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Agent skill
Phg Critical Intervention
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills
A skill your agent uses when making the critical move at the heart of a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — naming what the field misses, mistakes, or takes for granted, and…
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Install Phg Critical Intervention
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill phg-critical-intervention -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills phg-critical-intervention --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-critical-intervention .claude/skills/phg-critical-intervention && 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-critical-intervention" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-critical-intervention into .claude/skills/phg-critical-intervention/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "phg-critical-intervention", 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-critical-interventionType 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-critical-intervention -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills phg-critical-intervention --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-critical-intervention .agents/skills/phg-critical-intervention && 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-critical-intervention" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-critical-intervention into .agents/skills/phg-critical-intervention/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "phg-critical-intervention", 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-critical-intervention -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills phg-critical-intervention --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-critical-intervention .cursor/skills/phg-critical-intervention && 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-critical-intervention" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-critical-intervention into .cursor/skills/phg-critical-intervention/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "phg-critical-intervention", 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-critical-intervention--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-critical-intervention -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills phg-critical-intervention --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-critical-intervention .gemini/skills/phg-critical-intervention && 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-critical-intervention" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-critical-intervention into .gemini/skills/phg-critical-intervention/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "phg-critical-intervention", 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-critical-interventionInstalls 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-critical-intervention -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-critical-intervention .github/skills/phg-critical-intervention && 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-critical-intervention" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-critical-intervention into .github/skills/phg-critical-intervention/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "phg-critical-intervention", 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-critical-intervention -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-critical-intervention --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-critical-intervention .opencode/skills/phg-critical-intervention && 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-critical-intervention" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-critical-intervention into .opencode/skills/phg-critical-intervention/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "phg-critical-intervention", 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-critical-intervention- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 547 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when making the critical move at the heart of a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — naming what the field misses, mistakes, or takes for granted, and…
- Works in 2 steps: Diagnose — name the flaw precisely and… → Re-order — supply the better account…
- Making the critical move at the heart of a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — naming what the field misses
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, What counts as a critical move, From critique to re-ordering… and Keep it fair and generous…, plus 5 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Phg Critical Intervention is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when making the critical move at the heart of a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — naming what the field misses, mistakes, or takes for granted, and re-ordering the debate. Sharpens the critical turn; it does not build the synthetic spine (see phg-argument-synthesis) or frame the forward agenda (see phg-contribution-framing).
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.
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
- Making the critical move at the heart of a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — naming what the field misses
- Takes for granted
- Re-ordering the debate
Example prompts
- “/phg-critical-intervention”
Workflow steps
2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Diagnose — name the flaw precisely and show, from the synthesis, that it is real and consequential.
- Re-order — supply the better account (your concept) and show how it dissolves the problem and
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 Critical Intervention loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 93 tokens; SKILL.md has 547 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). 547 words, ~1,223 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/phg-critical-intervention/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- phg-critical-intervention
- description
- Use when making the critical move at the heart of a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — naming what the field misses, mistakes, or takes for granted, and re-ordering the debate. Sharpens the critical turn; it does not build the synthetic spine (see phg-argument-synthesis) or frame the forward agenda (see phg-contribution-framing).
Critical Intervention (phg-critical-intervention)
PiHG is a critical review journal. A survey that is comprehensive and fair but says nothing the field does not already know is a desk-reject. The essay must make a critical intervention: identify what the literature has been getting wrong — an unexamined assumption, a false binary, a blind spot, a concept doing covert work — and re-order the debate around a better account. This is the move that turns a review into a Progress essay.
When to trigger
- You have a synthesis but reviewers would ask "so what does this change?"
- Deciding what, specifically, the field has been getting wrong
- Distinguishing genuine critique from mere summary-with-attitude
- A reviewer said the piece is "even-handed but toothless" or "adds nothing"
What counts as a critical move
| Move | The intervention | Example shape |
|---|---|---|
| Expose an assumption | Name a premise the field shares without arguing for it | "All three camps assume the platform is a bounded object" |
| Dissolve a binary | Show a supposed opposition is a false or unhelpful one | "Structure-vs-agency here is a category mistake" |
| Reveal a silence | Identify what no camp addresses, and why it matters | "None theorize social reproduction, which does the work" |
| Re-scale / re-locate | Show the field misplaced the level or site of the process | "The action is in the circuit, not the firm" |
| Provincialize | Show a "general" claim is actually parochial | "The theory generalizes one region's experience" |
Pick the move your synthesis actually supports. One sharp move beats five gestures.
