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Molcell Writing

by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills

A skill your agent uses to structure a Molecular Cell Article and hold its length — Summary, Introduction, Results, Discussion, STAR Methods, figure legends, references — with the ~7,000-word…

MITAuto-check passedBusiness, Finance & HR

Install Molcell Writing

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills molcell-writing --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/Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-writing .claude/skills/molcell-writing && 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
molcell-writing
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
534 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses to structure a Molecular Cell Article and hold its length — Summary, Introduction, Results, Discussion, STAR Methods, figure legends, references — with the ~7,000-word…

  • Works in 8 steps: Summary — single paragraph… → Introduction — ~3 short paragraphs… → Results — the bulk; organized by the… → …
  • Structure a Molecular Cell Article and hold its length — Summary
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Molecular Cell Article…, Length and display-item budget… and Results: subheadings that…, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Molcell Writing is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use to structure a Molecular Cell Article and hold its length — Summary, Introduction, Results, Discussion, STAR Methods, figure legends, references — with the ~7,000-word main-text and ~7-display-item budgets, and Results subheadings that carry the single-mechanism argument.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k 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 Business, Finance & HR, covering Interview preparation. 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

  • Structure a Molecular Cell Article and hold its length — Summary
  • References — with the ~7
  • 000-word main-text and ~7-display-item budgets
  • Results subheadings that carry the single-mechanism argument

Example prompts

  • “/molcell-writing”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Summary — single paragraph (molcell-summary).
  2. Introduction — ~3 short paragraphs posing the molecular question (molcell-framing).
  3. Results — the bulk; organized by the proof of mechanism, with descriptive subheadings.
  4. Discussion — concise interpretation, model, limitations; does not re-list results.
  5. STAR Methods — Structured, Transparent, Accessible Reporting (molcell-star-methods).
  6. Figure legends — each stands alone (title + per-panel + statistics).
  7. References — Cell Press numbered style (molcell-citation).
  8. Supplemental information — supporting figures/tables/videos.

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 Writing loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 73 tokens; SKILL.md has 534 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~73
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

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). 534 words, ~1,228 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/molcell-writing/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
molcell-writing
description
Use to structure a Molecular Cell Article and hold its length — Summary, Introduction, Results, Discussion, STAR Methods, figure legends, references — with the ~7,000-word main-text and ~7-display-item budgets, and Results subheadings that carry the single-mechanism argument.

Main-Text Writing & Structure (molcell-writing)

When to trigger

  • Unsure how a Molecular Cell Article is structured.
  • The main text is over length, or the Discussion repeats the Results.
  • The Methods are written as a free-text section (Molecular Cell uses STAR Methods).
  • Results wander through techniques instead of advancing the single-mechanism argument.

Molecular Cell Article structure (in order)

  1. Summary — single paragraph (molcell-summary).
  2. Introduction — ~3 short paragraphs posing the molecular question (molcell-framing).
  3. Results — the bulk; organized by the proof of mechanism, with descriptive subheadings.
  4. Discussion — concise interpretation, model, limitations; does not re-list results.
  5. STAR Methods — Structured, Transparent, Accessible Reporting (molcell-star-methods).
  6. Figure legends — each stands alone (title + per-panel + statistics).
  7. References — Cell Press numbered style (molcell-citation).
  8. Supplemental information — supporting figures/tables/videos.

Molecular Cell does not use a free-text Methods section — methods live in STAR Methods with a Key Resources Table. This is non-negotiable for Cell Press.

Length and display-item budget (verify on the official site)

  • Article main text ≈ 7,000 words, counting Introduction, Results, Discussion, and main figure legends, but excluding STAR Methods, supplemental item legends, and references. A working target — confirm the current cap.
  • Display items: up to ~7 figures/tables for a standard Article; additional supporting items go to Supplemental Information.
  • Short Article: ~4,000 words for a single, fully validated conceptual point — consider it when the mechanism is decisive but compact.
  • STAR Methods and references sit outside the main-text word budget but have their own expectations.

Numbers are working targets. The principle is fixed: Molecular Cell Articles are deep but tightly written; validation and orthogonal controls go to Supplemental Information and STAR Methods.

Results: subheadings that carry the mechanism

  • Use descriptive subheadings that read as molecular claims ("The clamp loader gates ATP hydrolysis", not "Biochemical assays").
  • Each Results block: claim sentence first, then the evidence (figure callout + numbers + statistics), then the inference and the alternative you exclude.
  • Order by the logic of the proof (phenomenon → mechanism → separation-of-function → physiological relevance), not by the chronology of experiments.
  • Each subheading should map to one or two figures.
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Discussion discipline (concise)

  • Interpret — don't recap. State the molecular model the data support and draw it in words.
  • Address the main alternative mechanism and how your data exclude it.
  • State limitations honestly (what the reconstitution omits, what the resolution cannot resolve).
  • End on the mechanistic significance / open molecular question — not "more work is needed."

Length discipline tactics

  • One idea per paragraph; lead with the claim.
  • Move orthogonal confirmations, titrations, and controls to Supplemental (cited "Figure S3", "Table S1").
  • Cut "In order to" → "To"; cut "It is worth noting that" and throat-clearing.
  • Demote any result that doesn't serve the single mechanism; comprehensiveness is not a virtue here.

Cross-references

  • Main figures: "Figure 1" (Cell Press spells out "Figure"); panels "Figure 1A".
  • Supplemental: "Figure S1", "Table S1", "Video S1".
  • STAR Methods sections are referenced by name (e.g., "see STAR Methods").

Output format

【Sections present】 Summary / Intro / Results / Discussion / STAR Methods / legends / refs
【Methods format】 free-text (FIX → STAR Methods) / STAR Methods (ok)
【Main-text length】 ~N words incl. main legends → over/under ~7,000 (or ~4,000 Short Article)
【Display items】 N → within ~7? main vs Supplemental split
【Results subheadings】 molecular-claim style + proof-ordered? yes/no
【Discussion】 interpretive (model + excluded alternative)? limitations stated? yes/no
【Next】 molcell-figures

Anti-patterns

  • Do not write a free-text Methods section — Molecular Cell requires STAR Methods.
  • Do not let the Discussion re-list the Results.
  • Do not order Results by technique chronology when the proof order is clearer.
  • Do not pad the main text with arc-irrelevant experiments to look comprehensive.

Confirm exact word and item caps against the current Molecular Cell information-for-authors page.

© 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 Molecular-Cell-Skills/skills/molcell-writing of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Molcell Writing

What does Molcell Writing do?

A skill your agent uses to structure a Molecular Cell Article and hold its length — Summary, Introduction, Results, Discussion, STAR Methods, figure legends, references — with the ~7,000-word…. Molcell Writing is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use to structure a Molecular Cell Article and hold its length — Summary, Introduction, Results, Discussion, STAR Methods, figure legends, references — with the ~7,000-word main-text and ~7-display-item budgets, and Results subheadings that carry the single-mechanism argument.

When should I use Molcell Writing?

Molcell Writing fits situations like: structure a Molecular Cell Article and hold its length — Summary; references — with the ~7; 000-word main-text and ~7-display-item budgets; results subheadings that carry the single-mechanism argument.

How do I install Molcell Writing in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Molcell Writing in Codex?

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

Can I use Molcell Writing 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-writing -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-writing, .gemini/skills/molcell-writing, .github/skills/molcell-writing and .opencode/skills/molcell-writing in your project.

What does Molcell Writing need to run?

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

Does Molcell Writing 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 Writing 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 Writing use?

Molcell Writing 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 Writing use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.9k 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 Writing?

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.

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