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A skill your agent uses when drafting or compressing prose for an Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) manuscript.
Install Epsl Writing Style
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill epsl-writing-style -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills epsl-writing-style --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/Earth-and-Planetary-Science-Letters-Skills/skills/epsl-writing-style .claude/skills/epsl-writing-style && 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 "epsl-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Earth-and-Planetary-Science-Letters-Skills/skills/epsl-writing-style into .claude/skills/epsl-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "epsl-writing-style", 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/Earth-and-Planetary-Science-Letters-Skills/skills/epsl-writing-styleType 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 epsl-writing-style -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills epsl-writing-style --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/Earth-and-Planetary-Science-Letters-Skills/skills/epsl-writing-style .agents/skills/epsl-writing-style && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "epsl-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Earth-and-Planetary-Science-Letters-Skills/skills/epsl-writing-style into .agents/skills/epsl-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "epsl-writing-style", 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 epsl-writing-style -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills epsl-writing-style --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/Earth-and-Planetary-Science-Letters-Skills/skills/epsl-writing-style .cursor/skills/epsl-writing-style && 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 "epsl-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Earth-and-Planetary-Science-Letters-Skills/skills/epsl-writing-style into .cursor/skills/epsl-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "epsl-writing-style", 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 Earth-and-Planetary-Science-Letters-Skills/skills/epsl-writing-style--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 epsl-writing-style -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills epsl-writing-style --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/Earth-and-Planetary-Science-Letters-Skills/skills/epsl-writing-style .gemini/skills/epsl-writing-style && 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 "epsl-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Earth-and-Planetary-Science-Letters-Skills/skills/epsl-writing-style into .gemini/skills/epsl-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "epsl-writing-style", 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 epsl-writing-styleInstalls 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 epsl-writing-style -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/Earth-and-Planetary-Science-Letters-Skills/skills/epsl-writing-style .github/skills/epsl-writing-style && 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 "epsl-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Earth-and-Planetary-Science-Letters-Skills/skills/epsl-writing-style into .github/skills/epsl-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "epsl-writing-style", 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 epsl-writing-style -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 epsl-writing-style --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/Earth-and-Planetary-Science-Letters-Skills/skills/epsl-writing-style .opencode/skills/epsl-writing-style && 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 "epsl-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Earth-and-Planetary-Science-Letters-Skills/skills/epsl-writing-style into .opencode/skills/epsl-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "epsl-writing-style", 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
epsl-writing-style- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 633 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when drafting or compressing prose for an Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) manuscript.
- Works in 6 steps: Title names the process, not the place.… → Abstract = the whole Letter in… → Introduction closes on the… → …
- Compressing prose for an Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) manuscript
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Structure & style EPSL expects, Where the word budget goes and Worked micro-example…, plus 4 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Epsl Writing Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when drafting or compressing prose for an Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) manuscript. The letters format demands a main text near the 6,500-word cap, a process-forward title and abstract, and prose legible to geochemists, geophysicists, and planetary scientists at once. It guides writing and cutting; it does not invent content.
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 Writing & Content, covering Brand voice and tone. 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
- Compressing prose for an Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) manuscript
- Tasks that involve Brand voice and tone
Example prompts
- “/epsl-writing-style”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Title names the process, not the place. "Slab dehydration depth controls arc volatile flux"
- Abstract = the whole Letter in miniature. Question, approach, headline number with uncertainty
- Introduction closes on the discriminating test. Two to four paragraphs from the open question,
- Methods lean, supplement full. The main text carries what a reader needs to judge the logic;
- Interpret; never inventory. "Sample 14 has 5.2 ppm; sample 15 has 4.8 ppm…" is a table
- Write across sub-fields. Expand acronyms at first use, gloss method-specific quantities in one
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
Epsl Writing Style loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 91 tokens; SKILL.md has 633 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). 633 words, ~1,390 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/epsl-writing-style/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- epsl-writing-style
- description
- Use when drafting or compressing prose for an Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) manuscript. The letters format demands a main text near the 6,500-word cap, a process-forward title and abstract, and prose legible to geochemists, geophysicists, and planetary scientists at once. It guides writing and cutting; it does not invent content.
Writing Style (epsl-writing-style)
EPSL prose has a recognizable gait: it opens on the process question, lands the decisive number early, and spends its limited words on interpretation rather than inventory. The house constraints are the word cap on the main text (about 6,500 words, introduction through conclusions — re-check the exact figure on the official site), an author–date reference style (re-check the current formatting instructions), and a readership that spans four sub-fields, so every specialist term costs you part of the audience.
When to trigger
- Drafting the title, abstract, or introduction
- Cutting an over-length draft down to the letters cap
- De-jargonizing prose for the cross-disciplinary readership
- Deciding what moves from the main text to the supplement
Structure & style EPSL expects
- Title names the process, not the place. "Slab dehydration depth controls arc volatile flux" travels; "Geochemistry of lavas from the X arc, Country Y" announces a regional study — the desk-screen tell.
