A skill your agent uses when deciding which ppsych- sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing a broad integrative review, theoretical statement, or meta-science piece from topic through revision…

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Ppsych Workflow

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ppsych-workflow --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/Perspectives-on-Psychological-Science-Skills/skills/ppsych-workflow .claude/skills/ppsych-workflow && 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
ppsych-workflow
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~2k tokens
SKILL.md length
744 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when deciding which ppsych- sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing a broad integrative review, theoretical statement, or meta-science piece from topic through revision…

  • Works in 11 steps: ppsych-topic-selection — confirm the… → ppsych-proposal-and-commissioning —… → ppsych-literature-synthesis — read… → …
  • Deciding which ppsych- sub-skill to invoke next
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to trigger, First question: contribution… and Routing table (symptom → next…, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Ppsych Workflow is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding which ppsych- sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing a broad integrative review, theoretical statement, or meta-science piece from topic through revision for a Perspectives on Psychological Science (PoPS) manuscript. Routes by lifecycle stage and contribution type; it dispatches and does not draft content.

Its SKILL.md is about 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 Research & Science. 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

  • Deciding which ppsych- sub-skill to invoke next
  • Sequencing a broad integrative review
  • Theoretical statement
  • Meta-science piece from topic through revision for a Perspectives on Psychological Science (PoPS) manuscript

Example prompts

  • “/ppsych-workflow”

Workflow steps

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

  1. ppsych-topic-selection — confirm the question is broad, integrative, PoPS-scale
  2. ppsych-proposal-and-commissioning — proposal route (required for cooperative/miscellaneous)
  3. ppsych-literature-synthesis — read across areas systematically
  4. ppsych-organizing-framework — impose the analytical/conceptual spine
  5. ppsych-comprehensiveness-and-balance — fair, field-spanning, reform-minded but evidence-based
  6. ppsych-tables-figures — framework figure + summary/prevalence exhibits
  7. ppsych-writing-style — the PoPS voice (broad, provocative, accessible); abstract ≤ 200 words last
  8. ppsych-transparency-and-reproducibility — exemplary open science (PoPS is a leader)
  9. ppsych-editor-strategy — scope and the editor relationship
  10. ppsych-submission — ScholarOne preflight + suggested reviewers
  11. ppsych-revision — after the decision letter

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

Ppsych Workflow loads about 2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 87 tokens; SKILL.md has 744 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~87
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~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). 744 words, ~1,979 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ppsych-workflow/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
ppsych-workflow
description
Use when deciding which ppsych-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing a broad integrative review, theoretical statement, or meta-science piece from topic through revision for a Perspectives on Psychological Science (PoPS) manuscript. Routes by lifecycle stage and contribution type; it dispatches and does not draft content.

PoPS Workflow Router (ppsych-workflow)

Overview

This is the router. It tells you which ppsych- skill to use at the current stage* of a manuscript aimed at Perspectives on Psychological Science (PoPS) — the SAGE journal published in partnership with the Association for Psychological Science (APS), a bimonthly, broad, integrative outlet (检索于 2026-06;以官网为准). PoPS does not publish single empirical studies (those go to Psychological Science) or routine meta-analyses (those go to specialized review journals). It publishes broad integrative reviews, overviews of research programs, theoretical and conceptual statements, methodology and meta-science commentary, and big-picture "perspective" pieces across all of psychology and adjacent behavioral, social, neuro, and methods fields (检索于 2026-06;以官网为准). The contribution is a field-shaping synthesis or argument, not a new dataset.

So the lifecycle is not "design → run → estimate → defend." It is: find a synthesis- or argument-worthy question → decide whether a proposal is required → read across areas → impose an organizing framework → make the treatment comprehensive and balanced → model exemplary open science → manage the editor relationship → submit → revise. Default assumption unless the user says otherwise: the target is PoPS and the artefact is a broad integrative/theoretical/meta-science piece, not a primary-research paper.

When to trigger

  • The user asks "what should I do next?" on a PoPS review, theoretical statement, or meta-science piece
  • A draft reads like an annotated bibliography or a single-study report and needs a spine or a venue check
  • Work is ping-ponging between coverage, framing, balance, open-science, and the proposal route
  • A PoPS decision letter arrived and the user needs to switch into revision mode

First question: contribution type

SituationTypeRoute note
Broad cross-area synthesis / overview of a research programStand-alone integrative reviewmain pipeline; proposal optional
A unifying theoretical / conceptual / metatheoretical argumentTheoretical statementppsych-organizing-framework is the engine
Systematic evidence about the field's practices (replication, bias, methods)Meta-science / methodologyppsych-transparency-and-reproducibility early
Special issue, adversarial collaboration, multilab effortCooperative contributionproposal required → ppsych-proposal-and-commissioning
Biography, book review, humor/opinion essayMiscellaneousproposal required → ppsych-proposal-and-commissioning
Single empirical study, or a routine meta-analysisOut of scope→ Psychological Science / a specialized review journal

A positive editor reaction to a proposal is not an invitation; all manuscripts go through the same review (检索于 2026-06;以官网为准).

