A skill your agent uses when running the final pre-submission preflight for a Nature Geoscience manuscript — word/display-item limits, format, files, online Methods, Supplementary Information…

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Ngeo Submission

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ngeo-submission --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/Nature-Geoscience-Skills/skills/ngeo-submission .claude/skills/ngeo-submission && 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
ngeo-submission
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
721 words
Files
3
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when running the final pre-submission preflight for a Nature Geoscience manuscript — word/display-item limits, format, files, online Methods, Supplementary Information…

  • Works in 5 steps: Limit audit. Word count (main text… → Compliance sweep. Reporting Summary… → Pointer audit. Every… → …
  • Running the final pre-submission preflight for a Nature Geoscience manuscript — word/display-item limits
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Pre-submission checklist, Submission-system notes and Night-before dry run, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Ngeo Submission is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for a Nature Geoscience manuscript — word/display-item limits, format, files, online Methods, Supplementary Information, Reporting Summary, data/code availability, and Editorial Manager metadata. Verifies submission readiness; does not write content.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files (for example `templates/checklist.md` and `templates/manuscript_template.md`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Physical and earth sciences. 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

  • Running the final pre-submission preflight for a Nature Geoscience manuscript — word/display-item limits
  • Supplementary Information
  • Reporting Summary
  • Data/code availability

Example prompts

  • “/ngeo-submission”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Limit audit. Word count (main text only), abstract words, title characters, display-item count, reference count — all under their ceilings.
  2. Compliance sweep. Reporting Summary complete; data DOI live; code repository accessible; ethics/permit statements present.
  3. Pointer audit. Every "Methods"/"Supplementary" mention maps to real content; no S-prefixed item uncited.
  4. Metadata dry-fill. Draft the Editorial Manager fields (referees, contributions, disclosures) in a text file so the live session is…
  5. Freeze. No content edits after the dry run; any change reopens the limit and pointer audits.

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

Ngeo Submission loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 80 tokens; SKILL.md has 721 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~80
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.8k

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). 721 words, ~1,818 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ngeo-submission/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
ngeo-submission
description
Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for a Nature Geoscience manuscript — word/display-item limits, format, files, online Methods, Supplementary Information, Reporting Summary, data/code availability, and Editorial Manager metadata. Verifies submission readiness; does not write content.

Nature Geoscience Submission Preflight (ngeo-submission)

When to trigger

  • "Submitting tonight" — the last check before uploading to Editorial Manager
  • You are unsure which files the Nature Portfolio system expects
  • You need to confirm the Reporting Summary and data/code-availability statements are complete
  • You want a single gate before handing off to the in-house editor

Pre-submission checklist

Scope and length
  • The manuscript clears the broad-interest Earth-system gate (see ngeo-scope-fit)
  • Main text within the ~3,000-word Article limit (excluding abstract/Methods/refs/legends)
  • Abstract ≤ ~200 words, unreferenced, and uses "Here we show"
  • Title ≤ ~90 characters
  • Display items within the 4–6 ceiling; references near/under ~50
Format and structure
  • Correct content type selected (Article or Brief Communication)
  • Online Methods section present, divided by topical subheadings
  • Results/Discussion organised with 3–4 topical subheadings (Article)
  • SI units, consistent significant figures, every quantity with uncertainty
  • Every acronym/symbol defined on first use; notation consistent throughout
  • Nature reference style applied
Compliance files (these gate acceptance, not just submission)
  • Data availability statement: repository + accession/DOI (community repo where available, e.g. PANGAEA)
  • Code availability statement for custom analysis code
  • Nature Portfolio Reporting Summary completed and consistent with Methods
  • Any required ethics / sample-provenance / permit statements (fieldwork, cores, meteorites)
  • Competing-interests statement
  • Author-contributions (CRediT-style) statement
Files to upload
  • Main manuscript (main text + online Methods, per the current template)
  • All figures at production resolution (vector for line art; high-res raster for imagery)
  • Supplementary Information file(s), items labeled Fig. Sn / Table Sn
  • Reporting Summary
  • Cover letter (justifies broad interest; not seen by reviewers — see ngeo-cover-letter)
  • Source data for main figures if required
Editorial Manager metadata
  • Corresponding author, ORCID, and all affiliations complete
  • Title / abstract / author list entered consistently with the manuscript
  • Suggested and excluded referees entered (see ngeo-referee-strategy)
  • Double-blind review opt-in selected (and manuscript anonymised) if chosen
  • Related manuscripts under consideration disclosed
  • Prior preprint (ESSOAr / EarthArXiv) disclosed
Self-consistency
  • Every "see Supplementary" / "see Methods" pointer resolves
  • Figure/table/reference numbering continuous and matching in-text callouts
  • SI items use the S-prefix and are each cited from the main text or Methods
  • The main text stands alone without the SI (cross-check ngeo-supplementary)

