Agent skill

Cell Framing

by franklee16 in franklee16/academic-research-skills

A skill your agent uses to lock the single narrative arc before drafting — converts a set of correct results into one Cell-shaped story that runs hypothesis → mechanism → significance, not a list of…

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Install Cell Framing

skills CLI
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill cell-framing -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills cell-framing --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/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Cell-Skills/skills/cell-framing .claude/skills/cell-framing && 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
cell-framing
GitHub stars
223
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
519 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,617
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

A skill your agent uses to lock the single narrative arc before drafting — converts a set of correct results into one Cell-shaped story that runs hypothesis → mechanism → significance, not a list of…

  • Works in 4 steps: Fig. 1 — establish the phenomenon / set… → Figs. 2–3 — identify the mechanism (the… → Figs. 4–5 — perturb it both ways (loss +… → …
  • Not a list of experiments
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Cell tells ONE story, The "complete story" expectation and Cell introduction shape (≈3–4…, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Cell Framing is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use to lock the single narrative arc before drafting — converts a set of correct results into one Cell-shaped story that runs hypothesis → mechanism → significance, not a list of experiments.

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.

The repository describes itself as: Comprehensive collection of Claude Code skills for academic research in economics, finance, and social sciences.

When your agent uses it

  • Not a list of experiments

Example prompts

  • “/cell-framing”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Fig. 1 — establish the phenomenon / set up the hypothesis.
  2. Figs. 2–3 — identify the mechanism (the molecular/cellular cause).
  3. Figs. 4–5 — perturb it both ways (loss + gain of function) to prove causality.
  4. Fig. 6+ — generality / in vivo relevance / the broad implication.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9a4b2db. 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

Cell Framing loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 51 tokens; SKILL.md has 519 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~51
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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 519 words (~1,115 tokens).

“A Cell Article is a single argument with a beginning, middle, and end:”

— opening of SKILL.md by franklee16
name
cell-framing

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Cell-Skills/skills/cell-framing of franklee16/academic-research-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9a4b2db

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in franklee16/academic-research-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Cell Framing

What does Cell Framing do?

A skill your agent uses to lock the single narrative arc before drafting — converts a set of correct results into one Cell-shaped story that runs hypothesis → mechanism → significance, not a list of…. Cell Framing is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use to lock the single narrative arc before drafting — converts a set of correct results into one Cell-shaped story that runs hypothesis → mechanism → significance, not a list of experiments.

When should I use Cell Framing?

Cell Framing fits situations like: not a list of experiments.

How do I install Cell Framing in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill cell-framing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Cell-Skills/skills/cell-framing in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .claude/skills/cell-framing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Cell Framing in Codex?

Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill cell-framing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Cell-Skills/skills/cell-framing in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .agents/skills/cell-framing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Cell Framing 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 franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill cell-framing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cell-framing, .gemini/skills/cell-framing, .github/skills/cell-framing and .opencode/skills/cell-framing in your project.

What does Cell Framing need to run?

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

Does Cell Framing 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 Cell Framing 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 Cell Framing use?

No licence was found for Cell Framing or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Cell Framing use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k 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 Cell Framing?

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Who maintains Cell Framing?

franklee16 (a GitHub user) maintains it in franklee16/academic-research-skills, which has 223 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,617 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 18, 2026.

Source: franklee16/academic-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.