Agent skill

Gcb Literature Positioning

by franklee16 in franklee16/academic-research-skills

A skill your agent uses when positioning a Global Change Biology (GCB) manuscript in the literature so it reads as a global-change advance, not a local report.

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Install Gcb Literature Positioning

skills CLI
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill gcb-literature-positioning -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills gcb-literature-positioning --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/Global-Change-Biology-Skills/skills/gcb-literature-positioning .claude/skills/gcb-literature-positioning && 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
gcb-literature-positioning
GitHub stars
223
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~770 tokens
SKILL.md length
301 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,617
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when positioning a Global Change Biology (GCB) manuscript in the literature so it reads as a global-change advance, not a local report.

  • Works in 5 steps: Anchor on the driver-response… → Speak across systems. A terrestrial… → Engage the synthesis literature.… → …
  • Positioning a Global Change Biology (GCB) manuscript in the literature so it reads as a global-change advance
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, How to position for GCB, Anti-patterns and Output format, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Gcb Literature Positioning is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when positioning a Global Change Biology (GCB) manuscript in the literature so it reads as a global-change advance, not a local report. GCB readers span ecology, biogeochemistry, and Earth-system science, so the paper must engage the cross-system literatures it speaks to. Structures positioning; it does not fabricate citations.

Its SKILL.md is about 770 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 Marketing & SEO, covering Positioning and messaging and Citation management. 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

  • Positioning a Global Change Biology (GCB) manuscript in the literature so it reads as a global-change advance
  • Not a local report

Example prompts

  • “/gcb-literature-positioning”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Anchor on the driver-response literature, not only the local system. Cite the global-change
  2. Speak across systems. A terrestrial result should acknowledge whether the mechanism is expected
  3. Engage the synthesis literature. Meta-analyses and model-intercomparison papers often define the
  4. Be honest about contradictions. If your result conflicts with a prior study, say so and explain
  5. Position the mechanism, not just the magnitude. The contribution is usually why a response

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

Gcb Literature Positioning loads about 770 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 90 tokens; SKILL.md has 301 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~90
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~770

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 301 words (~770 tokens).

“GCB is read across ecology, biogeochemistry, ecosystem science, and Earth-system / climate-impacts communities. A submission must show it knows the global-change literature on its driver and response — not just the narrow subfield where the data were collected. This skill…”

— opening of SKILL.md by franklee16
name
gcb-literature-positioning

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Global-Change-Biology-Skills/skills/gcb-literature-positioning 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 Gcb Literature Positioning

What does Gcb Literature Positioning do?

A skill your agent uses when positioning a Global Change Biology (GCB) manuscript in the literature so it reads as a global-change advance, not a local report. Gcb Literature Positioning is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when positioning a Global Change Biology (GCB) manuscript in the literature so it reads as a global-change advance, not a local report.

When should I use Gcb Literature Positioning?

Gcb Literature Positioning fits situations like: positioning a Global Change Biology (GCB) manuscript in the literature so it reads as a global-change advance; not a local report.

How do I install Gcb Literature Positioning in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Gcb Literature Positioning in Codex?

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

Can I use Gcb Literature Positioning 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 gcb-literature-positioning -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/gcb-literature-positioning, .gemini/skills/gcb-literature-positioning, .github/skills/gcb-literature-positioning and .opencode/skills/gcb-literature-positioning in your project.

What does Gcb Literature Positioning need to run?

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

Does Gcb Literature Positioning 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 Gcb Literature Positioning 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 Gcb Literature Positioning use?

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

How many tokens does Gcb Literature Positioning use?

About 770 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k 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 Gcb Literature Positioning?

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.