Submission-system notes

  • Submit through the Nature Portfolio Editorial Manager manuscript-tracking system; verify the current portal and account requirements on the author pages.
  • No presubmission enquiries are accepted — the cover letter carries the full case (see ngeo-cover-letter).
  • The in-house editor triages on interest before review; most submissions are declined without review, so scope and cover letter are decisive.
  • Keep the Reporting Summary and availability statements accurate — they are checked and can hold up acceptance.
  • Open-access: Nature Geoscience offers an OA option with an APC (re-check the current figure on the official site); a subscription route also exists.
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Night-before dry run

Run this sequence the evening before, not at the upload screen:

  1. Limit audit. Word count (main text only), abstract words, title characters, display-item count, reference count — all under their ceilings.
  2. Compliance sweep. Reporting Summary complete; data DOI live; code repository accessible; ethics/permit statements present.
  3. Pointer audit. Every "Methods"/"Supplementary" mention maps to real content; no S-prefixed item uncited.
  4. Metadata dry-fill. Draft the Editorial Manager fields (referees, contributions, disclosures) in a text file so the live session is transcription, not composition.
  5. Freeze. No content edits after the dry run; any change reopens the limit and pointer audits.

Desk-return / hold triggers to eliminate

TriggerWhy it stalls or bounces
Broad-interest case absent in the cover letterEditorial reject before review
Over the word / display-item / reference limitReturned for reformatting
Missing or inconsistent Reporting SummaryHeld before acceptance
"Data available on request" onlyNon-compliant data statement
Custom code with no availability statementHeld before acceptance
Main text depends on the SIReferee friction / editorial return

Anti-patterns

  • Treating the Reporting Summary and data/code statements as afterthoughts
  • Submitting a regional study with no broad-interest argument (editorial reject)
  • Over-length discovered only at the upload screen
  • Deposit-on-request data instead of a repository DOI
  • SI items uncited or the main text silently depending on them
  • Forgetting to disclose a preprint the editor will find

Output format

【Scope + length】gate cleared; main text ≤~3,000 / abstract ≤~200 / title ≤~90?  yes / fix
【Content type】Article / Brief Communication correct?  yes / fix
【Methods】online Methods with subheadings present?  yes / fix
【Compliance】data DOI / code / Reporting Summary / ethics — all present?
【Files】manuscript / figures / SI / Reporting Summary / cover letter — present?
【Editorial Manager metadata】ORCID / referees / disclosures / double-blind?
【Stands alone】yes / fix
【Next】await reports → ngeo-revision; plan referees → ngeo-referee-strategy

Attached resources

Portal, content types, word/display-item limits, Reporting Summary, and required statements are volatile — verify all on the official Nature Geoscience author pages before submitting (Checked: 2026-07-16).

© 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

SKILL.md and 2 other files in Nature-Geoscience-Skills/skills/ngeo-submission of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • templates/checklist.md
  • templates/manuscript_template.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Ngeo Submission

What does Ngeo Submission do?

A skill your agent uses when running the final pre-submission preflight for a Nature Geoscience manuscript — word/display-item limits, format, files, online Methods, Supplementary Information…. Ngeo Submission is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for a Nature Geoscience manuscript — word/display-item limits, format, files, online Methods, Supplementary Information, Reporting Summary, data/code availability, and Editorial Manager metadata.

When should I use Ngeo Submission?

Ngeo Submission fits situations like: running the final pre-submission preflight for a Nature Geoscience manuscript — word/display-item limits; supplementary Information; reporting Summary; data/code availability.

How do I install Ngeo Submission in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Ngeo Submission in Codex?

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

Can I use Ngeo Submission 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 ngeo-submission -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ngeo-submission, .gemini/skills/ngeo-submission, .github/skills/ngeo-submission and .opencode/skills/ngeo-submission in your project.

What does Ngeo Submission need to run?

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

Does Ngeo Submission 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 Ngeo Submission 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 Ngeo Submission use?

Ngeo Submission 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 Ngeo Submission 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.

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Who maintains Ngeo Submission?

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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