Mind Literature Positioning
franklee16/academic-research-skills
A skill your agent uses when positioning a Mind article against the existing philosophical literature so the thesis reads as a genuine move in a live debate.
A skill your agent uses when turning a mapped literature into one cumulative argument for a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — synthesizing many sources into a claim the field could…
Install Phg Argument Synthesis
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill phg-argument-synthesis -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills phg-argument-synthesis --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/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-argument-synthesis .claude/skills/phg-argument-synthesis && 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 "phg-argument-synthesis" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-argument-synthesis into .claude/skills/phg-argument-synthesis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "phg-argument-synthesis", 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/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-argument-synthesisType 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 phg-argument-synthesis -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills phg-argument-synthesis --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/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-argument-synthesis .agents/skills/phg-argument-synthesis && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "phg-argument-synthesis" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-argument-synthesis into .agents/skills/phg-argument-synthesis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "phg-argument-synthesis", 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 phg-argument-synthesis -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills phg-argument-synthesis --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/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-argument-synthesis .cursor/skills/phg-argument-synthesis && 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 "phg-argument-synthesis" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-argument-synthesis into .cursor/skills/phg-argument-synthesis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "phg-argument-synthesis", 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 Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-argument-synthesis--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 phg-argument-synthesis -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills phg-argument-synthesis --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/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-argument-synthesis .gemini/skills/phg-argument-synthesis && 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 "phg-argument-synthesis" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-argument-synthesis into .gemini/skills/phg-argument-synthesis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "phg-argument-synthesis", 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 phg-argument-synthesisInstalls 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 phg-argument-synthesis -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/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-argument-synthesis .github/skills/phg-argument-synthesis && 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 "phg-argument-synthesis" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-argument-synthesis into .github/skills/phg-argument-synthesis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "phg-argument-synthesis", 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 phg-argument-synthesis -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 phg-argument-synthesis --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/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-argument-synthesis .opencode/skills/phg-argument-synthesis && 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 "phg-argument-synthesis" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-argument-synthesis into .opencode/skills/phg-argument-synthesis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "phg-argument-synthesis", 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
phg-argument-synthesis- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 565 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when turning a mapped literature into one cumulative argument for a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — synthesizing many sources into a claim the field could…
- Works in 5 steps: State the thesis in one sentence. The… → Decompose the thesis into 3–5… → Under each sub-claim, marshal the… → …
- Tasks that involve Positioning and messaging
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Summary vs. synthesis (the…, Build the cumulative spine and The "one sentence" and "adds…, plus 5 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Phg Argument Synthesis is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when turning a mapped literature into one cumulative argument for a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — synthesizing many sources into a claim the field could not see from any one of them. Builds the synthetic spine; it does not gather sources (see phg-literature-positioning) or make the critical turn (see phg-critical-intervention).
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 Marketing & SEO, covering Positioning and messaging and Essays and academic help. 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
- Tasks that involve Positioning and messaging
- Tasks that involve Essays and academic help
Example prompts
- “/phg-argument-synthesis”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- State the thesis in one sentence. The whole essay is the defense of this claim. If you cannot, go
- Decompose the thesis into 3–5 sub-claims. These become the sections — organized by argument, not
- Under each sub-claim, marshal the evidence from across the corpus: which works support it, which
- Make the sources talk to each other. Put works that never cite each other into the same paragraph
- Handle disconfirming work honestly — a synthesis that ignores contrary evidence is advocacy, not a
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
Phg Argument Synthesis loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 94 tokens; SKILL.md has 565 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). 565 words, ~1,204 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/phg-argument-synthesis/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- phg-argument-synthesis
- description
- Use when turning a mapped literature into one cumulative argument for a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — synthesizing many sources into a claim the field could not see from any one of them. Builds the synthetic spine; it does not gather sources (see phg-literature-positioning) or make the critical turn (see phg-critical-intervention).
Argument Synthesis (phg-argument-synthesis)
The single most important craft in a PiHG essay: synthesis. A review is not an ordered summary of what
others found; it is an argument the sources add up to but none of them made alone. Reviewers and
editors reject "annotated bibliography" pieces on sight. This skill turns a mapped literature
(phg-literature-positioning) into a cumulative claim organized by your concept
(phg-theory-building).
