Agent skill

Journal Submission Research

by huangwb8 in huangwb8/ChineseResearchLaTeX

Researches a named academic journal's submission requirements, formatting rules, fees, review speed and community feedback, and writes one Chinese markdown report.

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

SKILL.md written in Chinese; this summary is our English description.

Install Journal Submission Research

skills CLI
$ npx skills add huangwb8/ChineseResearchLaTeX --skill paper-know-journal -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install huangwb8/ChineseResearchLaTeX paper-know-journal --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/huangwb8/ChineseResearchLaTeX.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-know-journal .claude/skills/paper-know-journal && 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
paper-know-journal
GitHub stars
2.9k
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
186 words
Files
8 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
27
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Researches a named academic journal's submission requirements, formatting rules, fees, review speed and community feedback, and writes one Chinese markdown report.

  • Finding a journal's submission guidelines and article-type requirements
  • SKILL.md covers 流程 and 约束
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3
  • Checking fees, open-access options and review speed before submitting

What it does

Given a journal name, and optionally an article type or output folder, this skill researches how to submit to it and writes one report named KnowJournal followed by the journal name, in Chinese markdown. It begins by running scripts/init_workspace.py, which creates an isolated hidden workspace under .bensz-api, a test folder and a safe output path, so all intermediate files stay there and only the final report is delivered.

Research must be done online. It covers official sources (the journal site, author guidelines, submission system, publisher, fee and editorial policy pages) and community sources such as SciRev, LetPub, ResearchGate and Reddit, which count only as experience clues. It checks article types, word, abstract, figure and reference limits, formatting rules, open-access mode and fees, review timing, and samples a few recent articles. Sources are logged in sources.json by type, and validate_report.py checks the report. It is not for choosing a journal for a manuscript, writing the paper or downloading PDFs.

When your agent uses it

  • Finding a journal's submission guidelines and article-type requirements
  • Checking fees, open-access options and review speed before submitting
  • Judging whether a journal is reliable from author experiences

Example prompts

  • “Research the submission requirements for Cancer Cell, focusing on Original Research articles.”
  • “Is the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer a good fit for a review article? Write the journal report.”
  • “How do I submit to this journal, and what does it cost? Give me a full report with sources.”

Requirements

  • Python 3 for the bundled scripts
  • Web access to the journal site and community sources

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b8b4142. 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 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python3

    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

Journal Submission Research loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 81 tokens; SKILL.md has 186 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~81
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.7k

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

The full file from huangwb8/ChineseResearchLaTeX at commit b8b4142, republished under its MIT licence (© huangwb8). 186 words, ~1,218 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/paper-know-journal/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 7 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
paper-know-journal
description
当用户给出期刊/杂志名并希望了解投稿要求、投稿形式/格式清单、期刊官网信息、社区评价、审稿速度、费用、文章类型、格式细节或“这个 journal 怎么投/是否靠谱/投稿指南调研”时必须使用。联网核验期刊官网与社区评测,默认把全部中间文件隔离到当前工作目录的 `.bensz-api/task-{yyyymmdd-hhmm}-{简短描述}/paper-know-journal/`,最终只交付 `KnowJournal-{杂志名}.md`。⚠️ 不适用:用户要根据 manuscript 选择投稿期刊(用 paper-select-journal)、写论文正文、下载全文 PDF,或只问一个无需成稿的简单事实。
metadata.author
Bensz Conan

paper-know-journal

输入与输出

输入:期刊/杂志名;可附加输出目录、工作区、关注方向、目标文体/文章类型(如 Article、Original Research、Review、Brief Communication、Case Report、Letter)或目标 manuscript 类型。

输出:KnowJournal-{杂志名}.md,默认在用户当前工作目录根目录;用户指定输出位置时按指定保存。文件名中的 /\:*?"<>| 等路径危险字符替换为 -。

中间文件:默认全部放入 .bensz-api/task-{yyyymmdd-hhmm}-{简短描述}/paper-know-journal/{yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm}/。除最终 Markdown 和用户明确指定输出外,不得在隐藏工作区外写检索日志、网页摘录、截图、草稿、JSON、临时下载或运行缓存。

测试区:轻量验证用 ./tests/paper-know-journal/;测试证据不得混入最终报告。

流程

输入

按用户请求和配置文件提供必要输入;缺失信息应明确列出并停止依赖该输入的步骤。

执行步骤
  • 因本 skill 设计缺陷导致的 bug,先用 bensz-collect-bugs 规范记录到 ~/.bensz-skills/bugs/,不要直接修改用户本地已安装的 skill 源码;若有 workaround,先记 bug,再继续完成任务。
  • 只有用户明确要求“report bensz skills bugs”等公开上报时,才用本地 gh 上传新增 bug 到 huangwb8/bensz-bugs;不要 pull / clone 整个仓库。
初始化