- Abstract = the whole Letter in miniature. Question, approach, headline number with uncertainty and units, and the process-level consequence — a reader should be able to cite you from the abstract alone.
- Introduction closes on the discriminating test. Two to four paragraphs from the open question, through the tension in existing constraints, to "here we test A against B using C."
- Methods lean, supplement full. The main text carries what a reader needs to judge the logic;
the traceability chain lives in the supplement (see
epsl-reporting-and-reproducibility). - Interpret; never inventory. "Sample 14 has 5.2 ppm; sample 15 has 4.8 ppm…" is a table pretending to be prose. Lead each results paragraph with what the pattern means.
- Write across sub-fields. Expand acronyms at first use, gloss method-specific quantities in one clause ("MSWD, a χ²-like measure of scatter"), and keep the physical picture in view.
Where the word budget goes
| Section | Budget instinct | Common failure |
|---|---|---|
| Abstract | dense; every sentence load-bearing | vague "implications are discussed" |
| Introduction | short arc to the test | a regional literature tour |
| Methods | minimum for logic; rest → supplement | protocol dumps eating 1,500 words |
| Results | patterns + the discriminating comparison | analysis-by-analysis inventory |
| Discussion | the process consequence + limits | re-narrating results with adjectives |
| Conclusions | 3–5 sentences, portable claims | a second abstract |
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Worked micro-example (illustrative — compressing a regional opener)
- Before: "The X Basin, located in northern Y, has been studied since the 1960s. Previous workers described its stratigraphy (refs), structure (refs), and geochemistry (refs). Here we present new detrital-zircon data from the basin." — three sentences, zero process, reads regional.
- After: "How quickly eroded mountains appear in the sedimentary record sets the resolution of detrital archives everywhere, yet the lag between exhumation and deposition has never been measured directly. We date both sides of the conveyor — bedrock cooling and basin deposition — in a single system." — the same paper, now framed as a portable question.
Compression tactic that recovers the most words at EPSL: convert every results-inventory paragraph into one topic sentence plus a pointer to the figure, and move its detail to the supplement.
Referee-pushback patterns and the venue-specific fix
- "Reads like a regional report." → Rewrite title + abstract + intro close around the process; the data sections usually survive intact.
- "Inaccessible outside the authors' specialty." → Gloss method terms; add one physical-picture sentence per technical paragraph.
- "Over length." → Cut methods detail and results inventory to the supplement before touching the discussion; the interpretation is why EPSL accepted the paper.
Anti-patterns
- A place-name title for a process paper
- An abstract that withholds the headline number ("we discuss the implications…")
- Introduction as chronological literature history rather than a tension to be resolved
- Jargon walls: unexpanded acronyms, unglossed δ-notation, sub-field slang
- Blowing the cap with in-text protocol and inventory instead of using the supplement
- Conclusions that hedge the portable claim the abstract promised
Output format
【Title】process-forward? [Y/N + suggested rewrite]
【Abstract】question + approach + number±σ + consequence? [Y/N]
【Intro close】discriminating test stated? [Y/N]
【Word count】main text vs ~6,500 cap (re-check) [count]
【Cross-field legibility】acronyms/notation glossed? [Y/N]
【Next】epsl-cover-letterSupplementary resources
../../resources/worked-examples/01-introduction.md— a before→after EPSL-style abstract + introduction../../resources/official-source-map.md— Guide for Authors: length, reference style, structure
© 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 Earth-and-Planetary-Science-Letters-Skills/skills/epsl-writing-style of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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Questions about Epsl Writing Style
What does Epsl Writing Style do?
A skill your agent uses when drafting or compressing prose for an Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) manuscript. Epsl Writing Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when drafting or compressing prose for an Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) manuscript.
When should I use Epsl Writing Style?
Epsl Writing Style fits situations like: compressing prose for an Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) manuscript; tasks that involve Brand voice and tone.
How do I install Epsl Writing Style in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill epsl-writing-style -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Earth-and-Planetary-Science-Letters-Skills/skills/epsl-writing-style in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/epsl-writing-style in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Epsl Writing Style in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill epsl-writing-style -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Earth-and-Planetary-Science-Letters-Skills/skills/epsl-writing-style in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/epsl-writing-style in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Epsl Writing Style 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 epsl-writing-style -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/epsl-writing-style, .gemini/skills/epsl-writing-style, .github/skills/epsl-writing-style and .opencode/skills/epsl-writing-style in your project.
What does Epsl Writing Style need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Epsl Writing Style is instructions for the agent only.
Does Epsl Writing Style 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 Epsl Writing Style 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 Epsl Writing Style use?
Epsl Writing Style 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 Epsl Writing Style 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 Epsl Writing Style?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Epsl Writing Style: Avoid AI Writing (conorbronsdon/avoid-ai-writing, 4.9k stars), Brand (Ohh-889/skyroc, 795 stars), Khazix WeChat Article Writer (KKKKhazix/khazix-skills, 21k stars) and Writing Guidelines (vercel-labs/agent-skills, 32k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Epsl Writing Style?
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.
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.