A skill your agent uses when starting or navigating any Psychological Science manuscript and you are unsure which sub-skill applies.

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Psci Workflow

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills psci-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/Psychological-Science-Skills/skills/psci-workflow .claude/skills/psci-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
psci-workflow
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
425 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when starting or navigating any Psychological Science manuscript and you are unsure which sub-skill applies.

  • Navigating any Psychological Science manuscript and you are unsure which sub-skill applies
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, First question: manuscript type, Routing map (stage → skill) and Default order, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Choosing among manuscript types

What it does

Psci Workflow is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when starting or navigating any Psychological Science manuscript and you are unsure which sub-skill applies. Use when choosing among manuscript types or returning with a decision letter. Routes by lifecycle stage and manuscript type (Research Article, Registered Report Stage 1/2, Registered Report with Existing Data, Commentary), and flags the journal's tight word format and open-science requirements. It dispatches; it does not draft content.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k 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, covering Reproducible research. 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

  • Navigating any Psychological Science manuscript and you are unsure which sub-skill applies
  • Choosing among manuscript types
  • Returning with a decision letter

Example prompts

  • “/psci-workflow”

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

Psci Workflow loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 116 tokens; SKILL.md has 425 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~116
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.5k

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). 425 words, ~1,459 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/psci-workflow/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
psci-workflow
description
Use when starting or navigating any Psychological Science manuscript and you are unsure which sub-skill applies. Use when choosing among manuscript types or returning with a decision letter. Routes by lifecycle stage and manuscript type (Research Article, Registered Report Stage 1/2, Registered Report with Existing Data, Commentary), and flags the journal's tight word format and open-science requirements. It dispatches; it does not draft content.

Psychological Science Workflow Router (psci-workflow)

The orchestrator for a Psychological Science submission. The journal's two defining constraints are a very tight word format and strong open-science requirements — the router makes sure both are handled from the start, then sends the user to the matching skill.

When to trigger

  • Starting a new Psychological Science paper and unsure where to begin
  • Mid-project and unsure which skill applies next
  • Choosing among manuscript types
  • Returning with a decision letter (route to psci-rebuttal)

First question: manuscript type

SituationTypeRoute note
Completed empirical studyResearch Articlemain pipeline below; mind the 2,000-word format
Prospective design, no results yetRegistered Report (Stage 1)go to psci-study-design + psci-review-process early
Stage-1 accepted, now have resultsRegistered Report (Stage 2)psci-data-analysis → psci-writing-style
Confirmatory test on existing dataRegistered Report with Existing Datapsci-study-design (declare data provenance)
Short critique/reply to a published paperCommentary / Reply (≤ 1,000 words)psci-literature-positioning

Short Reports and standalone Preregistered Direct Replications are no longer accepted — fit your replication/extension into a Research Article or a Registered Report.

Routing map (stage → skill)

text
Idea / fit?                       → psci-topic-selection
Where does it sit in the field?   → psci-literature-positioning
Theory + hypotheses?              → psci-theory-and-hypotheses
Design / power / preregistration? → psci-study-design
Analysis sound + disclosed?       → psci-data-analysis
Exhibits (APA, embedded)?         → psci-tables-figures
Fits the word format?             → psci-writing-style
Open data/materials + statement?  → psci-open-science-and-transparency
How will it be judged?            → psci-review-process
Ready to submit?                  → psci-submission
Got an R&R / decision?            → psci-rebuttal

Default order

topic-selection → literature-positioning → theory-and-hypotheses → study-design → data-analysis → tables-figures → writing-style → open-science-and-transparency → review-process → submission → rebuttal

For Registered Reports, the Stage 1 package (theory + design + analysis plan) is reviewed before data — pull study-design and review-process forward.

Worked micro-example — routing a live project (illustrative)

A team has two preregistered attention studies (N = 240; N = 300), open data, and an R2 asking for power and a replication. The router walks them:

Type:    Research Article (results in hand, internal replication present).
Entry:   not idea-stage → skip topic-selection; they are at analysis/exhibits.
Route:   data-analysis (effect sizes + CIs + disclosure)
         → tables-figures (dot/CI figure, embedded)
         → writing-style (fit Intro+Discussion ≤ 2,000)
         → open-science-and-transparency (DOIs + Transparency Statement)
         → submission (preflight) ; on R&R → rebuttal.
Flag:    Transparency Statement must sit between Intro and Methods — verify
         current placement against the journal's submission guidelines.
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Stage-triage table (symptom → skill)

What the author saysStageRoute to
"Is this even right for the journal?"fitpsci-topic-selection
"My intro is 1,400 words and still growing"formatpsci-writing-style
"Reviewer says single underpowered study"design/analysispsci-study-design + psci-data-analysis
"Where does the Transparency Statement go?"transparencypsci-open-science-and-transparency
"I have an R&R"revisionpsci-rebuttal
"Should I preregister before running?"designpsci-study-design (consider RR Stage 1)

Routing pitfalls specific to this venue

  • Sending a confirmatory-prospective project straight to psci-data-analysis instead of considering a Registered Report Stage 1 first — the route matters before data exist.
  • Deferring psci-open-science-and-transparency to the end; deposits and DOIs should be built early so the Transparency Statement is drafted from live identifiers, not promised at acceptance.

Anti-patterns

  • Writing long, then trying to cut to 2,000 words — design for the format from the start
  • Treating open data/materials as optional (they are required; exemptions are case-by-case and graded)
  • Forgetting the Research Transparency Statement (it sits between Intro and Methods)
  • Choosing a Registered Report after results exist

Output format

【Stage】idea / positioning / theory / design / analysis / exhibits / writing / transparency / review / submit / rebut
【Type】Research Article / Registered Report S1 / S2 / RR-Existing-Data / Commentary
【Route to】psci-<skill>
【Why】one line
【Then】the next skill after that

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 Psychological-Science-Skills/skills/psci-workflow of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Psci Workflow

What does Psci Workflow do?

A skill your agent uses when starting or navigating any Psychological Science manuscript and you are unsure which sub-skill applies. Psci Workflow is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when starting or navigating any Psychological Science manuscript and you are unsure which sub-skill applies.

When should I use Psci Workflow?

Psci Workflow fits situations like: navigating any Psychological Science manuscript and you are unsure which sub-skill applies; choosing among manuscript types; returning with a decision letter.

How do I install Psci Workflow in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Psci Workflow in Codex?

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

Can I use Psci 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 psci-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/psci-workflow, .gemini/skills/psci-workflow, .github/skills/psci-workflow and .opencode/skills/psci-workflow in your project.

What does Psci Workflow need to run?

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

Does Psci 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 Psci 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 Psci Workflow use?

Psci 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 Psci Workflow use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.8k 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 Psci Workflow?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,228 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.