先运行脚本创建隔离工作区、测试区和安全输出路径:

bash
python3 /path/to/paper-know-journal/scripts/init_workspace.py \
  --journal "Cancer Cell" \
  --cwd "$PWD"

脚本会打印 workspace_dir、output_path、test_dir、manifest_path、sources_path。所有中间产物写入 workspace_dir。如提示 output_path already exists,覆盖前先向用户确认或改用新路径。

如用户指定输出目录或工作区:

bash
python3 /path/to/paper-know-journal/scripts/init_workspace.py \
  --journal "Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer" \
  --cwd "$PWD" \
  --output-dir "/path/to/output" \
  --workspace-dir "/path/to/.bensz-api/task-{yyyymmdd-hhmm}-{简短描述}/paper-know-journal"
调研

必须联网核验,至少覆盖:

  • 官方来源:期刊官网、作者指南、投稿系统说明、manuscript preparation / formatting guidelines、出版商政策页、费用页、编辑政策页。
  • 社区/第三方来源:SciRev、LetPub、ResearchGate、Reddit、X/Twitter、论坛、机构图书馆说明、作者经验贴等。第三方只作体验线索,不替代官方政策。

优先查证这些信息:

  • 期刊全称、出版社/学会、ISSN、官网、投稿入口。
  • scope、文章类型、字数/摘要/图表/参考文献限制。
  • 目标文体/文章类型的具体要求:用户指定文体时必须覆盖该文体;未指定时先列出官方文章类型,再选择 2-3 个最常见或最相关类型(通常包括原创研究与综述)展开。逐项核验该类型的名称、正文/摘要字数或页数、摘要类型、关键词数量、章节标题与顺序、图表/补充材料/参考文献限制、报告规范清单和特殊提交材料。
  • 投稿形式要求:标题页、作者信息、摘要类型与字数、关键词、正文结构、章节标题、文件组成、模板、行距/页码/编号、图表文件格式与分辨率、补充材料、参考文献格式、cover letter、报告规范清单。
  • OA/订阅模式、APC、许可证、是否有会员折扣或豁免。
  • 审稿方式、首轮决定时间、接收到上线时间、接收率;没有官方数据时标明来源类型和不确定性。
  • 格式要求:标题页、摘要、关键词、正文结构、图像分辨率、补充材料、参考文献格式、声明章节、数据/代码/AI 使用政策。
  • 近期文章格式:抽样 2-3 篇近年同类文章,归纳摘要、正文结构、图表数量、声明与参考文献风格。
  • 社区评价:速度、沟通、拒稿/大修体验、费用争议、透明度、常见槽点;与官方信息分开写。

调研时维护 sources.json:

  • official:官方网页、作者指南、费用页、投稿系统、出版伦理页。
  • community:SciRev、LetPub、论坛、作者经验贴、机构说明等。
  • article_samples:近期代表性已发表文章。

每条来源至少记录 title、url、source_type、accessed_at、key_facts。网页摘录、检索日志和草稿只能放在 workspace_dir 内。

资料处理规则见 references/source-policy.md。报告结构见 references/report-template.md。

成稿

用中文 Markdown 输出,风格接近 JITC / Cancer Cell 调研样例:先给关键结论和期刊概况,再写投稿要求、投稿形式要求、真实文章格式、社区评价和投稿建议。

报告必须包含:

  • 调研日期。
  • 期刊名称和可核验官网链接。
  • “官方信息”和“社区评价/第三方信息”的来源区分。
  • 独立的“投稿形式要求与格式清单”章节;不能只用近期文章样本替代官方投稿格式要求。
  • 在“投稿形式要求与格式清单”中包含独立的“目标文体/文章类型具体要求”小节;对每个目标文体写清楚官方章节标题/顺序、字数或页数、摘要、关键词、图表、参考文献和特殊文件要求。若官方采用 format-free / free format 初投稿,也要写清哪些项目仍需满足、哪些项目仅修回或接收后适用。
  • 面向投稿准备的可执行清单,至少覆盖标题页、摘要/关键词、正文结构、图表、补充材料、参考文献、声明/伦理/数据/代码/AI、投稿文件或 cover letter;官方未披露时逐项写“未在官方页面确认”。
  • 对缺失、冲突或疑似过期信息的显式标注。
  • 来源清单,含链接与访问日期。

不得输出未核验断言。影响因子、分区、费用、审稿时长等易变信息必须写来源年份或访问日期。

验证

成稿后运行:

bash
python3 /path/to/paper-know-journal/scripts/validate_report.py \
  --report "KnowJournal-Cancer Cell.md" \
  --journal "Cancer Cell"

验证通过后告知用户:最终文件路径、主要来源数量、无法确认的信息和残余风险。

输出

输出 Skill description 所承诺的交付物,并明确格式、路径和失败返回形式。

输出管理

本 Skill 的新任务中间文件统一写入 ./.bensz-api/task-{yyyymmdd-hhmm}-{简短描述}/{skill名}/input|output|log/。同一任务复用一个任务根目录;多 Skill 协作才创建 shared/。正式交付物不写入该目录,历史隐藏目录只允许显式兼容读取、迁移或清理。

