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Devpsych Topic Selection
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills
A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a project fits Developmental Psychology (APA) and which length tier to target.
Install Devpsych Topic Selection
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill devpsych-topic-selection -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills devpsych-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/Developmental-Psychology-Skills/skills/devpsych-topic-selection .claude/skills/devpsych-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 "devpsych-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Developmental-Psychology-Skills/skills/devpsych-topic-selection into .claude/skills/devpsych-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "devpsych-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/Developmental-Psychology-Skills/skills/devpsych-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 devpsych-topic-selection -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills devpsych-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/Developmental-Psychology-Skills/skills/devpsych-topic-selection .agents/skills/devpsych-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 "devpsych-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Developmental-Psychology-Skills/skills/devpsych-topic-selection into .agents/skills/devpsych-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "devpsych-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 devpsych-topic-selection -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills devpsych-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/Developmental-Psychology-Skills/skills/devpsych-topic-selection .cursor/skills/devpsych-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 "devpsych-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Developmental-Psychology-Skills/skills/devpsych-topic-selection into .cursor/skills/devpsych-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "devpsych-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 Developmental-Psychology-Skills/skills/devpsych-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 devpsych-topic-selection -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills devpsych-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/Developmental-Psychology-Skills/skills/devpsych-topic-selection .gemini/skills/devpsych-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 "devpsych-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Developmental-Psychology-Skills/skills/devpsych-topic-selection into .gemini/skills/devpsych-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "devpsych-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 devpsych-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 devpsych-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/Developmental-Psychology-Skills/skills/devpsych-topic-selection .github/skills/devpsych-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 "devpsych-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Developmental-Psychology-Skills/skills/devpsych-topic-selection into .github/skills/devpsych-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "devpsych-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 devpsych-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 devpsych-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/Developmental-Psychology-Skills/skills/devpsych-topic-selection .opencode/skills/devpsych-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 "devpsych-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Developmental-Psychology-Skills/skills/devpsych-topic-selection into .opencode/skills/devpsych-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "devpsych-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
devpsych-topic-selection- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 510 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 project fits Developmental Psychology (APA) and which length tier to target.
- Works in 4 steps: Developmental claim. The contribution is… → Theory advance. It advances theory about… → Design credibility. The design can… → …
- Deciding whether a project fits Developmental Psychology (APA) and which length tier to target
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, The fit test, Length tier (verify current… and Fit scoring — worked example…, plus 5 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Devpsych Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding whether a project fits Developmental Psychology (APA) and which length tier to target. The journal publishes seminal empirical work that advances knowledge and theory about development across the life span; the core test is whether the contribution is about developmental change, not just a phenomenon measured in one age group. Frames 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.
It sits in Research & Science. 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 project fits Developmental Psychology (APA) and which length tier to target
Example prompts
- “/devpsych-topic-selection”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Developmental claim. The contribution is about change with age or time (or the mechanism of
- Theory advance. It advances theory about development, not just adds a finding; name the
- Design credibility. The design can actually support a change claim — appropriate ages, adequate
- Open-science ready. You can share data/materials (or justify an exemption) and, ideally,
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
Devpsych Topic Selection loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 105 tokens; SKILL.md has 510 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). 510 words, ~1,401 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/devpsych-topic-selection/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- devpsych-topic-selection
- description
- Use when deciding whether a project fits Developmental Psychology (APA) and which length tier to target. The journal publishes seminal empirical work that advances knowledge and theory about development across the life span; the core test is whether the contribution is about developmental change, not just a phenomenon measured in one age group. Frames the question; it does not collect data.
Topic Selection & Fit (devpsych-topic-selection)
Developmental Psychology publishes empirical research that significantly advances knowledge and theory about development across the life span — infancy through aging. The decisive fit test is not "is this interesting in children/older adults?" but "is the contribution about developmental change?" — age effects, within-person change, trajectories, or the mechanisms that drive them.
When to trigger
- Choosing among projects or framings for Developmental Psychology
- A reader said the work feels "not really developmental," "descriptive," or "a single-age study"
- Deciding which length tier to target (brief report vs. larger vs. multi-study/longitudinal report)
- Placing a study run on minors or older adults that you suspect belongs at a sibling venue
The fit test
A strong Developmental Psychology paper usually clears all four:
- Developmental claim. The contribution is about change with age or time (or the mechanism of change), not a correlation that happens to be measured in one age band. State the developmental question.
