Agent skill

Pnas Writing

by franklee16 in franklee16/academic-research-skills

A skill your agent uses to structure a PNAS main text and hold its length — Title, Significance Statement, Abstract, Introduction, Results, Discussion, in-text Materials and Methods, references —…

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Install Pnas Writing

skills CLI
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill pnas-writing -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills pnas-writing --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/PNAS-Skills/skills/pnas-writing .claude/skills/pnas-writing && 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
pnas-writing
GitHub stars
223
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
528 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,617
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

A skill your agent uses to structure a PNAS main text and hold its length — Title, Significance Statement, Abstract, Introduction, Results, Discussion, in-text Materials and Methods, references —…

  • Works in 9 steps: Title — declarative, specific, parseable… → Author list & affiliations. → Significance Statement — ≤120 words… → …
  • Structure a PNAS main text and hold its length — Title
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, PNAS main-text order, Materials and Methods stays… and Length budget, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Pnas Writing is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use to structure a PNAS main text and hold its length — Title, Significance Statement, Abstract, Introduction, Results, Discussion, in-text Materials and Methods, references — and to choose the required Classification (Biological/Physical/Social Sciences + minor subject) and keywords at submission.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k 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

  • Structure a PNAS main text and hold its length — Title
  • Significance Statement
  • In-text Materials and Methods
  • References — and to choose the required Classification (Biological/Physical/Social Sciences + minor subject) and keywords at submission

Example prompts

  • “/pnas-writing”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Title — declarative, specific, parseable by a non-specialist.
  2. Author list & affiliations.
  3. Significance Statement — ≤120 words (pnas-significance); submitted separately but part of the article.
  4. Abstract — ~250-word single paragraph (pnas-abstract).
  5. Introduction — the gap and why it matters broadly; end on what you found.
  6. Results — argument-ordered (below).
  7. Discussion — interpretation and broader significance; PNAS also permits a combined "Results and Discussion."
  8. Materials and Methods — kept in the main text (see below).
  9. Acknowledgments, data availability, references.

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

Pnas Writing loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 78 tokens; SKILL.md has 528 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~78
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

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 528 words (~1,192 tokens).

“A PNAS research article runs, in order:”

— opening of SKILL.md by franklee16
name
pnas-writing

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/PNAS-Skills/skills/pnas-writing 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 Pnas Writing

What does Pnas Writing do?

A skill your agent uses to structure a PNAS main text and hold its length — Title, Significance Statement, Abstract, Introduction, Results, Discussion, in-text Materials and Methods, references —…. Pnas Writing is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use to structure a PNAS main text and hold its length — Title, Significance Statement, Abstract, Introduction, Results, Discussion, in-text Materials and Methods, references — and to choose the required Classification (Biological/Physical/Social Sciences + minor subject) and keywords at submission.

When should I use Pnas Writing?

Pnas Writing fits situations like: structure a PNAS main text and hold its length — Title; significance Statement; in-text Materials and Methods; references — and to choose the required Classification (Biological/Physical/Social Sciences + minor subject) and keywords at submission.

How do I install Pnas Writing in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Pnas Writing in Codex?

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

Can I use Pnas Writing 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 pnas-writing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/pnas-writing, .gemini/skills/pnas-writing, .github/skills/pnas-writing and .opencode/skills/pnas-writing in your project.

What does Pnas Writing need to run?

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

Does Pnas Writing 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 Pnas Writing 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 Pnas Writing use?

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

How many tokens does Pnas Writing use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.8k 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 Pnas Writing?

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.