Routing table (symptom → next skill)

Current symptomNext skill
Unsure the question is PoPS-shaped (broad, integrative, not a single study)ppsych-topic-selection
Need a proposal (cooperative/miscellaneous) or want to test a stand-alone ideappsych-proposal-and-commissioning
Reading is unsystematic; cross-area coverage gaps likelyppsych-literature-synthesis
Draft is a list of papers, not an argument about the fieldppsych-organizing-framework
Coverage, balance, or fairness across areas/camps in doubtppsych-comprehensiveness-and-balance
Need a framework figure or who-found-what / practice-prevalence tableppsych-tables-figures
Prose dense or insular; a psychologist from another area can't followppsych-writing-style
Open data/materials/code, preregistration of a meta-science protocolppsych-transparency-and-reproducibility
Working with the editor on scope / what referees will weighppsych-editor-strategy
Ready to submit; need a preflight and reviewer suggestionsppsych-submission
Received a PoPS decision letterppsych-revision
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Default order

  1. ppsych-topic-selection — confirm the question is broad, integrative, PoPS-scale
  2. ppsych-proposal-and-commissioning — proposal route (required for cooperative/miscellaneous)
  3. ppsych-literature-synthesis — read across areas systematically
  4. ppsych-organizing-framework — impose the analytical/conceptual spine
  5. ppsych-comprehensiveness-and-balance — fair, field-spanning, reform-minded but evidence-based
  6. ppsych-tables-figures — framework figure + summary/prevalence exhibits
  7. ppsych-writing-style — the PoPS voice (broad, provocative, accessible); abstract ≤ 200 words last
  8. ppsych-transparency-and-reproducibility — exemplary open science (PoPS is a leader)
  9. ppsych-editor-strategy — scope and the editor relationship
  10. ppsych-submission — ScholarOne preflight + suggested reviewers
  11. ppsych-revision — after the decision letter

ppsych-writing-style is a late polish — do not rewrite the intro before the framework and balance settle. For meta-science, pull ppsych-transparency-and-reproducibility forward: the systematic protocol is part of the design, not an afterthought.

Anti-patterns

  • Treating PoPS like Psychological Science: it does not take single empirical studies or routine meta-analyses (检索于 2026-06;以官网为准)
  • Submitting a cooperative or miscellaneous piece with no proposal, or reading a proposal's positive feedback as an acceptance
  • The annotated-bibliography failure: a "review" with no organizing argument
  • Letting the author's own program become the review's center of gravity (self-promotion)
  • Confusing PoPS with Psychological Bulletin (formal meta-analyses), Annual Review of Psychology (invited subfield surveys), or Current Directions (short, non-technical) — PoPS is the APS broad integrative + meta-science flagship

Routing by archetype

ArchetypeLikely first bottleneckEnter at
field-defining integrative reviewscope is enormous; needs a taxonomyppsych-organizing-framework
unifying theoretical statementthe argument itself, not coverageppsych-organizing-framework
meta-science / reform piecesystematic evidence + open protocolppsych-transparency-and-reproducibility
big-picture opinion / perspectiveis it broad and defensible enough for PoPS?ppsych-topic-selection

Minimal decision snippet

if decision_letter:                  -> ppsych-revision
elif ready_to_submit:                -> ppsych-submission
elif open_science_or_metascience:    -> ppsych-transparency-and-reproducibility
elif prose_dense_or_insular:         -> ppsych-writing-style
elif need_tables_or_figures:         -> ppsych-tables-figures
elif coverage_or_balance_in_doubt:   -> ppsych-comprehensiveness-and-balance
elif reads_like_a_list:              -> ppsych-organizing-framework
elif reading_unsystematic:           -> ppsych-literature-synthesis
elif needs_proposal_or_idea_test:    -> ppsych-proposal-and-commissioning
else:                                -> ppsych-topic-selection

Supplementary resources

© 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

Just SKILL.md in Perspectives-on-Psychological-Science-Skills/skills/ppsych-workflow of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Ppsych Workflow

What does Ppsych Workflow do?

A skill your agent uses when deciding which ppsych- sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing a broad integrative review, theoretical statement, or meta-science piece from topic through revision…. Ppsych Workflow is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding which ppsych- sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing a broad integrative review, theoretical statement, or meta-science piece from topic through revision for a Perspectives on Psychological Science (PoPS) manuscript.

When should I use Ppsych Workflow?

Ppsych Workflow fits situations like: deciding which ppsych- sub-skill to invoke next; sequencing a broad integrative review; theoretical statement; meta-science piece from topic through revision for a Perspectives on Psychological Science (PoPS) manuscript.

How do I install Ppsych Workflow in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ppsych-workflow -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Perspectives-on-Psychological-Science-Skills/skills/ppsych-workflow in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/ppsych-workflow in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Ppsych Workflow in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ppsych-workflow -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Perspectives-on-Psychological-Science-Skills/skills/ppsych-workflow in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/ppsych-workflow in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

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

What does Ppsych Workflow need to run?

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

Does Ppsych Workflow 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 Ppsych Workflow 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 Ppsych Workflow use?

Ppsych Workflow 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 Ppsych Workflow use?

About 2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.9k 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 Ppsych Workflow?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,219 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.