From critique to re-ordering (the two-step)
A critical review does not stop at "the field is wrong." It re-orders:
- Diagnose — name the flaw precisely and show, from the synthesis, that it is real and consequential.
- Re-order — supply the better account (your concept) and show how it dissolves the problem and re-arranges what counted as evidence, contradiction, or progress.
Critique without re-ordering is complaint; re-ordering without diagnosis is assertion. PiHG wants both.
Show full SKILL.md (232 more words)Show less
Keep it fair and generous (rigor, not polemic)
- Critique positions, not people. The target is an idea's limits, not a scholar's competence.
- Steelman first. Defeat the strongest version; the reviewers built it (
phg-literature-positioning). - Own the cost. Say what your re-ordering gives up or leaves unresolved — honesty reads as strength.
- Avoid the strawman-and-hero arc where the whole field is confused until you arrive; it alienates the referees who are the field.
The "does this change practice?" test
State the intervention as: "Because the field assumed ___, it has been unable to ___; once we see ___, research should now ___." If the "should now" is empty — if nothing an empirical geographer does would change — the intervention is rhetorical, not real.
Checklist
- One precise critical move chosen and supported by the synthesis
- Diagnosis shows the flaw is real and consequential (not invented)
- Re-ordering supplies a better account, not just a complaint
- Strongest version of each target engaged; critique aimed at ideas
- The cost/limits of your own re-ordering acknowledged
- "Changes practice" test passed — something downstream would differ
Anti-patterns
- A fair, comprehensive survey with no critical edge (toothless)
- Summary-with-attitude — adjectives instead of an argument
- Strawman-and-hero framing that patronizes the whole field
- Critique with no re-ordering (complaint) or re-ordering with no diagnosis (assertion)
- A "problem" no working geographer would recognize as consequential
Output format
【Critical move】expose-assumption / dissolve-binary / reveal-silence / re-scale / provincialize
【Diagnosis】the flaw, precisely, and why it matters
【Re-ordering】the better account and what it rearranges
【Cost】what your re-ordering gives up
【Changes practice?】the concrete "research should now…" [filled?]
【Next】phg-contribution-framingSupplementary resources
../../resources/worked-examples/01-introduction.md— the "bounded platform" assumption exposed and re-ordered../../resources/exemplars/library.md— landmark critical interventions (Rose, Gibson-Graham, Massey)
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Files
Just SKILL.md in Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-critical-intervention of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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Questions about Phg Critical Intervention
What does Phg Critical Intervention do?
A skill your agent uses when making the critical move at the heart of a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — naming what the field misses, mistakes, or takes for granted, and…. Phg Critical Intervention is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when making the critical move at the heart of a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — naming what the field misses, mistakes, or takes for granted, and re-ordering the debate.
When should I use Phg Critical Intervention?
Phg Critical Intervention fits situations like: making the critical move at the heart of a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — naming what the field misses; takes for granted; re-ordering the debate.
How do I install Phg Critical Intervention in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill phg-critical-intervention -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-critical-intervention in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/phg-critical-intervention in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Phg Critical Intervention in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill phg-critical-intervention -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-critical-intervention in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/phg-critical-intervention in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Phg Critical Intervention 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-critical-intervention -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-critical-intervention, .gemini/skills/phg-critical-intervention, .github/skills/phg-critical-intervention and .opencode/skills/phg-critical-intervention in your project.
What does Phg Critical Intervention need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Phg Critical Intervention is instructions for the agent only.
Does Phg Critical Intervention 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 Critical Intervention 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 Critical Intervention use?
Phg Critical Intervention 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 Critical Intervention 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.
What are the alternatives to Phg Critical Intervention?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Phg Critical Intervention: Criticism Self Criticism (HughYau/qiushi-skill, 3.8k stars), Crossframe Critical (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Critical Images (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars) and CSS Critical (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Phg Critical Intervention?
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.