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Agent skill
Curranthro Topic Selection
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills
A skill your agent uses when deciding whether an anthropology project fits Current Anthropology (CA) and which article type to target.
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Install Curranthro Topic Selection
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill curranthro-topic-selection -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills curranthro-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/Current-Anthropology-Skills/skills/curranthro-topic-selection .claude/skills/curranthro-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 "curranthro-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Current-Anthropology-Skills/skills/curranthro-topic-selection into .claude/skills/curranthro-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "curranthro-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/Current-Anthropology-Skills/skills/curranthro-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 curranthro-topic-selection -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills curranthro-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/Current-Anthropology-Skills/skills/curranthro-topic-selection .agents/skills/curranthro-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 "curranthro-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Current-Anthropology-Skills/skills/curranthro-topic-selection into .agents/skills/curranthro-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "curranthro-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 curranthro-topic-selection -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills curranthro-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/Current-Anthropology-Skills/skills/curranthro-topic-selection .cursor/skills/curranthro-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 "curranthro-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Current-Anthropology-Skills/skills/curranthro-topic-selection into .cursor/skills/curranthro-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "curranthro-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 Current-Anthropology-Skills/skills/curranthro-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 curranthro-topic-selection -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills curranthro-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/Current-Anthropology-Skills/skills/curranthro-topic-selection .gemini/skills/curranthro-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 "curranthro-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Current-Anthropology-Skills/skills/curranthro-topic-selection into .gemini/skills/curranthro-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "curranthro-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 curranthro-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 curranthro-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/Current-Anthropology-Skills/skills/curranthro-topic-selection .github/skills/curranthro-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 "curranthro-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Current-Anthropology-Skills/skills/curranthro-topic-selection into .github/skills/curranthro-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "curranthro-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 curranthro-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 curranthro-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/Current-Anthropology-Skills/skills/curranthro-topic-selection .opencode/skills/curranthro-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 "curranthro-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Current-Anthropology-Skills/skills/curranthro-topic-selection into .opencode/skills/curranthro-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "curranthro-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
curranthro-topic-selection- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 551 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 an anthropology project fits Current Anthropology (CA) and which article type to target.
- Works in 5 steps: All-fields reach. A scholar in a… → Synthetic, agenda-setting intervention.… → Commentary-worthy. It is bold and… → …
- Deciding whether an anthropology project fits Current Anthropology (CA) and which article type to target
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, The CA fit test, Reach past your home subfield and Article type choice, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Curranthro Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding whether an anthropology project fits Current Anthropology (CA) and which article type to target. CA is the transnational, all-fields Wenner-Gren journal whose Major Articles receive the CA✩ comment-and-reply Treatment, so the test is field-shaping significance worth international debate, not single-subfield novelty. Helps frame the question and pick an article type; it does not collect data or conduct fieldwork.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k 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 an anthropology project fits Current Anthropology (CA) and which article type to target
Example prompts
- “/curranthro-topic-selection”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- All-fields reach. A scholar in a different subfield should see why it matters — the shared
- Synthetic, agenda-setting intervention. It does more than report a finding: it reframes a debate,
- Commentary-worthy. It is bold and consequential enough that **international commentators would
- Credible on its own methodological terms. Ethnographic, archival, material/archaeological,
- Ethically sound. The relationship to interlocutors, communities, descendants, and heritage is
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
Curranthro Topic Selection loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 115 tokens; SKILL.md has 551 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). 551 words, ~1,329 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/curranthro-topic-selection/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- curranthro-topic-selection
- description
- Use when deciding whether an anthropology project fits Current Anthropology (CA) and which article type to target. CA is the transnational, all-fields Wenner-Gren journal whose Major Articles receive the CA✩ comment-and-reply Treatment, so the test is field-shaping significance worth international debate, not single-subfield novelty. Helps frame the question and pick an article type; it does not collect data or conduct fieldwork.
Topic Selection & Fit (curranthro-topic-selection)
CA publishes for a worldwide audience across all subfields of anthropology, and its flagship Major Articles undergo the CA✩ Treatment — solicited Comments from international scholars, then the author's Reply, all printed together. So the bar is higher than "new to my subfield": a CA Major Article should make a theoretical or methodological intervention that sets the terms of future research and that commentators around the world would want to argue about. Use this skill to pressure-test fit and article type before you invest.
When to trigger
- Choosing among possible projects or framings for a CA submission
- A reviewer/colleague said the paper feels "too narrow" or "a solid case but not field-shaping"
- Deciding between a Major Article (CA✩) and a Report, Forum, or Discussion item
- A field or community partner has reframed what the project is for
The CA fit test
A strong CA Major Article usually clears all five:
- All-fields reach. A scholar in a different subfield should see why it matters — the shared stakes are anthropology's enduring questions: culture, power, kinship, exchange, language, the body, deep history, human variation, colonialism and its afterlives.
