arpsych-writing-style
Use when drafting or polishing prose for an Annual Review of Psychology (ARPsych) review so it lands the authoritative-yet-accessible house voice for a broad psychology readership. Shapes voice, abstract, and intro; it does not design the spine (arpsych-organizing-framework) or run final checks (arpsych-submission).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill arpsych-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 — The ARPsych Voice (arpsych-writing-style) ## When to trigger - The framework, balance, and exhibits are settled; it is time to write (or rewrite) prose - A draft is technically correct but reads like a grant report or a primary-paper method section - The abstract and introduction need to be written (do these *last*) - A non-specialist test reader gets lost in jargon or cannot find the argument ## What the ARPsych voice is ARPsych reviews are read across all of psychology and by adjacent fields. The register is **authoritative but accessible**: written by a leading expert, readable by a smart psychologist outside the subfield, and usable in a graduate seminar. The two failure poles are (1) a dense specialist treatise only insiders can parse, and (2) a chatty overview with no analytical edge. Aim between them: deep but legible. | Principle | In practice | |-----------|-------------| | **Argument forward** | Every section advances the spine; the reader always knows where they are in the framework | | **Define on first use** | Spell out constructs, paradigms, and acronyms for the adjacent reader | | **Show the mechanism** | Explain *why* an effect occurs, not just tha
- When to trigger
- What the ARPsych voice is
- Write the abstract and introduction LAST
- The future-directions close (do not skip it)
- One voice for multi-author reviews
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the arpsych-writing-style skill do?
Use when drafting or polishing prose for an Annual Review of Psychology (ARPsych) review so it lands the authoritative-yet-accessible house voice for a broad psychology readership. Shapes voice, abstract, and intro; it does not design the spine (arpsych-organizing-framework) or run final checks (arpsych-submission).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill arpsych-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.