- Theory advance. It advances theory about development, not just adds a finding; name the
developmental theory it informs (see
devpsych-theory-and-hypotheses). - Design credibility. The design can actually support a change claim — appropriate ages, adequate
power, and a plan for cohort confounds, attrition, and measurement invariance (
devpsych-study-design). - Open-science ready. You can share data/materials (or justify an exemption) and, ideally, preregister — TOP expectations are part of fit, not an afterthought.
Length tier (verify current limits on the official page)
- Brief report — a focused, single-question contribution; the shortest tier.
- Larger research report — a standard full empirical paper.
- Multi-study / comprehensive longitudinal report — the longest tier; for multiple studies or trajectory work. (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准: tiers run roughly from ~4,500 words for a brief report up to ~10,500 for a larger report and ~15,000 for a multi-study/longitudinal report, length counting cover page, abstract, text, references, tables, and figures.)
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Fit scoring — worked example (illustrative)
Score a candidate against the four gates before investing. A self-regulation project, two framings:
Candidate A (off-fit): one age group (5-year-olds), effortful-control task
correlates with parent ratings; no age contrast, cross-sectional.
Developmental claim ✗ (no change) Theory advance ~ weak
Design ✓ Open-science ✓
Verdict: off-fit as written → either add ages/waves, or place at a general venue.
Candidate B (strong): three-wave longitudinal sample (ages 4, 6, 8), latent
growth in effortful control predicting later adjustment, open data.
Developmental claim ✓ (within-person change)
Theory advance ✓ (transactional model) Design ✓ Open-science ✓
Verdict: strong fit → larger or multi-study/longitudinal report.Sibling-venue triage (place it right)
| If the work is... | Better home | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Broad APA lifespan-development advance | Developmental Psychology | the journal's core remit |
| SRCD-flagship child-focused contribution | Child Development (SRCD) | society flagship for childhood |
| Short, mechanism-focused, often infant/cognitive | Developmental Science | faster, brief-format developmental venue |
| Personality/social process not centered on age | JPSP | not a developmental-change claim |
| One-age finding with no change story | general/topical journal | not developmental |
Reviewer / editor pushback at the fit stage
- "Not really developmental" → add an age contrast or a wave so the claim is about change, or reframe.
- "Descriptive, no theory advance" → tie the trajectory to a developmental mechanism it tests or revises.
- "Belongs at a sibling journal" → if the contribution is child-only and society-facing, weigh SRCD; if it is broad lifespan and theory-advancing, Developmental Psychology is right.
Anti-patterns
- A single-age study dressed as developmental with no change claim
- A correlation in one cohort treated as a developmental effect
- Choosing the wrong length tier (a multi-study paper squeezed into a brief report)
- A project whose data/materials cannot be shared and cannot be justified under TOP
Output format
【Developmental question】the change/trajectory in one sentence
【Theory advance】which developmental theory it informs
【Design feasible】ages + power + change supportable? [Y/N]
【Open-science ready】data/materials shareable (or justified)? [Y/N]
【Length tier】brief / larger / multi-study-longitudinal
【Fit verdict】strong / needs reframing / off-fit (why)
【Next】devpsych-theory-and-hypothesesSupplementary resources
../../resources/external_tools.md— preregistration, power, and developmental data archives../../resources/official-source-map.md— scope, length tiers, accepted article types
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Files
Just SKILL.md in Developmental-Psychology-Skills/skills/devpsych-topic-selection of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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What does Devpsych Topic Selection do?
A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a project fits Developmental Psychology (APA) and which length tier to target. Devpsych Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding whether a project fits Developmental Psychology (APA) and which length tier to target.
When should I use Devpsych Topic Selection?
Devpsych Topic Selection fits situations like: deciding whether a project fits Developmental Psychology (APA) and which length tier to target.
How do I install Devpsych Topic Selection in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill devpsych-topic-selection -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Developmental-Psychology-Skills/skills/devpsych-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/devpsych-topic-selection in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Devpsych Topic Selection in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill devpsych-topic-selection -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Developmental-Psychology-Skills/skills/devpsych-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/devpsych-topic-selection in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Devpsych 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 devpsych-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/devpsych-topic-selection, .gemini/skills/devpsych-topic-selection, .github/skills/devpsych-topic-selection and .opencode/skills/devpsych-topic-selection in your project.
What does Devpsych Topic Selection need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Devpsych Topic Selection is instructions for the agent only.
Does Devpsych 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 Devpsych 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 Devpsych Topic Selection use?
Devpsych 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 Devpsych Topic Selection use?
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.6k 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 Devpsych Topic Selection?
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Who maintains Devpsych Topic Selection?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,216 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.