A skill your agent uses when deciding what methodological detail belongs in a Physical Review Letters body versus Supplemental Material, so a physicist can trust the result without the Letter…

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Install Prl Methods

skills CLI
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill prl-methods -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills prl-methods --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/Physical-Review-Letters-Skills/skills/prl-methods .claude/skills/prl-methods && 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
prl-methods
GitHub stars
223
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
462 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 what methodological detail belongs in a Physical Review Letters body versus Supplemental Material, so a physicist can trust the result without the Letter…

  • Deciding what methodological detail belongs in a Physical Review Letters body versus Supplemental Material
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, The trust-minimum principle, Partition table and Rigor without bulk, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • So a physicist can trust the result without the Letter becoming a long paper

What it does

Prl Methods is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when deciding what methodological detail belongs in a Physical Review Letters body versus Supplemental Material, so a physicist can trust the result without the Letter becoming a long paper. Partitions methods; does not design figures or run analysis.

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

  • Deciding what methodological detail belongs in a Physical Review Letters body versus Supplemental Material
  • So a physicist can trust the result without the Letter becoming a long paper

Example prompts

  • “/prl-methods”

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

Prl Methods loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 67 tokens; SKILL.md has 462 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~67
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 462 words (~1,135 tokens).

“In a Letter, methods exist to let a competent physicist believe the central claim — not to enable full replication inline. Full replication detail lives in Supplemental Material. Keep in the body only what is load-bearing for trust:”

— opening of SKILL.md by franklee16
name
prl-methods

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Physical-Review-Letters-Skills/skills/prl-methods 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 Prl Methods

What does Prl Methods do?

A skill your agent uses when deciding what methodological detail belongs in a Physical Review Letters body versus Supplemental Material, so a physicist can trust the result without the Letter…. Prl Methods is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when deciding what methodological detail belongs in a Physical Review Letters body versus Supplemental Material, so a physicist can trust the result without the Letter becoming a long paper.

When should I use Prl Methods?

Prl Methods fits situations like: deciding what methodological detail belongs in a Physical Review Letters body versus Supplemental Material; so a physicist can trust the result without the Letter becoming a long paper.

How do I install Prl Methods in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Prl Methods in Codex?

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

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

What does Prl Methods need to run?

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

Does Prl Methods 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 Prl Methods 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 Prl Methods use?

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

How many tokens does Prl Methods 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 Prl Methods?

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Who maintains Prl Methods?

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.