topic Selection loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 84 tokens; SKILL.md has 589 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). 589 words, ~1,368 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/commres-topic-selection/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- commres-topic-selection
- description
- Use when deciding whether a communication project fits Communication Research (CR) and is shaped as quantitative, theory-testing social science. CR rewards a clear communication-science question with a testable mechanism, not platform novelty or description. Helps frame the question; it does not collect data.
Topic Selection & Fit (commres-topic-selection)
CR is SAGE's quantitative, social-scientific communication journal. The bar is not "new on this platform" or "interesting case" — it is "advances communication science with a testable mechanism." Use this skill to pressure-test fit before you invest.
When to trigger
- Choosing among possible projects or framings for a CR submission
- A reviewer/colleague said the paper feels "descriptive," "atheoretical," or "qualitative for CR"
- Deciding whether CR or a sibling (JoC, HCR, New Media & Society) is the right home
- Sharpening a vague effect into a hypothesis-testing communication-science question
The CR fit test
A strong CR paper usually clears all four:
- Communication-science question. It is about a communication process — message effects, media processing, persuasion, interpersonal/organizational dynamics, health or political communication, new-media use and effects — framed at the level of constructs, not one anecdote.
- A testable mechanism, not just a finding. CR rewards why and for whom: a mediating process (mediation), a boundary condition (moderation), or an adjudication between rival accounts.
- Quantitative identification. An experiment, survey/panel, or content analysis with measured
constructs that can credibly test the hypotheses (see
commres-research-design). - Rigorous measurement. Validated multi-item scales or a reliability-tested codebook — CR reviewers scrutinize whether the measured thing is the construct claimed.
Study-type framing (lead with the process, not the platform)
| Home area | Reach CR by… |
|---|---|
| Media effects / processing | name the cognitive/affective mechanism and test it, not just a stimulus response |
| Persuasion / message effects | model the message feature → mediator → outcome path, with rival accounts |
| Interpersonal / organizational | generalize the relational mechanism; measure it, do not infer it from one case |
| Health / political communication | show the audience/message process that travels beyond one topic |
| New-media use & effects | test the use→effect process; platform is the site, the process is the contribution |
Fit-screen decision table (what survives editorial screening)
| Candidate framing | Editor's likely read | Move before submitting |
|---|---|---|
| "First study of X on TikTok" | descriptive, platform-bound | recast as a tested communication mechanism the site exposes |
| "Interview study of how users feel about Y" | qualitative — wrong venue | re-route to JoC/NMS, or add a measured, hypothesis-testing component |
| "We measured a main effect of frame on attitude" | thin without mechanism | add the mediator/moderator that explains why and for whom |
| "Replication of a 2010 priming effect" | incremental unless adjudicating | frame as resolving a live measurement or boundary dispute |
| "Message feature M → mediator → outcome, moderated by C" | strong CR fit | proceed |
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Calibration anchor: the CR "process + measurement" bar (hedged)
CR's recurring substantive rejection is "effect documented, process untested" or "construct validity unclear." A health-comm and a political-comm reviewer should both recognize the communication process and trust the measurement. A heuristic about rigor and reach, not a quota.
Worked micro-example: rescuing a descriptive idea (illustrative)
Initial pitch: "How do influencers label sponsored posts on Instagram?" — descriptive, platform-locked. Through the fit test, the CR question is when disclosure cues trigger persuasion knowledge that discounts a message, and for whom — a measurable process. Reframed as a 2 (disclosure present/absent) experiment testing message → persuasion-knowledge (mediator) → attitude, moderated by prior trust, with validated scales. Now it tests a mechanism with rigorous measurement — a credible CR study, not a platform note.
Anti-patterns
- "No one has studied this on platform X" as the whole contribution (descriptive, platform-only)
- A qualitative or purely interpretive design proposed for a quantitative venue
- A main effect with no mediator/moderator (CR wants process and boundary conditions)
- Measures introduced with no validity or reliability evidence
- A question too sprawling to test convincingly within the page budget
Output format
【Question】one sentence
【Communication process】the construct-level mechanism at stake
【Contribution type】mechanism / boundary condition / adjudication / measurement-corrected effect
【Identification】experiment / survey-panel / content analysis
【Fit verdict】strong / needs reframing / off-fit (route to which sibling?)
【Next】commres-literature-positioningSupplementary resources
../../resources/external_tools.md— data sources by communication area../../resources/official-source-map.md— CR scope, page limits, APA reporting
© 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 Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-topic-selection of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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| Twilio Communicationssickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 2 repos | ~453 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Internal Communicationsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~3.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Twilio Communicationsdavila7/claude-code-templates | 32k | 5 repos | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
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Questions about Commres Topic Selection
What does Commres Topic Selection do?
A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a communication project fits Communication Research (CR) and is shaped as quantitative, theory-testing social science. Commres Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding whether a communication project fits Communication Research (CR) and is shaped as quantitative, theory-testing social science.
When should I use Commres Topic Selection?
Commres Topic Selection fits situations like: deciding whether a communication project fits Communication Research (CR) and is shaped as quantitative; theory-testing social science.
How do I install Commres Topic Selection in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill commres-topic-selection -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/commres-topic-selection in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Commres Topic Selection in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill commres-topic-selection -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/commres-topic-selection in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Commres 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 commres-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/commres-topic-selection, .gemini/skills/commres-topic-selection, .github/skills/commres-topic-selection and .opencode/skills/commres-topic-selection in your project.
What does Commres Topic Selection need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Commres Topic Selection is instructions for the agent only.
Does Commres 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 Commres 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 Commres Topic Selection use?
Commres 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 Commres Topic Selection use?
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Commres Topic Selection?
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Who maintains Commres Topic Selection?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,219 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.
Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.