校验

完成后执行 Skill 已有的静态检查、脚本验证或人工复核,并记录通过标准。

失败与恢复
  • 找不到官网:先用出版商、ISSN、NLM Catalog、DOAJ、Crossref、期刊投稿系统交叉定位;仍不能确认时停止成稿并说明需要用户确认目标期刊。
  • 同名期刊冲突:列出候选期刊、出版社和 ISSN,先让用户确认。
  • 社区评价稀少:明确写“未找到足够社区评价”,不要编造体验。
  • 官方信息与社区信息冲突:以官方政策为准,社区信息作为体验线索,并标注冲突点。
  • 网站无法访问:记录访问失败、尝试替代官方页面或缓存摘要;关键政策无法核验时在报告中列为待确认。

约束

遵守以下公共约束,并执行本 Skill 的专属边界。

公共硬约束
  • 任务需要落盘时,使用唯一的 ./.bensz-api/task-{yyyymmdd-hhmm}-{简短描述}/ 根目录;共享材料放入 shared/,Skill 专属材料放入该 Skill 的 input/、output/、log/。
  • 正式交付物、源代码和正式计划按项目约定保存,不写入任务工作区;未经授权不覆盖、删除、迁移或远程写入。
  • 项目维护变更检查 BAC 可用性并记录需求、AI 产出、工具结果、文件改动和验证摘要;BAC 只做过程审计,不替代署名、责任或合规判断。
  • 不记录 API Key、访问令牌、密码、Cookie、环境/凭据文件、私有 Prompt、身份信息、本地用户名、主机名或不必要的大体积原始数据。
  • 文件路径必须规范化并限制在授权项目范围内;外部 URL、子进程和网络访问遵循最小权限,防止路径遍历、SSRF 和命令注入。
  • Skill 版本唯一记录在自身 config.yaml:skill_info.version;公开 API、协议、目录或配置变更同步文档与 CHANGELOG.md。
  • 仅将 Skill 或 Bensz 基础设施本身的设计缺陷交给 bensz-collect-bugs;先脱敏写入 ~/.bensz-skills/bugs/,当前任务不中断,只有用户明确要求才公开上报,禁止直接修改用户已安装的 Skill 源码。
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Files

SKILL.md and 7 other files (scripts, references) in skills/paper-know-journal of huangwb8/ChineseResearchLaTeX.

  • SKILL.md
  • CHANGELOG.md
  • README.md
  • config.yaml
  • references/report-template.md
  • references/source-policy.md
  • scripts/init_workspace.py
  • scripts/validate_report.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b8b4142

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Questions about Journal Submission Research

What does Journal Submission Research do?

Researches a named academic journal's submission requirements, formatting rules, fees, review speed and community feedback, and writes one Chinese markdown report. Given a journal name, and optionally an article type or output folder, this skill researches how to submit to it and writes one report named KnowJournal followed by the journal name, in Chinese markdown.bensz-api, a test folder and a safe output path, so all intermediate files stay there and only the final report is delivered.

When should I use Journal Submission Research?

Journal Submission Research fits situations like: finding a journal's submission guidelines and article-type requirements; checking fees, open-access options and review speed before submitting; judging whether a journal is reliable from author experiences.

How do I install Journal Submission Research in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add huangwb8/ChineseResearchLaTeX --skill paper-know-journal -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/paper-know-journal in huangwb8/ChineseResearchLaTeX) into .claude/skills/paper-know-journal in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Journal Submission Research in Codex?

Run `npx skills add huangwb8/ChineseResearchLaTeX --skill paper-know-journal -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/paper-know-journal in huangwb8/ChineseResearchLaTeX) into .agents/skills/paper-know-journal in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Journal Submission Research 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 huangwb8/ChineseResearchLaTeX --skill paper-know-journal -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/paper-know-journal, .gemini/skills/paper-know-journal, .github/skills/paper-know-journal and .opencode/skills/paper-know-journal in your project.

What does Journal Submission Research need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Journal Submission Research needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3 for the bundled scripts; Web access to the journal site and community sources.

Does Journal Submission Research 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 Journal Submission Research 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 Journal Submission Research use?

Journal Submission Research is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Journal Submission Research use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.9k 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 1.5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Journal Submission Research?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Journal Submission Research: Academic Research Pipeline (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars), Academic Research Suite for Codex (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills-codex, 12k stars), Scientific Writing (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars) and Research Claw (AlphaLab-USTC/ResearchClaw, 134 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Journal Submission Research?

huangwb8 (a GitHub user) maintains it in huangwb8/ChineseResearchLaTeX, which has 2,880 GitHub stars. The repository holds 27 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 4, 2026.

Source: huangwb8/ChineseResearchLaTeX on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.