What If Oracle
K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
Supports structured what-if scenario analysis for research planning, experimental contingencies, and scientific project decisions.
A skill your agent uses when triaging a study before any writing — stress-tests whether it clears Molecular Cell's bar (a deep molecular mechanism proven by orthogonal approaches with physiological…
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill molcell-fit -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills molcell-fit --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/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-fit .claude/skills/molcell-fit && 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 "molcell-fit" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-fit into .claude/skills/molcell-fit/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "molcell-fit", 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/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-fitType 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 molcell-fit -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills molcell-fit --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/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-fit .agents/skills/molcell-fit && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "molcell-fit" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-fit into .agents/skills/molcell-fit/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "molcell-fit", 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 molcell-fit -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills molcell-fit --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/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-fit .cursor/skills/molcell-fit && 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 "molcell-fit" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-fit into .cursor/skills/molcell-fit/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "molcell-fit", 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 Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-fit--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 molcell-fit -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills molcell-fit --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/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-fit .gemini/skills/molcell-fit && 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 "molcell-fit" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-fit into .gemini/skills/molcell-fit/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "molcell-fit", 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 molcell-fitInstalls 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 molcell-fit -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/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-fit .github/skills/molcell-fit && 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 "molcell-fit" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-fit into .github/skills/molcell-fit/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "molcell-fit", 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 molcell-fit -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 molcell-fit --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/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-fit .opencode/skills/molcell-fit && 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 "molcell-fit" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-fit into .opencode/skills/molcell-fit/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "molcell-fit", 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.
molcell-fitA skill your agent uses when triaging a study before any writing — stress-tests whether it clears Molecular Cell's bar (a deep molecular mechanism proven by orthogonal approaches with physiological…
Molcell Fit is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when triaging a study before any writing — stress-tests whether it clears Molecular Cell's bar (a deep molecular mechanism proven by orthogonal approaches with physiological relevance) or belongs at a sibling. Use this first to decide Molecular Cell vs Cell vs Cell Reports vs NSMB/EMBO J before investing in framing or figures.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k 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, covering Load testing. 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.
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 932eb23. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
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.
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.
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Molcell Fit loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 86 tokens; SKILL.md has 656 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.
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.
The full file from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 656 words, ~1,564 tokens.
.claude/skills/molcell-fit/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).Molecular Cell triages most submissions to rejection without external review. The gate is not "is it correct" and not "is it interesting" — it is "is the molecular mechanism worked out, proven by independent methods, and shown to matter in a physiological setting." A striking phenotype with a proposed-but-unproven mechanism is desk-rejected. Run this before writing a word.
Molecular Cell publishes mechanism in a defined set of areas. Confirm your work sits squarely in one:
If the work is molecular but has no deep mechanism, or is broad but shallow, reconsider the venue.
Molecular Cell wants the how nailed down. Ask:
If mechanism / orthogonality / causality / physiological relevance are not all addressed, it is likely not yet a Molecular Cell paper — name the experiment that closes the gap.
If you cannot place the work at rung 3+ with orthogonal validation, Molecular Cell is a long shot — name the realistic venue honestly.
| Situation | Recommend |
|---|---|
| Rung 3–5, deep mechanism, orthogonal validation, physiological | Molecular Cell (Article) |
| Rung 4–5 and broad cross-field significance / complete story | also consider Cell |
| Solid and complete but mechanism not deep / less rigorous | Cell Reports (more accepting) |
| One decisive, fully validated mechanistic point, compact | Molecular Cell Short Article |
| Structure-led mechanism, specialist depth | NSMB / Structure |
| Mechanism localized but not yet molecular | add point-mutant / reconstitution before submitting |
【Depth rung】 1–5 + one-line justification
【Deep-mechanism test】 mechanism / orthogonality / causality / physiological / reconstitution → which are met
【Domain fit】 which Mol. Cell home domain (or scope mismatch)
【Fatal triggers present】 [...]
【Recommended venue】 Molecular Cell / Cell / Cell Reports / NSMB-EMBO / other
【If staying with Mol. Cell, the one-line mechanistic advance】 "..."
【Gap-closing experiment, if any】 ...
【Next】 molcell-framing (if pass) | reconsider venue (if fail)Confirm scope expectations against the current Molecular Cell information-for-authors page and recent issues.
© 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
Just SKILL.md in Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-fit of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
Molcell Fit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molcell Fit this skillbrycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills | 1.2k | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| What If OracleK-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills | 48k | 1 repos | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | CC-BY-NC-4.0 | |
| Paper ReviewEvoScientist/EvoSkills | 478 | — | ~4.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Data Finderbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.6k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Weakness Scannerflonat/flonat-research | 146 | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Ecta Identificationfranklee16/academic-research-skills | 223 | 1 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
Supports structured what-if scenario analysis for research planning, experimental contingencies, and scientific project decisions.
EvoScientist/EvoSkills
Guides self-review of YOUR OWN academic paper before submission with adversarial stress-testing.
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
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flonat/flonat-research
Identify recurring weak arguments, unsupported assumptions, and vulnerable inference patterns across a literature corpus.
franklee16/academic-research-skills
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A skill your agent uses when running and reporting the analysis for an Annals of the American Association of Geographers manuscript — spatial statistics and modeling, remote-sensing accuracy, or…
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A skill your agent uses when positioning an Annals of the American Association of Geographers manuscript in the literature — engaging geographic scholarship across the relevant area and the…
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A skill your agent uses when responding to an Annals of the American Association of Geographers decision letter (major/minor revision) — building a point-by-point response to the subject editor and…
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A skill your agent uses when defending the research design of an Annals of the American Association of Geographers manuscript — spatial/quantitative analysis and GIScience, remote-sensing and…
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A skill your agent uses when you need to understand how the Annals of the American Association of Geographers evaluates a manuscript — double-anonymous review routed through a subject editor by…
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A skill your agent uses when running the final pre-submission preflight for the Annals of the American Association of Geographers via ScholarOne Manuscripts — area/article-type selection…
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A skill your agent uses when triaging a study before any writing — stress-tests whether it clears Molecular Cell's bar (a deep molecular mechanism proven by orthogonal approaches with physiological…. Molcell Fit is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when triaging a study before any writing — stress-tests whether it clears Molecular Cell's bar (a deep molecular mechanism proven by orthogonal approaches with physiological relevance) or belongs at a sibling.
Molcell Fit fits situations like: belongs at a sibling; tasks that involve Load testing.
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill molcell-fit -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-fit in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/molcell-fit in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill molcell-fit -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-fit in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/molcell-fit in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
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 molcell-fit -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/molcell-fit, .gemini/skills/molcell-fit, .github/skills/molcell-fit and .opencode/skills/molcell-fit in your project.
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Molcell Fit is instructions for the agent only.
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.
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.
Molcell Fit is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Molcell Fit: What If Oracle (K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, 48k stars), Paper Review (EvoScientist/EvoSkills, 478 stars), Data Finder (brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, 4.6k stars) and Weakness Scanner (flonat/flonat-research, 146 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
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.