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Agent skill
Journal Guidelines
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
A skill your agent uses when preparing a paper for submission to a specific journal, checking formatting requirements, parsing instructions for authors, building a submission checklist, or adapting…
Install Journal Guidelines
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill journal-guidelines -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills journal-guidelines --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/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/journal-guidelines .claude/skills/journal-guidelines && 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 "journal-guidelines" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/journal-guidelines into .claude/skills/journal-guidelines/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "journal-guidelines", 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/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/journal-guidelinesType 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/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill journal-guidelines -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills journal-guidelines --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/journal-guidelines .agents/skills/journal-guidelines && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "journal-guidelines" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/journal-guidelines into .agents/skills/journal-guidelines/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "journal-guidelines", 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/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill journal-guidelines -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills journal-guidelines --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/journal-guidelines .cursor/skills/journal-guidelines && 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 "journal-guidelines" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/journal-guidelines into .cursor/skills/journal-guidelines/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "journal-guidelines", 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/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git --path skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/journal-guidelines--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/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill journal-guidelines -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills journal-guidelines --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/journal-guidelines .gemini/skills/journal-guidelines && 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 "journal-guidelines" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/journal-guidelines into .gemini/skills/journal-guidelines/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "journal-guidelines", 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/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills journal-guidelinesInstalls 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/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill journal-guidelines -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/journal-guidelines .github/skills/journal-guidelines && 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 "journal-guidelines" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/journal-guidelines into .github/skills/journal-guidelines/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "journal-guidelines", 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/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill journal-guidelines -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/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills journal-guidelines --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/journal-guidelines .opencode/skills/journal-guidelines && 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 "journal-guidelines" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/journal-guidelines into .opencode/skills/journal-guidelines/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "journal-guidelines", 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
journal-guidelines- GitHub stars
- 4.6k
- Token cost
- ~1.8k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 792 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 383
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when preparing a paper for submission to a specific journal, checking formatting requirements, parsing instructions for authors, building a submission checklist, or adapting…
- Works in 7 steps: Fetch the journal's instructions for… → Parse key requirements into a structured… → Produce a checklist in markdown with… → …
- Preparing a paper for submission to a specific journal
- SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use, Mandatory Steps and Checklist Format Example, plus 2 more sections
- Reaches editorialmanager.com
What it does
Journal Guidelines is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Use when preparing a paper for submission to a specific journal, checking formatting requirements, parsing instructions for authors, building a submission checklist, or adapting a paper to a journal template. Fetches the journal's official guidelines via web and produces a verifiable checklist.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k 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 Documents & Office. The repository describes itself as: 🔬 A curated collection of 23,000+ agent skills for empirical research across 8 social science disciplines. | 精选 23,000+ AI Agent 技能库，覆盖8大社会科学学科的实证研究。CoPaper.AI…
When your agent uses it
- Preparing a paper for submission to a specific journal
- Checking formatting requirements
- Parsing instructions for authors
- Building a submission checklist
Example prompts
- “/journal-guidelines”
Workflow steps
7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Fetch the journal's instructions for authors via web fetch on the official URL. Never rely on memory or cached knowledge. If the journal…
- Parse key requirements into a structured list
- Produce a checklist in markdown with each requirement as a verifiable item. Each item must be actionable — "reduce word count to 8,000" is…
- If the journal provides a LaTeX template: download it via web, adapt the paper to the template's structure, map existing \input{} table…
- If no template: adjust the existing paper — margins, font, spacing, citation style — to meet the requirements without breaking the…
- Verify compliance item-by-item before declaring the paper ready. Run through the checklist mechanically and mark each item. Do not…
- Ensure the manuscript contains end-matter sections. The following sections must appear after the conclusion, before the references, unless…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9fa87d8. 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 (its code samples are markdown).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
editorialmanager.com
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
Journal Guidelines loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 79 tokens; SKILL.md has 792 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
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 792 words (~1,816 tokens).
“This skill fetches instructions for authors from the journal's official page, parses them into a structured submission checklist, and adapts the paper to the journal's template when one is provided. Every guideline comes from a live web fetch — cached…”
- name
- journal-guidelines
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/journal-guidelines of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
Compare with similar skills
Journal Guidelines next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal Guidelines this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.6k | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Markdown Article FormatterJimLiu/baoyu-skills | 27k | 6 repos | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| MarkitdownImCa0/just-laws | 781 | 14 repos | ~3.2k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Obsidian MarkdownAtmosphere/atmosphere | 3.8k | 20 repos | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| DOCXrvdbreemen/OTGW-firmware | 207 | 33 repos | ~4.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Proprietary | |
| Word Document Reader and WriterHKUDS/DeepTutor | 41k | — | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Journal Guidelines
What does Journal Guidelines do?
A skill your agent uses when preparing a paper for submission to a specific journal, checking formatting requirements, parsing instructions for authors, building a submission checklist, or adapting…. Journal Guidelines is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Use when preparing a paper for submission to a specific journal, checking formatting requirements, parsing instructions for authors, building a submission checklist, or adapting a paper to a journal template.
When should I use Journal Guidelines?
Journal Guidelines fits situations like: preparing a paper for submission to a specific journal; checking formatting requirements; parsing instructions for authors; building a submission checklist.
How do I install Journal Guidelines in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill journal-guidelines -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/journal-guidelines in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/journal-guidelines in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Journal Guidelines in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill journal-guidelines -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/journal-guidelines in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/journal-guidelines in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Journal Guidelines 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/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill journal-guidelines -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/journal-guidelines, .gemini/skills/journal-guidelines, .github/skills/journal-guidelines and .opencode/skills/journal-guidelines in your project.
What does Journal Guidelines need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Journal Guidelines is instructions for the agent only.
Does Journal Guidelines access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: editorialmanager.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Journal Guidelines 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 Journal Guidelines use?
Journal Guidelines has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Journal Guidelines use?
About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.3k 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 Journal Guidelines?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Journal Guidelines: Markdown Article Formatter (JimLiu/baoyu-skills, 27k stars), Markitdown (ImCa0/just-laws, 781 stars), Obsidian Markdown (Atmosphere/atmosphere, 3.8k stars) and DOCX (rvdbreemen/OTGW-firmware, 207 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Journal Guidelines?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,556 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.
Source: brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.