ajs-tables-figures
Use when building tables and figures for an American Journal of Sociology (AJS) manuscript to AJS house conventions — discrete consecutive numbering, appendix-table lettering, separate exhibit sections after the text, and mandatory alt text for every figure at submission. Prepares exhibits; it does not generate data.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ajs-tables-figures --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.
# Tables & Figures (ajs-tables-figures) AJS has **specific house conventions** for exhibits, and it now **requires alt text for every figure at submission**. Get the mechanics right so the exhibits read cleanly under double-blind review and pass straight into production. Verify current formatting against the AJS Manuscript Preparation pages and Formatting PDF before submission. ## When to trigger - Building or revising tables and figures for an AJS submission - Preparing the post-text exhibit sections and appendix tables - Writing alt text and captions - A reader said an exhibit was unreadable, mislabeled, or non-self-contained ## AJS exhibit conventions (verify on the live prep pages / PDF) - **Numbering:** number tables/figures **consecutively** as they appear in the text. AJS **strongly prefers numbering discrete items separately** (table 1, table 2, table 3 …) rather than grouping several panels under one number. - **Appendix exhibits:** number as **table A1, A2 … / table B1, B2 …** (lettered by appendix). - **Placement:** **notes, references, tables, figures, and appendices appear in separate sections following the text, in that order** — not embedded inline. - **Alt text (req
- When to trigger
- AJS exhibit conventions (verify on the live prep pages / PDF)
- Make exhibits do theoretical work
- Referee/production conformance check (AJS-specific)
- Calibration: exhibits as argument, not decoration (hedged)
- Execution bridge (StatsPAI / Stata MCP)
- Anti-patterns
- Exhibit pass for American Journal of Sociology
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the ajs-tables-figures skill do?
Use when building tables and figures for an American Journal of Sociology (AJS) manuscript to AJS house conventions — discrete consecutive numbering, appendix-table lettering, separate exhibit sections after the text, and mandatory alt text for every figure at submission. Prepares exhibits; it does not generate data.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ajs-tables-figures --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.