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A skill your agent uses when building the conceptual apparatus that organizes a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — the load-bearing concept that carries the argument and re-orders a…
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Install Phg Theory Building
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill phg-theory-building -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills phg-theory-building --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-theory-building .claude/skills/phg-theory-building && 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-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-theory-building into .claude/skills/phg-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "phg-theory-building", 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-theory-buildingType 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-theory-building -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills phg-theory-building --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-theory-building .agents/skills/phg-theory-building && 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-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-theory-building into .agents/skills/phg-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "phg-theory-building", 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-theory-building -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills phg-theory-building --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-theory-building .cursor/skills/phg-theory-building && 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-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-theory-building into .cursor/skills/phg-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "phg-theory-building", 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-theory-building--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-theory-building -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills phg-theory-building --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-theory-building .gemini/skills/phg-theory-building && 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-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-theory-building into .gemini/skills/phg-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "phg-theory-building", 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-theory-buildingInstalls 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-theory-building -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-theory-building .github/skills/phg-theory-building && 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-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-theory-building into .github/skills/phg-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "phg-theory-building", 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-theory-building -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-theory-building --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-theory-building .opencode/skills/phg-theory-building && 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-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-theory-building into .opencode/skills/phg-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "phg-theory-building", 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-theory-building- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 573 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when building the conceptual apparatus that organizes a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — the load-bearing concept that carries the argument and re-orders a…
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Pick the conceptual move, The load-bearing test and Make the concept portable, plus 6 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Phg Theory Building is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when building the conceptual apparatus that organizes a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — the load-bearing concept that carries the argument and re-orders a literature. Sharpens the concept; it does not gather sources or run analyses (PiHG publishes no empirical work).
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k 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.
Example prompts
- “/phg-theory-building”
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 Theory Building loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 77 tokens; SKILL.md has 573 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). 573 words, ~1,391 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/phg-theory-building/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- phg-theory-building
- description
- Use when building the conceptual apparatus that organizes a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — the load-bearing concept that carries the argument and re-orders a literature. Sharpens the concept; it does not gather sources or run analyses (PiHG publishes no empirical work).
Theory Building (phg-theory-building)
A PiHG essay lives or dies on its organizing concept — the idea through which a scattered literature is re-read into one argument. Unlike an empirical paper, where theory frames a study, here the concept is the instrument of synthesis: it decides what counts, how the sources relate, and what the field should see differently. Build it before you draft.
When to trigger
- Moving from "there is a literature on X" to "here is the concept that re-orders X"
- A reviewer said the review is "descriptive," "a-theoretical," or "just a summary"
- Choosing between organizing the essay by the literature's own buckets vs. by your concept
- Deciding whether to import, extend, or coin a concept
Pick the conceptual move
| Move | What it does | Best when |
|---|---|---|
| Import a concept from elsewhere | Read the literature through an outside lens it has ignored | The field is siloed and an external idea exposes a shared structure |
| Extend / rework an existing concept | Show the field's own concept has drifted or is under-specified, and re-specify it | A key term is doing too much or means different things to different camps |
| Coin / name a concept | Give a name to a pattern the field keeps hitting but has not named | Several literatures circle the same unnamed thing |
| Genealogize a concept | Trace and periodize how a concept changed, to intervene in its next phase | A concept has a long, contested history |
Most PiHG essays do one of these well. Trying to do all four dilutes the intervention.
The load-bearing test
Your concept must do work the literature's own categories cannot. State it as: "Read through ___, these otherwise-separate literatures are revealed to be ___, which the field has missed because ___." If the essay could be reorganized under the literature's existing headings with nothing lost, the concept is decorative, not load-bearing — and the review collapses into a summary.
Make the concept portable
PiHG rewards concepts other geographers can carry to their own cases. A good organizing concept:
- Names a relation or mechanism, not just a theme ("the circuit," "scalar mismatch," "relational precarity" — not "the platform economy").
- Travels across sub-fields (economic, urban, feminist, political ecology) rather than fitting only one.
- Has scope conditions: where it illuminates and where it should break — a concept that explains everything explains nothing.
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Theory across human-geography traditions
| Tradition | What "theory" looks like here | The bar |
|---|---|---|
| Political-economic | a structural mechanism (capital, labor, rent, state) | specify the mechanism, not just "capitalism" |
| Post-structural / cultural | a relational or discursive concept | show what it lets the field do, not just say |
| Feminist / post-colonial | a critique that reworks whose knowledge counts | change practice, not only vocabulary |
| More-than-human / relational | a concept re-distributing agency across human/non-human | keep it analytically usable, not just gestural |
Worked micro-example (illustrative)
Literature's own buckets: precarity / algorithms / resistance (three parallel conversations)
Decorative theory: "we adopt a critical lens on platform labor" (renames, organizes nothing)
Load-bearing concept: "the CIRCUIT" — control, precarity, and resistance are the same relation seen from
different nodes of a spatial circuit; the field missed this by treating the platform as a bounded object
Portability: any labor geographer can ask where in the circuit a given effect is produced
Scope conditions: holds where labor is distributed across nodes; weaker for genuinely single-site workChecklist
- One clear organizing concept, not a theme or a lens-in-name-only
- It reorganizes the literature (load-bearing test passed)
- It names a relation/mechanism and is portable across sub-fields
- Scope conditions stated (where it illuminates / breaks)
- The conceptual move (import / extend / coin / genealogize) is chosen and singular
Anti-patterns
- A "lens" named in the abstract that never reorganizes anything
- Organizing the essay by the literature's own headings and calling it theory
- A concept so broad it fits every case and discriminates nothing
- Coining jargon for a pattern that already has a good name
- Borrowing a non-geographic theory wholesale with no reworking for space/place
Output format
【Concept】the organizing idea in one phrase
【Move】import / extend / coin / genealogize
【Load-bearing】what it reveals that the literature's own categories cannot
【Portability】the sentence another sub-field could import
【Scope conditions】where it holds / breaks
【Next】phg-literature-positioningSupplementary resources
../../resources/exemplars/library.md— landmark works organized by a single portable concept../../resources/worked-examples/01-introduction.md— a concept ("the circuit") doing the organizing work
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Files
Just SKILL.md in Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-theory-building of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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Questions about Phg Theory Building
What does Phg Theory Building do?
A skill your agent uses when building the conceptual apparatus that organizes a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — the load-bearing concept that carries the argument and re-orders a…. Phg Theory Building is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when building the conceptual apparatus that organizes a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — the load-bearing concept that carries the argument and re-orders a literature.
How do I install Phg Theory Building in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill phg-theory-building -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-theory-building in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/phg-theory-building in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Phg Theory Building in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill phg-theory-building -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Progress-in-Human-Geography-Skills/skills/phg-theory-building in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/phg-theory-building in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Phg Theory Building 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-theory-building -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-theory-building, .gemini/skills/phg-theory-building, .github/skills/phg-theory-building and .opencode/skills/phg-theory-building in your project.
What does Phg Theory Building need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Phg Theory Building is instructions for the agent only.
Does Phg Theory Building 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 Theory Building 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 Theory Building use?
Phg Theory Building 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 Theory Building use?
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.6k 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 Phg Theory Building?
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.