A skill your agent uses when drafting or polishing a Field Crops Research (FCR) manuscript so it reads for a general agronomy/crop-science audience, follows FCR structure, and meets the format…

MITAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Fcr Writing Style

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill fcr-writing-style -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills fcr-writing-style --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Field-Crops-Research-Skills/skills/fcr-writing-style .claude/skills/fcr-writing-style && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
fcr-writing-style
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
668 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 polishing a Field Crops Research (FCR) manuscript so it reads for a general agronomy/crop-science audience, follows FCR structure, and meets the format…

  • Works in 4 steps: Introduction. Brief, unbiased,… → Materials & Methods. Complete enough to… → Results. Concise; report what answers… → …
  • Polishing a Field Crops Research (FCR) manuscript so it reads for a general agronomy/crop-science audience
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Structure & section discipline, Abstract & highlights and Reach a general agronomy…, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Fcr Writing Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when drafting or polishing a Field Crops Research (FCR) manuscript so it reads for a general agronomy/crop-science audience, follows FCR structure, and meets the format expectations (abstract <=400 words, 3-5 highlights of <=85 characters, grammatically sound English, concise results, a discussion that interprets rather than repeats). Tightens prose and format; it does not invent content.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k 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

  • Polishing a Field Crops Research (FCR) manuscript so it reads for a general agronomy/crop-science audience
  • Follows FCR structure
  • Meets the format expectations (abstract <=400 words
  • 3-5 highlights of <=85 characters

Example prompts

  • “/fcr-writing-style”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Introduction. Brief, unbiased, up-to-date review that flows to clear **objectives or
  2. Materials & Methods. Complete enough to reproduce: crop/cultivar, sites/seasons, soil, weather,
  3. Results. Concise; report what answers the objectives, with effect sizes and uncertainty.
  4. Discussion. Place findings in agronomic context and justify conclusions with the data — do

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

Fcr Writing Style loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 103 tokens; SKILL.md has 668 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~103
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.5k

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). 668 words, ~1,524 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/fcr-writing-style/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
fcr-writing-style
description
Use when drafting or polishing a Field Crops Research (FCR) manuscript so it reads for a general agronomy/crop-science audience, follows FCR structure, and meets the format expectations (abstract <=400 words, 3-5 highlights of <=85 characters, grammatically sound English, concise results, a discussion that interprets rather than repeats). Tightens prose and format; it does not invent content.

Writing Style (fcr-writing-style)

An FCR paper must be readable by an agronomist or crop scientist outside your exact crop and region, written in grammatically sound English, and disciplined to FCR's structure: a focused introduction, complete methods, concise results that address the objectives, and a discussion that interprets rather than restates results. This skill is about clarity and format — not about generating claims.

When to trigger

  • Drafting the introduction, results, or discussion, or doing a final polish
  • Writing the abstract (≤ 400 words) and the highlights (3–5 bullets)
  • Tightening a verbose results or discussion section
  • Aligning citations and units to the Elsevier/FCR style before submission

Structure & section discipline

  1. Introduction. Brief, unbiased, up-to-date review that flows to clear objectives or hypotheses of general relevance (see fcr-literature-positioning).
  2. Materials & Methods. Complete enough to reproduce: crop/cultivar, sites/seasons, soil, weather, management, design, and statistics (see fcr-reporting-and-data-policy).
  3. Results. Concise; report what answers the objectives, with effect sizes and uncertainty. Do not interpret here.
  4. Discussion. Place findings in agronomic context and justify conclusions with the data — do not repeat the results. State scope/limitations and generality across environments.

Abstract & highlights

  • Abstract (≤ 400 words): purpose, key methods (crop, environments), principal quantitative results, and the major agronomic conclusion.
  • Highlights: 3–5 bullet points, each ≤ 85 characters including spaces — concrete findings, not topic labels.

Reach a general agronomy audience

  • Define crop- or region-specific terms on first use; spell out acronyms; use SI units throughout.
  • Lead with the agronomic point; connect results to yield and biophysical processes.
  • Quantify ("a 0.8 t ha⁻¹ increase," not "a large increase"); avoid vague significance language.
  • Signpost clearly so a reader can follow the argument from objective to conclusion.

Vague-to-quantified rewrite table

FCR rewards the quantified, agronomic sentence over the qualitative one. Each row shows the upgrade an editor expects between draft and submission.