- Synthetic, agenda-setting intervention. It does more than report a finding: it reframes a debate, builds a foundation others will build on, or sets the terms of future research.
- Commentary-worthy. It is bold and consequential enough that international commentators would have substantive things to say — the CA✩ test. A paper no one would comment on is the wrong fit.
- Credible on its own methodological terms. Ethnographic, archival, material/archaeological,
bioanthropological, or linguistic — each is welcome but each must be rigorous and reflexive
(see
curranthro-research-design). - Ethically sound. The relationship to interlocutors, communities, descendants, and heritage is
accountable; consent and care are part of the design (see
curranthro-transparency-and-data).
Show full SKILL.md (254 more words)Show less
Reach past your home subfield
| Home subfield | Reach to all-fields anthropology by… |
|---|---|
| Sociocultural | draw the portable concept/mechanism, not just the ethnographic particular |
| Archaeology | connect material/temporal evidence to general claims about social life, not only site chronology |
| Biological / physical | tie human-variation or evolutionary findings to social and cultural meaning, not biology alone |
| Linguistic | show what the language data reveal about culture, power, or cognition beyond the grammar |
| Ethnohistory / applied | make the methodological or policy stake one the whole discipline shares |
Article type choice
- Major Article — field-shaping intervention, 6,000–10,000 words (incl. references and endnotes); abstract ≤ 200 words; up to 12 figures/tables. Receives the CA✩ Treatment.
- Report — a sharp finding, provocation, or new framework, 3,000–5,000 words (incl. refs/notes); abstract ≤ 200 words; up to 4 figures/tables. (Reports are not given the full CA✩ commentary.)
- Forum — a curated multi-author debate on a pressing issue.
- Discussion / Comment — a critique or reply to a CA piece from roughly the prior 8 months,
≤ 800 words including references (see
curranthro-rebuttal). - Current Applications — open-access section bridging academic and applied anthropology.
Anti-patterns
- "No one has studied community X" as the whole contribution (descriptive, subfield-only)
- A clean finding with no agenda-setting payoff — better as a Report than a Major Article
- Choosing Major Article for work that cannot withstand international published Comments
- A sprawling project that cannot be argued within the article type's word cap
- Treating ethics/consent as a later checkbox rather than a reason the project is even askable
Output format
【Question】one sentence
【All-fields reach】who outside the subfield cares, and why
【Intervention】reframing / new framework / agenda-setting synthesis / decisive case
【Commentary-worthy?】would international commentators argue about it? [Y/N]
【Article type】Major Article (CA✩) / Report / Forum / Discussion / Current Applications
【Ethics flag】any consent / community-accountability / heritage issue to design for now?
【Fit verdict】strong / needs reframing / off-fit (why)
【Next】curranthro-literature-positioningSupplementary resources
../../resources/external_tools.md— data/archives/lab sources by subfield../../resources/official-source-map.md— CA article types, word caps, CA✩ Treatment
© 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 Current-Anthropology-Skills/skills/curranthro-topic-selection of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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| Furniture Fit Checkpascalorg/editor | 25k | — | ~5.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| TopicsZimoLiao/scholaraio | 577 | — | ~294 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Topic Modelingbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~3.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Bestblogs Topicginobefun/BestBlogs | 4k | — | ~670 | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about Curranthro Topic Selection
What does Curranthro Topic Selection do?
A skill your agent uses when deciding whether an anthropology project fits Current Anthropology (CA) and which article type to target. Curranthro Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding whether an anthropology project fits Current Anthropology (CA) and which article type to target.
When should I use Curranthro Topic Selection?
Curranthro Topic Selection fits situations like: deciding whether an anthropology project fits Current Anthropology (CA) and which article type to target.
How do I install Curranthro Topic Selection in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill curranthro-topic-selection -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Current-Anthropology-Skills/skills/curranthro-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/curranthro-topic-selection in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Curranthro Topic Selection in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill curranthro-topic-selection -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Current-Anthropology-Skills/skills/curranthro-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/curranthro-topic-selection in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Curranthro 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 curranthro-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/curranthro-topic-selection, .gemini/skills/curranthro-topic-selection, .github/skills/curranthro-topic-selection and .opencode/skills/curranthro-topic-selection in your project.
What does Curranthro Topic Selection need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Curranthro Topic Selection is instructions for the agent only.
Does Curranthro 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 Curranthro 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 Curranthro Topic Selection use?
Curranthro 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 Curranthro Topic Selection use?
About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.3k 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 Curranthro Topic Selection?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Curranthro Topic Selection: Table Fit (asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks, 69k stars), Furniture Fit Check (pascalorg/editor, 25k stars), Topics (ZimoLiao/scholaraio, 577 stars) and Topic Modeling (brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, 4.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Curranthro 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.
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.