Critical Inquiry
brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills
A skill your agent uses when targeting Critical Inquiry or deciding whether a theoretical or interdisciplinary critical-humanities manuscript fits this venue.
A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a project fits Critical Inquiry (CI) and which format to target.
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Install CI Topic Selection
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill ci-topic-selection -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills ci-topic-selection --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ 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/Critical-Inquiry-Skills/skills/ci-topic-selection .claude/skills/ci-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "ci-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Critical-Inquiry-Skills/skills/ci-topic-selection into .claude/skills/ci-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ci-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Critical-Inquiry-Skills/skills/ci-topic-selectionType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill ci-topic-selection -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills ci-topic-selection --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Critical-Inquiry-Skills/skills/ci-topic-selection .agents/skills/ci-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "ci-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Critical-Inquiry-Skills/skills/ci-topic-selection into .agents/skills/ci-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ci-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill ci-topic-selection -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills ci-topic-selection --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Critical-Inquiry-Skills/skills/ci-topic-selection .cursor/skills/ci-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "ci-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Critical-Inquiry-Skills/skills/ci-topic-selection into .cursor/skills/ci-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ci-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git --path Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Critical-Inquiry-Skills/skills/ci-topic-selection--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill ci-topic-selection -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills ci-topic-selection --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Critical-Inquiry-Skills/skills/ci-topic-selection .gemini/skills/ci-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ci-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Critical-Inquiry-Skills/skills/ci-topic-selection into .gemini/skills/ci-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ci-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills ci-topic-selectionInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill ci-topic-selection -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Critical-Inquiry-Skills/skills/ci-topic-selection .github/skills/ci-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ci-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Critical-Inquiry-Skills/skills/ci-topic-selection into .github/skills/ci-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ci-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill ci-topic-selection -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills ci-topic-selection --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Critical-Inquiry-Skills/skills/ci-topic-selection .opencode/skills/ci-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ci-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Critical-Inquiry-Skills/skills/ci-topic-selection into .opencode/skills/ci-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ci-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
ci-topic-selection- GitHub stars
- 223
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~998 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 433 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,616
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a project fits Critical Inquiry (CI) and which format to target.
- Works in 4 steps: An intervention, not a reading. It… → Interdisciplinary stakes. A scholar in a… → Theory doing real work. A concept (from… → …
- Deciding whether a project fits Critical Inquiry (CI) and which format to target
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, The CI fit test, Reach past your home field (CI… and Format choice, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
CI Topic Selection is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when deciding whether a project fits Critical Inquiry (CI) and which format to target. CI is the leading interdisciplinary journal of criticism and theory in the arts and humanities, associated with no single school and tied to no single discipline; the test is a theoretical intervention with stakes beyond one field, not subfield novelty or a competent close reading alone. Helps frame the project; it does not gather sources.
Its SKILL.md is about 1000 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
- Deciding whether a project fits Critical Inquiry (CI) and which format to target
Example prompts
- “/ci-topic-selection”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- An intervention, not a reading. It changes how readers think about a concept, a practice, a
- Interdisciplinary stakes. A scholar in a different field (an art historian reading a literary
- Theory doing real work. A concept (from theory, philosophy, or the essay's own coinage) is put
- Ambition proportionate to scope. A large, genuinely interesting claim, made answerable within
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
CI Topic Selection loads about 998 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 113 tokens; SKILL.md has 433 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 433 words (~998 tokens).
“Critical Inquiry is the discipline-crossing flagship of criticism and theory in the arts and humanities. The bar is not "a smart reading no one has done" — it is "a theoretical intervention that reorients a conversation across fields." Use this…”
- name
- ci-topic-selection
Files
Just SKILL.md in Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Critical-Inquiry-Skills/skills/ci-topic-selection 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.
Compare with similar skills
CI Topic Selection next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI Topic Selection this skillfranklee16/academic-research-skills | 223 | 1 repos | ~998 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Critical Inquirybrycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills | 1.2k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Criticism Self CriticismHughYau/qiushi-skill | 3.8k | — | ~423 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Crossframe Criticalsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Critical Imagesthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist | 74k | — | ~392 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| CSS Criticalthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist | 74k | — | ~441 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about CI Topic Selection
What does CI Topic Selection do?
A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a project fits Critical Inquiry (CI) and which format to target. CI Topic Selection is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when deciding whether a project fits Critical Inquiry (CI) and which format to target.
When should I use CI Topic Selection?
CI Topic Selection fits situations like: deciding whether a project fits Critical Inquiry (CI) and which format to target.
How do I install CI Topic Selection in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill ci-topic-selection -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Critical-Inquiry-Skills/skills/ci-topic-selection in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .claude/skills/ci-topic-selection in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install CI Topic Selection in Codex?
Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill ci-topic-selection -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Critical-Inquiry-Skills/skills/ci-topic-selection in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .agents/skills/ci-topic-selection in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use CI Topic Selection 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 ci-topic-selection -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ci-topic-selection, .gemini/skills/ci-topic-selection, .github/skills/ci-topic-selection and .opencode/skills/ci-topic-selection in your project.
What does CI Topic Selection need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: CI Topic Selection is instructions for the agent only.
Does CI Topic Selection 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 CI Topic Selection 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 CI Topic Selection use?
No licence was found for CI Topic Selection or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does CI Topic Selection use?
About 998 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 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 CI Topic Selection?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with CI Topic Selection: Critical Inquiry (brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, 1.2k stars), Criticism Self Criticism (HughYau/qiushi-skill, 3.8k stars), Crossframe Critical (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars) and Critical Images (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains CI Topic Selection?
franklee16 (a GitHub user) maintains it in franklee16/academic-research-skills, which has 223 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,616 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.