Agent skill

Ma Publication Quality

by htlin222 in htlin222/meta-pipe

Publication-quality checks and enhancements for high-impact journal submissions, including PRISMA/MOOSE reporting, robust meta-analysis diagnostics (Hartung-Knapp, prediction intervals, influence)…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Ma Publication Quality

skills CLI
$ npx skills add htlin222/meta-pipe --skill ma-publication-quality -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install htlin222/meta-pipe ma-publication-quality --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/htlin222/meta-pipe.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/ma-publication-quality .claude/skills/ma-publication-quality && 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
ma-publication-quality
GitHub stars
139
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
268 words
Files
13 (incl. scripts, references, assets)
Skills in repo
15
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Publication-quality checks and enhancements for high-impact journal submissions, including PRISMA/MOOSE reporting, robust meta-analysis diagnostics (Hartung-Knapp, prediction intervals, influence)…

  • Works in 8 steps: Initialize reporting checklists with… → Copy R templates from assets/r/ into… → Generate GRADE Summary of Findings table… → …
  • Preparing the final manuscript and QA package
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Inputs, Outputs and Workflow, plus 3 more sections
  • Runs Python and R scripts from its folder

What it does

Ma Publication Quality is an agent skill from htlin222/meta-pipe. Publication-quality checks and enhancements for high-impact journal submissions, including PRISMA/MOOSE reporting, robust meta-analysis diagnostics (Hartung-Knapp, prediction intervals, influence), GRADE Summary of Findings, claim audits, and cross-reference validation. Use when preparing the final manuscript and QA package.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 16 other files, including scripts, reference files and assets (for example `references/journal-formatting.md`, `references/moose-checklist-template.md` and `references/prisma-nma-checklist-template.md`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Data visualization, ORMs and data access and Scientific writing. It works with Prisma. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code-powered end-to-end meta-analysis automation: AI-assisted literature review, screening, extraction, analysis, and manuscript generation for systematic reviews and….

When your agent uses it

  • Preparing the final manuscript and QA package
  • Tasks that involve Data visualization
  • Tasks that involve ORMs and data access

Example prompts

  • “/ma-publication-quality”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Initialize reporting checklists with scripts/init_reporting_checklists.py.
  2. Copy R templates from assets/r/ into 06_analysis/ and run after the primary model scripts.
  3. Generate GRADE Summary of Findings table from 08_reviews/grade_summary.csv.
  4. Run claim audit on Abstract vs Results and save to 09_qa/claim_audit.md.
  5. Run reporting checklist completion audit and save to 09_qa/reporting_checklist_audit.md.
  6. Run claim-to-table check and save to 09_qa/claim_table_check.md.
  7. Run cross-reference check to ensure figures/tables are referenced in manuscript.
  8. Update checklists and re-run final_qa_report.py.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5c5c3f0. 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

    Ships 5 files in scripts/ (Python and R), which the agent can run.

    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

Ma Publication Quality loads about 1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 87 tokens; SKILL.md has 268 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~87
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~3.8k

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 268 words (~1,043 tokens).

“Add high-impact-journal quality controls: reporting checklists, robustness diagnostics, GRADE SoF outputs, and manuscript consistency audits.”

— opening of SKILL.md by htlin222, Custom licence
name
ma-publication-quality

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 12 other files (scripts, references, assets) in ma-publication-quality of htlin222/meta-pipe.

  • SKILL.md
  • assets/r/10_hakn_prediction.R
  • assets/r/11_influence_diagnostics.R
  • assets/r/12_sof_table.R
  • references/journal-formatting.md
  • references/moose-checklist-template.md
  • references/prisma-nma-checklist-template.md
  • references/prisma2020-checklist-template.md
  • scripts/check_reporting_completion.py
  • scripts/claim_audit.py
  • scripts/claim_table_check.py
  • scripts/crossref_check.py
  • scripts/init_reporting_checklists.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5c5c3f0

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Nature-Style Scientific FiguresYuan1z0825/nature-skills47k—~3.1kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Meta AnalysisAperivue/medsci-skills333—~8.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Review PaperAperivue/medsci-skills333—~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Ma Publication Quality

What does Ma Publication Quality do?

Publication-quality checks and enhancements for high-impact journal submissions, including PRISMA/MOOSE reporting, robust meta-analysis diagnostics (Hartung-Knapp, prediction intervals, influence)…. Ma Publication Quality is an agent skill from htlin222/meta-pipe. Publication-quality checks and enhancements for high-impact journal submissions, including PRISMA/MOOSE reporting, robust meta-analysis diagnostics (Hartung-Knapp, prediction intervals, influence), GRADE Summary of Findings, claim audits, and cross-reference validation.

When should I use Ma Publication Quality?

Ma Publication Quality fits situations like: preparing the final manuscript and QA package; tasks that involve Data visualization; tasks that involve ORMs and data access.

How do I install Ma Publication Quality in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add htlin222/meta-pipe --skill ma-publication-quality -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (ma-publication-quality in htlin222/meta-pipe) into .claude/skills/ma-publication-quality in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Ma Publication Quality in Codex?

Run `npx skills add htlin222/meta-pipe --skill ma-publication-quality -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (ma-publication-quality in htlin222/meta-pipe) into .agents/skills/ma-publication-quality in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Ma Publication Quality 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 htlin222/meta-pipe --skill ma-publication-quality -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ma-publication-quality, .gemini/skills/ma-publication-quality, .github/skills/ma-publication-quality and .opencode/skills/ma-publication-quality in your project.

What does Ma Publication Quality need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Ma Publication Quality needs Python and R for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Ma Publication Quality 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 Ma Publication Quality 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Ma Publication Quality use?

Ma Publication Quality has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Ma Publication Quality use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.7k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Ma Publication Quality?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ma Publication Quality: Scientific Writing (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars), Scientific Writing (jimmc414/Kosmos, 595 stars), Nature-Style Scientific Figures (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 47k stars) and Meta Analysis (Aperivue/medsci-skills, 333 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Ma Publication Quality?

htlin222 (a GitHub user) maintains it in htlin222/meta-pipe, which has 139 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 23, 2026.

Source: htlin222/meta-pipe on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.