A skill your agent uses when deciding which soctheory- sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing a Sociological Theory manuscript from theoretical-problem framing through peer-review revision for…

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Install Soctheory Workflow

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills soctheory-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/Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-workflow .claude/skills/soctheory-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
soctheory-workflow
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~2.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
804 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 soctheory- sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing a Sociological Theory manuscript from theoretical-problem framing through peer-review revision for…

  • Works in 11 steps: soctheory-topic-selection — lock the… → soctheory-literature-positioning — name… → soctheory-theory-construction — build… → …
  • Deciding which soctheory- sub-skill to invoke next
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to trigger, Routing table and Default order, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Soctheory Workflow is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding which soctheory- sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing a Sociological Theory manuscript from theoretical-problem framing through peer-review revision for a Sociological Theory (ST) submission. Routes — does not replace — the specialized skills.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.1k 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 Peer review. 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 soctheory- sub-skill to invoke next
  • Tasks that involve Peer review

Example prompts

  • “/soctheory-workflow”

Workflow steps

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

  1. soctheory-topic-selection — lock the theoretical problem (what existing theory cannot see)
  2. soctheory-literature-positioning — name the tradition/conversation you intervene in
  3. soctheory-theory-construction — build concepts, mechanisms, propositions
  4. soctheory-argument-development — make the reasoning valid; engage rival theories
  5. soctheory-boundary-conditions — state scope, domain, and what the theory does NOT claim
  6. soctheory-conceptual-exhibits — typology / mechanism diagram / process figure
  7. soctheory-contribution-framing — the new way of seeing; the "before → after"
  8. soctheory-writing-style — ASA Style Guide; argument-driven prose (polish)
  9. soctheory-submission — Manuscript Central preflight
  10. soctheory-review-process — understand the review you are about to enter
  11. soctheory-rebuttal — after the R&R

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

Soctheory Workflow loads about 2.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 804 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~72
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.1k

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). 804 words, ~2,099 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/soctheory-workflow/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
soctheory-workflow
description
Use when deciding which soctheory-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing a Sociological Theory manuscript from theoretical-problem framing through peer-review revision for a Sociological Theory (ST) submission. Routes — does not replace — the specialized skills.

Sociological Theory Workflow (soctheory-workflow)

Overview

This is the router. It does not replace any specialized skill — it tells you which soctheory- skill to use at the current stage* of a Sociological Theory (ST) manuscript.

Default assumption: unless the user says otherwise, treat the target as Sociological Theory, the American Sociological Association's (ASA) dedicated theory journal, published by SAGE. ST publishes work "in all areas of theory, including new substantive theories, history of theory, metatheory, formal theory construction, and synthetic contributions" (submission guidelines, 检索于 2026-06;以官网为准). The deliverable is a conceptual advance — a new concept, a sharpened mechanism, a typology, a reconstruction of a tradition, or a metatheoretical clarification. There is no hypothesis-testing, no estimation, and no results section: data, when present at all, is illustrative, never a test. If the project hinges on identifying a causal effect in a dataset, it belongs at ST's empirical siblings (American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology), not at ST.

Two reference points keep the bar in view at every stage. Gabriel Abend's "The Meaning of 'Theory'" (ST 2008, 26(2):173–199) shows that "theory" means several distinct things in sociology — be explicit about which kind you are doing. Isaac Reed's "Justifying Sociological Knowledge" (ST 2008, 26(2):101–129) shows that the warrant for a theoretical claim is itself a theoretical commitment. References follow the ASA Style Guide (author-date).

When to trigger

  • The user asks "what should I do next?" on a theory paper
  • A draft arrives and you must locate its bottleneck (problem? concept? argument? contribution?)
  • Work is thrashing between theorizing, diagram-building, and prose
  • An ST decision letter has arrived and the work shifts to revision

Routing table

Current symptomNext skill
Idea is vague; not sure there is a real theoretical problemsoctheory-topic-selection
Have a problem but concepts/mechanisms/propositions are not builtsoctheory-theory-construction
Unsure which tradition or conversation you are intervening insoctheory-literature-positioning
Propositions exist but the chain of reasoning is missing or shakysoctheory-argument-development
Theory over-reaches; scope and domain are unstatedsoctheory-boundary-conditions
Need a typology / mechanism diagram / process figure (not a table)soctheory-conceptual-exhibits
Prose reads like a literature review, not an argumentsoctheory-writing-style
Cannot say what new way of seeing the theory providessoctheory-contribution-framing
Want to understand ST's double-anonymous, multi-round reviewsoctheory-review-process
Ready to submit; need the Manuscript Central preflightsoctheory-submission
Received an R&R; need to write the response documentsoctheory-rebuttal

Default order

  1. soctheory-topic-selection — lock the theoretical problem (what existing theory cannot see)
  2. soctheory-literature-positioning — name the tradition/conversation you intervene in
  3. soctheory-theory-construction — build concepts, mechanisms, propositions
  4. soctheory-argument-development — make the reasoning valid; engage rival theories
  5. soctheory-boundary-conditions — state scope, domain, and what the theory does NOT claim
  6. soctheory-conceptual-exhibits — typology / mechanism diagram / process figure
  7. soctheory-contribution-framing — the new way of seeing; the "before → after"
  8. soctheory-writing-style — ASA Style Guide; argument-driven prose (polish)
  9. soctheory-submission — Manuscript Central preflight
  10. soctheory-review-process — understand the review you are about to enter
  11. soctheory-rebuttal — after the R&R

soctheory-writing-style is a late-stage polish. Do not polish prose before the argument is valid (soctheory-argument-development) and the contribution is named (soctheory-contribution-framing).

