Journal targeting analysis for the sewage-house-prices paper.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Target Journal

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill target-journal -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills target-journal --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/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/target-journal .claude/skills/target-journal && 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
target-journal
GitHub stars
4.6k
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
457 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Journal targeting analysis for the sewage-house-prices paper.

  • Works in 6 steps: Context Gathering → Analyse Paper Fit → Journal Recommendations (3 Tiers) → …
  • Research & Science work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Project-Specific Context, Workflow and Principles
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Target Journal is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Journal targeting analysis for the sewage-house-prices paper. Recommends ranked journal list across 3 tiers with formatting requirements, submission strategy, and desk rejection risk assessment. This skill should be used when asked to "target a journal", "where should we submit", "journal fit", or "submission strategy".

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k 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. The repository describes itself as: 🔬 A curated collection of 23,000+ agent skills for empirical research across 8 social science disciplines. | 精选 23,000+ AI Agent 技能库,覆盖8大社会科学学科的实证研究。CoPaper.AI…

When your agent uses it

  • Research & Science work in your project

Example prompts

  • “target a journal”
  • “where should we submit”
  • “journal fit”
  • “/target-journal”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Grep, Glob, Write, WebSearch, WebFetch, Agent

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Context Gathering
  2. Analyse Paper Fit
  3. Journal Recommendations (3 Tiers)
  4. Formatting Requirements (Top 3)
  5. Submission Checklist
  6. Strategic Notes

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9fa87d8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Grep
    • Glob
    • Write
    • WebSearch
    • WebFetch
    • Agent

    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

Target Journal loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 84 tokens; SKILL.md has 457 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~84
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 457 words (~1,109 tokens).

“Analyse the sewage-house-prices paper and recommend journals for submission.”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
target-journal
allowed-tools
Read, Grep, Glob, Write, WebSearch, WebFetch, Agent
argument-hint
[optional: paper path or abstract text]

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/target-journal of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Questions about Target Journal

What does Target Journal do?

Journal targeting analysis for the sewage-house-prices paper. Target Journal is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Journal targeting analysis for the sewage-house-prices paper.

When should I use Target Journal?

Target Journal fits situations like: research & Science work in your project.

How do I install Target Journal in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill target-journal -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/target-journal in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/target-journal in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Target Journal in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill target-journal -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/target-journal in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/target-journal in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Target Journal 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/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill target-journal -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/target-journal, .gemini/skills/target-journal, .github/skills/target-journal and .opencode/skills/target-journal in your project.

What does Target Journal need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Target Journal is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Write, WebSearch, WebFetch, Agent.

Does Target Journal 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 Target Journal 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 Target Journal use?

Target Journal has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Target Journal use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Target Journal?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Target Journal: Academic Paper Composer (lishix520/academic-paper-skills, 1.4k stars), Clinical Trials Database (google-deepmind/science-skills, 3.2k stars), Treatment Plans (K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer, 2.4k stars) and Stock Research Executor (liangdabiao/Claude-Code-Stock-Deep-Research-Agent, 374 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Target Journal?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,556 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.