A skill your agent uses to finalize PNAS Nexus display items — count figures and tables against the graphical-element budget, size to journal column widths, set legible fonts, show-the-data with n…

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Install Pnasnexus Figures

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

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

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

At a glance

A skill your agent uses to finalize PNAS Nexus display items — count figures and tables against the graphical-element budget, size to journal column widths, set legible fonts, show-the-data with n…

  • Finalize PNAS Nexus display items — count figures and tables against the graphical-element budget
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Figures count toward the page…, Sizing and legibility and Show the data, not just the…, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Size to journal column widths

What it does

Pnasnexus Figures is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use to finalize PNAS Nexus display items — count figures and tables against the graphical-element budget, size to journal column widths, set legible fonts, show-the-data with n and defined error bars, scale bars, colorblind-safe palettes, legend structure, and image integrity (raw, unprocessed images must be retained). Enforces figure rigor before submission.

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 Frontend & Design. 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

  • Finalize PNAS Nexus display items — count figures and tables against the graphical-element budget
  • Size to journal column widths
  • Set legible fonts
  • Show-the-data with n and defined error bars

Example prompts

  • “/pnasnexus-figures”

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

Pnasnexus Figures loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 95 tokens; SKILL.md has 570 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~95
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). 570 words, ~1,216 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/pnasnexus-figures/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
pnasnexus-figures
description
Use to finalize PNAS Nexus display items — count figures and tables against the graphical-element budget, size to journal column widths, set legible fonts, show-the-data with n and defined error bars, scale bars, colorblind-safe palettes, legend structure, and image integrity (raw, unprocessed images must be retained). Enforces figure rigor before submission.

Display Items (pnasnexus-figures)

When to trigger

  • Figures and tables push the page / graphical-element budget (pnasnexus-writing).
  • Fonts are unreadable at print size, or colors are not colorblind-safe.
  • Bar charts hide the underlying data (no points, no n).
  • Panels are screenshots of software output pasted into the figure.
  • You are unsure how figures count against the length limit.

Figures count toward the page budget

PNAS Nexus measures length in pages, and figures and tables are part of that budget: a standard 6-page Research Report is described as roughly 4,000 words, 50 references, and 4 medium-size graphical elements. So every figure/table competes with text for space.

  • Treat ~4 medium display items as the working target for a 6-page Research Report; more is possible up to the 12-page max, but each item costs page budget.
  • Move secondary/supporting figures and tables to Supporting Information rather than inflating the main text.
  • Confirm exact figure-count and sizing rules in the current PNAS Nexus author/digital-art guidelines.

Sizing and legibility

Design each figure to render at the journal's print column widths without rescaling text (PNAS Nexus is a multi-column OUP journal; confirm the exact widths — they are commonly on the order of a single column ≈ 9 cm, 1.5 column ≈ 11–12 cm, and full width ≈ 18 cm).

  • Minimum font in the final figure: legible after reduction to print size (sans-serif, e.g., Helvetica/Arial; aim for ~6–8 pt at final size — confirm).
  • Line weights heavy enough to survive printing (avoid hairlines).
  • Submit at the required resolution (line art high-dpi; halftones/photos at the specified dpi) — confirm specs.

Show the data, not just the summary

  • Replace bar-of-means with dot plots / box+points / violins+points wherever n is small.
  • Always state n in the legend, and what n is (cells? animals? subjects? independent experiments?).
  • Error bars must be defined in the legend (SD vs SEM vs 95% CI) — never undefined.
  • For images (blots, micrographs): include scale bars.
Show full SKILL.md (260 more words)Show less

Color and accessibility (an open-access advantage)

  • Because PNAS Nexus is fully online and open access, color figures display freely — use color where it aids understanding (confirm there are no separate color charges).
  • Use a colorblind-safe palette (avoid red/green as the only contrast); don't encode meaning by color alone — add shape/pattern/labels.
  • No rainbow/jet colormaps for continuous data — use perceptually uniform maps (viridis, etc.).
  • Check that figures remain interpretable in grayscale for readers who print.

Figure legend structure

Each legend: a short title sentence (the claim of the figure), then per-panel descriptions (A, B, C…), then statistics (test, n, error-bar definition, exact P or values). The legend should let the figure stand alone. Remember legends count toward the page budget — keep them tight.

Integrity rules (non-negotiable — and tied to the data policy)

  • No selective deletion, splicing, or beautification of gels/blots/images without a labeled boundary; disclose any grouping.
  • Quantitative comparisons must come from the same experiment/exposure.
  • Retain raw, unprocessed images and source data. PNAS Nexus requires that "all data and any direct outputs from imaging systems must be retained in their raw, unprocessed versions" — editors/reviewers can request them, and failure to provide data can be grounds for rejection or retraction (pnasnexus-data).

Output format

【Item count】 figures + tables vs graphical-element budget (~4 for a 6-pp Research Report; confirm) → ok / over
【Sizing】 designed at journal column widths? fonts legible at print size? yes/no
【Data shown】 points + n + defined error bars? yes/no
【Color】 used freely (OA)? colorblind-safe? grayscale-readable? yes/no
【Integrity】 scale bars / disclosed splices / raw unprocessed images retained? yes/no
【Main vs SI】 secondary items moved to SI? 
【Fixes】 [...]
【Next】 pnasnexus-statistics

Anti-patterns

  • Do not paste raw Stata/Prism/ImageJ screenshots as figures.
  • Do not use bars to hide n=3 with huge spread — show the points.
  • Do not leave error bars undefined or mix SD and SEM across panels.
  • Do not discard raw image files — the data policy requires retaining them.
  • Do not inflate the main text with secondary figures — move them to SI.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in PNAS-Nexus-Skills/skills/pnasnexus-figures of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Pnasnexus Figures

What does Pnasnexus Figures do?

A skill your agent uses to finalize PNAS Nexus display items — count figures and tables against the graphical-element budget, size to journal column widths, set legible fonts, show-the-data with n…. Pnasnexus Figures is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use to finalize PNAS Nexus display items — count figures and tables against the graphical-element budget, size to journal column widths, set legible fonts, show-the-data with n and defined error bars, scale bars, colorblind-safe palettes, legend structure, and image integrity (raw, unprocessed images must be retained).

When should I use Pnasnexus Figures?

Pnasnexus Figures fits situations like: finalize PNAS Nexus display items — count figures and tables against the graphical-element budget; size to journal column widths; set legible fonts; show-the-data with n and defined error bars.

How do I install Pnasnexus Figures in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Pnasnexus Figures in Codex?

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

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

What does Pnasnexus Figures need to run?

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

Does Pnasnexus Figures 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 Pnasnexus Figures 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 Pnasnexus Figures use?

Pnasnexus Figures 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 Pnasnexus Figures 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 Pnasnexus Figures?

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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