Vague draftQuantified, FCR-ready (illustrative)
"Yield increased substantially.""Yield rose 0.9 t ha⁻¹ (12%) in high-N environments."
"The treatment was significant.""The N×cultivar interaction was significant (SED = 0.15 t ha⁻¹, α = 0.05)."

Worked discussion-rewrite vignette (illustrative)

Illustrative. A results-echoing discussion opens: "As shown in Table 3, the new cultivar yielded 0.9 t ha⁻¹ more than the check" — restating the result, the most common FCR reviewer complaint. The interpretive rewrite leads with the mechanism and its generality: "The advantage concentrated in high-N environments, consistent with greater post-anthesis N remobilisation in the stay-green line; in the two dry site-years it vanished, marking water — not N — as limiting." Now the paragraph explains why and bounds where it travels — the move from local report to general contribution.

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Anti-patterns

  • A discussion that repeats the results instead of interpreting them
  • A region-insider framing that never states general relevance
  • An abstract that hides the quantitative finding or runs far over length
  • Highlights that are topics ("Effects of nitrogen on wheat") rather than findings
  • Non-SI units, undefined acronyms, or inconsistent citation style
  • Conclusions not justified by the data

Style execution pass for Field Crops Research

Treat this skill as an executable review pass, not a prose hint. First lock the crop system, environment structure, GxE logic, and yield or physiology endpoint; then judge whether the current manuscript answers the venue's real reader: agronomy reviewers who expect field-based, multi-environment evidence and crop-level general significance.

  • Do the pass: Rewrite the first two pages so each paragraph starts from the venue-level claim, not from chronology or method inventory; preserve exact source-map limits and move technical overflow to appendix or supplement.
  • Return a ledger: give claim / evidence / risk / manuscript location rows, so the next agent can edit rather than rediscover the issue.
  • Sibling guard: compare against Agricultural Systems for whole-system modeling, European Journal of Agronomy for agronomic breadth, Crop Science for cultivar or breeding emphasis; if a sibling owns the contribution, recommend re-routing before polishing format.
  • Submission-ready gate: do not give final advice until the pack's resources/official-source-map.md has been checked for upload-week rules and the manuscript has one concrete fix for the largest venue-specific risk.

Output format

【Structure】intro → methods → concise results → interpretive discussion? [Y/N]
【Discussion interprets, not repeats?】[Y/N]
【Abstract】word count (≤400) + states quantitative finding? [Y/N]
【Highlights】3-5 bullets, each ≤85 chars, findings not topics? [Y/N]
【General reach】SI units + acronyms defined + quantified? [Y/N]
【Next】fcr-cover-letter

Supplementary resources

© 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 Field-Crops-Research-Skills/skills/fcr-writing-style of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Fcr Writing Style

What does Fcr Writing Style do?

A skill your agent uses when drafting or polishing a Field Crops Research (FCR) manuscript so it reads for a general agronomy/crop-science audience, follows FCR structure, and meets the format…. Fcr Writing Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when drafting or polishing a Field Crops Research (FCR) manuscript so it reads for a general agronomy/crop-science audience, follows FCR structure, and meets the format expectations (abstract <=400 words, 3-5 highlights of <=85 characters, grammatically sound English, concise results, a discussion that interprets rather than repeats).

When should I use Fcr Writing Style?

Fcr Writing Style fits situations like: polishing a Field Crops Research (FCR) manuscript so it reads for a general agronomy/crop-science audience; follows FCR structure; meets the format expectations (abstract <=400 words; 3-5 highlights of <=85 characters.

How do I install Fcr Writing Style in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill fcr-writing-style -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Field-Crops-Research-Skills/skills/fcr-writing-style in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/fcr-writing-style in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Fcr Writing Style in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill fcr-writing-style -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Field-Crops-Research-Skills/skills/fcr-writing-style in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/fcr-writing-style in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Fcr 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 fcr-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/fcr-writing-style, .gemini/skills/fcr-writing-style, .github/skills/fcr-writing-style and .opencode/skills/fcr-writing-style in your project.

What does Fcr Writing Style need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Fcr Writing Style is instructions for the agent only.

Does Fcr 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 Fcr 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 Fcr Writing Style use?

Fcr 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 Fcr Writing Style use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.1k 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 Fcr 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.