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Agent skill stack for manuscripts targeted at Science (AAAS) — the flagship multidisciplinary research journal.
This pack is opinionated. It is not a generic "scientific writing" toolbox. It is a Science-specific stack that encodes the journal's editorial bar — broad significance and general interest — and the concrete conventions that follow from it: the Report vs Research Article split, the one-sentence summary and ≤125-word abstract, display-item budgets, statistics and reproducibility reporting, mandatory data/code/materials deposition, Science numbered-reference style, and a significance-forward cover letter.
Science imposes constraints that differ materially from field journals — and from Nature:
| Constraint | Science | Implication |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial bar | Broad significance + general interest across disciplines | Most papers are desk-rejected without review if specialist |
| Formats | Report (~2,500 w, ≤4 items) / Research Article (~4,500 w, ≤6) | Wrong format or over length signals inexperience |
| One-sentence summary | Required, ≤ ~125 characters, not the title | A missing/weak summary hurts at triage |
| Abstract | ≤ ~125 words, single paragraph, no subheadings, quantified | Long structured abstracts are off-style |
| Methods location | In Supplementary Materials for Reports | Methods in the body bloats the main text |
| References | Numbered, in order of appearance, one continuous list (incl. SM), full author lists | Author–date / Nature style must be converted |
| Data & code | Deposited with accession/DOI; "on request" not acceptable | No accession numbers = not submission-ready |
| Over-claiming | A top rejection reason post-review | Conclusions must not outrun the evidence |
Generic "scientific writing" packs do not encode these venue constraints.
/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills
/plugin install science-skills
/reload-pluginsgit clone https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills.git
cd awesome-journal-skills/Science-Skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -R skills/sci-* ~/.claude/skills/
# or
mkdir -p ~/.codex/skills && cp -R skills/sci-* ~/.codex/skills/Use sci-workflow to tell me which skill I should use next for my manuscript targeted at Science.
sci-fit (clear the broad-significance bar first)
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sci-framing (lock the advance + why-now)
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sci-writing (Report vs Research Article; hold length)
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sci-figures (display items within budget)
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sci-statistics (rigor + reproducibility)
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sci-data (data / code / materials availability)
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sci-abstract (one-sentence summary + ≤125-word abstract — polish)
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sci-citation (Science numbered style — polish)
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sci-cover-letter (significance-forward editor pitch)
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sci-submission (preflight)
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sci-rebuttal (after review)
sci-workflow is the router — it tells you which skill to use next based on where you are.
| Skill | Purpose |
|---|---|
sci-workflow |
Router — decides which sub-skill to invoke next |
sci-fit |
Desk-reject filter: broad significance / general interest; venue routing |
sci-framing |
Lock the one-sentence advance, the "why now", and a declarative title |
sci-abstract |
One-sentence summary (≤125 chars) + ≤125-word abstract |
sci-writing |
Report vs Research Article; length budgets; Methods → Supplementary |
sci-figures |
Item budget, column sizing, ≥6 pt fonts, show-the-data, colorblind-safe |
sci-statistics |
Effect size + CI + n + test; replication; randomization; reproducibility |
sci-data |
Repository deposition, accession/DOI, availability statement, materials |
sci-citation |
Science numbered style, order of appearance, one continuous list |
sci-cover-letter |
Significance-forward, editor-facing pitch |
sci-submission |
Full preflight checklist + templates |
sci-rebuttal |
Decision triage, experiment prioritization, point-by-point response |
skills/sci-submission/templates/checklist.md— full preflight checklistskills/sci-submission/templates/cover_letter_template.md— significance-forward cover-letter scaffoldresources/external_tools.md— deposition repositories, reporting standards, figure/stats tooling, and key Science author pages
| Dimension | Science | Nature | Science Advances / PNAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bar | Top-1% broad significance | Top-1% broad significance | Broad but more accepting |
| Signature artifact | One-sentence summary | Summary paragraph | PNAS: 120-word significance statement |
| References | Numbered, order of appearance | Different numbered convention | Own styles |
| Methods | Supplementary (Reports) | Methods section conventions | Varies |
| When to switch | — | Re-style before transfer | If not top-1% general interest |
For Nature, see the curated nature-skills. For PNAS, NEJM, Lancet, and Cell, see the sibling packs in awesome-journal-skills.
- awesome-journal-skills — index of journal-specific skill packs
- Cell-Skills · PNAS-Skills · NEJM-Skills · Lancet-Skills
This is an independent, community-built skill pack. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by AAAS or Science. All targets (word counts, item limits, style rules) reflect publicly documented author guidelines at the time of writing — always confirm against the current Science Author Guidelines before submitting.
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