aaag-writing-style
Use when drafting or polishing the prose of an Annals of the American Association of Geographers manuscript — Chicago Manual of Style (author-date), the 11,000-word inclusive cap, the 3-5 italicized keywords, and writing that reads as geography for a broad disciplinary audience. Polishes prose and format; it does not generate findings.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aaag-writing-style --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Writing Style (aaag-writing-style) The Annals reaches the **whole discipline of geography** across four areas. The prose must make a specialist contribution legible to geographers outside the subfield, follow **Chicago Manual of Style (author-date)**, and fit a cap that counts almost everything (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准). ## When to trigger - Drafting the introduction, framing the contribution, or final language polish - Cutting to the word cap, or fixing citation/keyword/format issues - A reviewer said the paper is "hard to follow," "jargon-heavy," or "reads as [another discipline]" ## House style (verify on the Style Sheet) - **Chicago Manual of Style, author-date** citations and reference list. - **Abstract** followed by **3-5 keywords**, alphabetized and **italicized** at the end of the abstract. - **Word cap: ≤ 11,000 words for Articles, *including* abstract, references, notes, tables, and figure captions** — budget the whole document, not just the body. Forums and Commentaries differ (see `aaag-submission`). - US/standard academic English; define area-specific jargon for a general-geography reader. ## The introduction arc (make it read as geography) Aim for: **question → geographi
- When to trigger
- House style (verify on the Style Sheet)
- The introduction arc (make it read as geography)
- Cross-area legibility
- Trimming to the inclusive cap
- Calibration anchors
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the aaag-writing-style skill do?
Use when drafting or polishing the prose of an Annals of the American Association of Geographers manuscript — Chicago Manual of Style (author-date), the 11,000-word inclusive cap, the 3-5 italicized keywords, and writing that reads as geography for a broad disciplinary audience. Polishes prose and format; it does not generate findings.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aaag-writing-style --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.