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A skill your agent uses to lock the single-mechanism arc before drafting — converts a set of correct experiments into one Molecular Cell story that runs molecular question → the mechanism →…
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Install Molcell Framing
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill molcell-framing -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills molcell-framing --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-framing .claude/skills/molcell-framing && 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-framing" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-framing into .claude/skills/molcell-framing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "molcell-framing", 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-framingType 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-framing -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills molcell-framing --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-framing .agents/skills/molcell-framing && 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-framing" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-framing into .agents/skills/molcell-framing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "molcell-framing", 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-framing -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills molcell-framing --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-framing .cursor/skills/molcell-framing && 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-framing" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-framing into .cursor/skills/molcell-framing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "molcell-framing", 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-framing--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-framing -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills molcell-framing --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-framing .gemini/skills/molcell-framing && 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-framing" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-framing into .gemini/skills/molcell-framing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "molcell-framing", 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-framingInstalls 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-framing -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-framing .github/skills/molcell-framing && 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-framing" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-framing into .github/skills/molcell-framing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "molcell-framing", 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-framing -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-framing --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-framing .opencode/skills/molcell-framing && 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-framing" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-framing into .opencode/skills/molcell-framing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "molcell-framing", 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
molcell-framing- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 610 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses to lock the single-mechanism arc before drafting — converts a set of correct experiments into one Molecular Cell story that runs molecular question → the mechanism →…
- Works in 4 steps: Fig. 1 — establish the phenomenon and… → Figs. 2–3 — define the mechanism… → Fig. 4 — separation-of-function: point… → …
- Not a catalog of techniques
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Molecular Cell tells ONE…, Map figures to the proof of… and Molecular Cell introduction…, plus 5 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Molcell Framing is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use to lock the single-mechanism arc before drafting — converts a set of correct experiments into one Molecular Cell story that runs molecular question → the mechanism → physiological consequence, not a catalog of techniques.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
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
- Not a catalog of techniques
Example prompts
- “/molcell-framing”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Fig. 1 — establish the phenomenon and pose the molecular question.
- Figs. 2–3 — define the mechanism (structure / biochemistry / reconstitution: the molecular event).
- Fig. 4 — separation-of-function: point mutants that break only the mechanism, tying it to the phenotype.
- Figs. 5–6 — physiological relevance (in cells / in vivo) and generality.
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
Molcell Framing loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 60 tokens; SKILL.md has 610 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). 610 words, ~1,341 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/molcell-framing/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- molcell-framing
- description
- Use to lock the single-mechanism arc before drafting — converts a set of correct experiments into one Molecular Cell story that runs molecular question → the mechanism → physiological consequence, not a catalog of techniques.
Single-Mechanism Framing (molcell-framing)
When to trigger
- The experiments are solid but the manuscript reads as "we did ChIP-seq, then crystallography, then a knockout."
- The introduction opens with pages of background before the molecular question.
- Colleagues ask "what is the one molecular event this paper proves?"
- You can list the assays but not the single mechanism they establish.
Molecular Cell tells ONE mechanistic story
A Molecular Cell Article is a single argument that resolves one molecular question:
Molecular question → the mechanism we proved → why it matters physiologically.
Every figure is a step in proving that one mechanism. Data that don't serve the mechanism belong in Supplemental Information or a different paper. Force the whole paper into one sentence:
"We show that [molecular actor] [does what, at what level of detail], which explains [process] and is required for [physiological outcome]."
If you cannot fill all three brackets with a molecular mechanism (a residue, a base, an interface, a step), the framing is not ready — and possibly the mechanism is not complete (molcell-fit).
Map figures to the proof of mechanism
Molecular Cell readers expect the argument to feel airtight: each mechanistic claim is set up, tested by orthogonal methods, and alternatives are excluded before you move on.
- Fig. 1 — establish the phenomenon and pose the molecular question.
- Figs. 2–3 — define the mechanism (structure / biochemistry / reconstitution: the molecular event).