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Session gate sheet

Open each ST work session by filling this sheet; the first blank or "no" is the route. Gate 0 is ST-specific: a manuscript that cannot name its kind of theory will drift.

text
SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY — SESSION GATE SHEET
Gate 0  Which sense of "theory" (Abend 2008) is this paper doing?  kind: ______________
Gate 1  What existing theory cannot see is stated ............. soctheory-topic-selection
Gate 2  Tradition / conversation intervened in is named ....... soctheory-literature-positioning
Gate 3  Concepts, mechanisms, propositions are built .......... soctheory-theory-construction
Gate 4  Chain of reasoning valid; rivals engaged .............. soctheory-argument-development
Gate 5  Scope + domain stated; over-reach trimmed ............. soctheory-boundary-conditions
Gate 6  Typology / mechanism / process figure drafted ......... soctheory-conceptual-exhibits
Gate 7  The new way of seeing is nameable (before -> after) ... soctheory-contribution-framing
Gate 8  Prose argues; ASA author-date style throughout ........ soctheory-writing-style
Gate 9  Manuscript Central preflight complete ................. soctheory-submission
Gate 10 Double-anonymous multi-round review understood ........ soctheory-review-process
Gate 11 R&R response revises the THEORY, then the letter ...... soctheory-rebuttal

Standing rule: Gates 6–8 wait on Gate 4; data mentioned anywhere stays illustrative, never a test.

Decision shortcuts

  • "I have an interesting phenomenon but no theory" → soctheory-topic-selection
  • "I don't know whose tradition I'm arguing with" → soctheory-literature-positioning
  • "My propositions read like assertions" → soctheory-theory-construction then soctheory-argument-development
  • "A reviewer will say the theory claims too much" → soctheory-boundary-conditions
  • "My figure is boxes and arrows with no mechanism" → soctheory-conceptual-exhibits
  • "A reviewer will ask 'what's new here?'" → soctheory-contribution-framing
  • "It reads like a review essay" → soctheory-writing-style
  • "I'm about to hit submit" → soctheory-submission
  • "I got a Major/Minor Revision" → soctheory-review-process then soctheory-rebuttal

Differences vs. ASR / AJS empirical skill stacks

If the manuscript identifies an effect in data and the contribution is the finding, an empirical-sociology stack (ASR / AJS) fits better. The core split:

  • Sociological Theory: builds theory; the contribution IS the conceptual advance; data illustrative only; propositions, not hypotheses tested.
  • ASR / AJS: test or demonstrate empirically; samples, measures, estimation, results.

ST is also not Theory and Society, the European Journal of Social Theory, or Sociological Methodology — it is the ASA's flagship for theory proper (see soctheory-topic-selection for the sibling-venue map).

Anti-patterns

  • Do not skip soctheory-literature-positioning and jump to building — reviewers first ask whose tradition you are in.
  • Do not let soctheory-conceptual-exhibits pretty up a diagram before the mechanism exists.
  • Do not let soctheory-rebuttal draft a response before the theory itself has been revised.
  • Do not treat ST as a venue for an empirical test; route hypothesis-testing to ASR/AJS.

Volatile specifics (exact fee, word limit, ASA Style edition, portal) change — see resources/official-source-map.md and confirm on the official ST / SAGE author page. The 2024–2026 co-editor team is identified in the source map (verified 2026-06-22), but editors rotate (next term begins 2027-01-01), so re-confirm the slate before naming editors.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in Sociological-Theory-Skills/skills/soctheory-workflow of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Soctheory Workflow

What does Soctheory Workflow do?

A skill your agent uses when deciding which soctheory- sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing a Sociological Theory manuscript from theoretical-problem framing through peer-review revision for…. Soctheory Workflow is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding which soctheory- sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing a Sociological Theory manuscript from theoretical-problem framing through peer-review revision for a Sociological Theory (ST) submission.

When should I use Soctheory Workflow?

Soctheory Workflow fits situations like: deciding which soctheory- sub-skill to invoke next; tasks that involve Peer review.

How do I install Soctheory Workflow in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Soctheory Workflow in Codex?

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

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

What does Soctheory Workflow need to run?

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

Does Soctheory 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 Soctheory 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 Soctheory Workflow use?

Soctheory 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 Soctheory Workflow use?

About 2.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.4k 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 Soctheory 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.