When to trigger
- You have the corpus and the concept, and must now build the spine
- The draft reads as "A found X, B found Y, C found Z" — a list, not an argument
- A reviewer said "this is descriptive," "where is the argument?," or "just a summary"
- You cannot state the essay's thesis in one sentence
Summary vs. synthesis (the core distinction)
| Summary (reject) | Synthesis (PiHG) |
|---|---|
| Organized by source (paper by paper) | Organized by your concept / claim |
| "X studied A; Y studied B" | "Across X and Y, the field has assumed Z — which fails because…" |
| Coverage is the goal | An argument is the goal; coverage serves it |
| Reader learns what exists | Reader learns how to think about the field |
If a paragraph's topic sentence names an author rather than an idea, you are summarizing. Rewrite so ideas are the subjects and sources are the evidence.
Build the cumulative spine
- State the thesis in one sentence. The whole essay is the defense of this claim. If you cannot, go
back to
phg-critical-intervention. - Decompose the thesis into 3–5 sub-claims. These become the sections — organized by argument, not by the literature's own buckets.
- Under each sub-claim, marshal the evidence from across the corpus: which works support it, which complicate it, and how they combine into the point.
- Make the sources talk to each other. Put works that never cite each other into the same paragraph when your concept shows they are addressing the same relation.
- Handle disconfirming work honestly — a synthesis that ignores contrary evidence is advocacy, not a review. Fold it in and show why the thesis survives (or scope it).
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The "one sentence" and "adds up" tests
- One-sentence test: can you say what the essay argues (not covers) in a sentence? If not, there is no spine yet.
- Adds-up test: does the conclusion state something no single cited work says? A review whose conclusion is already in one of its sources has synthesized nothing.
Reconcile, periodize, or adjudicate
Three reliable synthetic structures (pick the one your literature needs):
- Reconcile — show two camps that talk past each other are compatible under your concept.
- Periodize — narrate how the field's thinking moved through phases, to intervene in the next.
- Adjudicate — weigh a live disagreement and argue which side the evidence, read together, favors.
Checklist
- Thesis stated in one sentence; essay is its defense
- Sections organized by sub-claims, not by the literature's buckets or by source
- Paragraph topic sentences name ideas, not authors
- Works that never cite each other are brought into contact where the concept links them
- Disconfirming evidence engaged, not ignored
- Conclusion states something no single source states (adds-up test)
Anti-patterns
- Annotated-bibliography structure (one paragraph per paper)
- Topic sentences that start with an author's name
- "Coverage" mistaken for contribution — comprehensive but argument-free
- Cherry-picking supportive work and dropping the inconvenient
- A conclusion that merely restates the most-cited paper's point
Output format
【Thesis】the one-sentence claim the essay defends
【Sub-claims】the 3–5 argument-sections
【Synthetic structure】reconcile / periodize / adjudicate
【Sources in contact】which non-citing works your concept joins
【Adds-up?】does the conclusion exceed any single source? [Y/N]
【Next】phg-critical-interventionSupplementary resources
../../resources/worked-examples/01-introduction.md— before→after: annotated list vs. cumulative argument../../resources/external_tools.md— CAQDAS and synthesis methods (thematic, meta-narrative, critical interpretive)
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Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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What does Phg Argument Synthesis do?
A skill your agent uses when turning a mapped literature into one cumulative argument for a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — synthesizing many sources into a claim the field could…. Phg Argument Synthesis is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when turning a mapped literature into one cumulative argument for a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — synthesizing many sources into a claim the field could not see from any one of them.
When should I use Phg Argument Synthesis?
Phg Argument Synthesis fits situations like: tasks that involve Positioning and messaging; tasks that involve Essays and academic help.
How do I install Phg Argument Synthesis in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill phg-argument-synthesis -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-argument-synthesis in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/phg-argument-synthesis in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Phg Argument Synthesis in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill phg-argument-synthesis -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-argument-synthesis in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/phg-argument-synthesis in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Phg Argument Synthesis 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 phg-argument-synthesis -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/phg-argument-synthesis, .gemini/skills/phg-argument-synthesis, .github/skills/phg-argument-synthesis and .opencode/skills/phg-argument-synthesis in your project.
What does Phg Argument Synthesis need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Phg Argument Synthesis is instructions for the agent only.
Does Phg Argument Synthesis 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 Phg Argument Synthesis 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 Phg Argument Synthesis use?
Phg Argument Synthesis 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 Phg Argument Synthesis use?
About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.8k 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 Phg Argument Synthesis?
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Who maintains Phg Argument Synthesis?
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.