- Fig. 4 — separation-of-function: point mutants that break only the mechanism, tying it to the phenotype.
- Figs. 5–6 — physiological relevance (in cells / in vivo) and generality.
If the separation-of-function figure is missing, reviewers will demand it — better to see the gap now.
Molecular Cell introduction shape (~3 short paragraphs)
- The molecular problem — the process and the specific step that is not understood.
- The gap / hypothesis — what molecular event is unknown, and the question you pose.
- What we found — the mechanism in molecular terms, ending on the physiological consequence. The reader knows the mechanism before Results.
Molecular Cell introductions are shorter and more focused than Cell's — you are addressing molecular biologists, not a general readership, so open at the level of the mechanism, not the disease.
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The "why now" hooks
Name which applies:
- A method makes the molecular step visible (cryo-EM at near-atomic resolution, single-molecule, ribosome profiling, nanopore, cross-linking MS).
- A reconstituted system finally isolates the activity from cellular confounds.
- A separation-of-function allele lets you test the mechanism without pleiotropy.
- A longstanding molecular controversy is now decidable.
Title discipline
- Declarative and mechanistic: "PROTEIN X unwinds Y by mechanism Z" beats "Insights into Y."
- The noun phrase names the molecular actor and the molecular action, not just the system.
- Avoid "Towards", "A study of", "Characterization of", "Role of", "Novel".
- Molecular Cell titles often name the complex and the molecular verb (binds, unwinds, methylates, degrades, licenses).
Narrative anti-frames (rewrite these)
| Anti-frame | Reframe |
|---|---|
| "We characterized complex X." | "Complex X licenses step Y by clamping substrate Z." |
| "Here we report several findings on…" | "We define the molecular mechanism by which…" |
| A technique catalog (ChIP-seq, then structure…) | One mechanism; each method is a converging line of proof |
| "Our data are consistent with model M." | "Point mutants that break only step S decide for model M." |
| "Structure reveals a novel fold." | "The structure explains how X selects substrate Y." |
Output format
【One-sentence mechanism】 "We show that [actor] [molecular action], which explains ... and is required for ..."
【Figure-to-proof map】 phenomenon / mechanism / separation-of-function / physiological relevance
【Why-now hook】 which applies
【Intro skeleton】 molecular problem / gap / mechanism+consequence
【Working title】 declarative, names the molecular actor + action
【Risk】 any step of the proof missing? (→ molcell-fit)
【Next】 molcell-writingAnti-patterns
- Do not present parallel technique mini-stories — Molecular Cell wants one mechanism.
- Do not bury the mechanism below background; molecular biologists want it in the first paragraphs.
- Do not inflate with "novel/unprecedented" — prove the molecular step, don't label it.
- Do not frame a structure paper around the fold; frame it around the mechanism it decides.
Confirm structural expectations against the current Molecular Cell information-for-authors page.
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Files
Just SKILL.md in Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-framing of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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Questions about Molcell Framing
What does Molcell Framing do?
A skill your agent uses to lock the single-mechanism arc before drafting — converts a set of correct experiments into one Molecular Cell story that runs molecular question → the mechanism →…. Molcell Framing is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use to lock the single-mechanism arc before drafting — converts a set of correct experiments into one Molecular Cell story that runs molecular question → the mechanism → physiological consequence, not a catalog of techniques.
When should I use Molcell Framing?
Molcell Framing fits situations like: not a catalog of techniques.
How do I install Molcell Framing in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill molcell-framing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-framing in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/molcell-framing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Molcell Framing in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill molcell-framing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-framing in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/molcell-framing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Molcell Framing 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 molcell-framing -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-framing, .gemini/skills/molcell-framing, .github/skills/molcell-framing and .opencode/skills/molcell-framing in your project.
What does Molcell Framing need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Molcell Framing is instructions for the agent only.
Does Molcell Framing 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 Molcell Framing 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 Molcell Framing use?
Molcell Framing 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 Molcell Framing use?
About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.4k 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 Molcell Framing?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,228 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.