cc-figures-tables
Use when building or auditing multi-panel mechanistic figures and tables for a Cancer Cell (Cell Press) manuscript — quantification of images, panel logic, image integrity, and legends. It shapes display items; it does not choose statistical tests or write the abstract.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill cc-figures-tables --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.
# Figures & Tables (cc-figures-tables) ## When to trigger - Representative images (blots, IHC, micrographs) shown without quantification - A multi-panel figure has no clear narrative logic - Worried about image-integrity standards (splicing, over-processing) - Building a graphical abstract or supplemental display items ## Cancer Cell figure logic Each main figure should advance **one step of the mechanistic argument** and be readable on its own: - Panels flow left-to-right / top-to-bottom as a mini-narrative (perturbation → readout → mechanism → consequence). - Mechanistic figures typically combine schematic + functional data + in vivo and/or human validation. - A figure usually carries discovery, validation, and a control panel together. - Keep one main message per figure; push orthogonal corroboration to supplement. ## Quantify everything representative The signature Cancer Cell requirement: **a representative image must be paired with quantification across biological replicates.** | Representative image | Required quantification | |----------------------|--------------------------| | Western blot | Densitometry across `n` independent blots (normalized to loading) | | IHC / IF mi
- When to trigger
- Cancer Cell figure logic
- Quantify everything representative
- Image integrity (Cell Press enforces)
- Tables and the Key Resources Table
- Legends
- Worked micro-example: fixing a "representative blot" panel
- Panel-order sanity check (per main figure)
- Cancer Cell figure failure modes reviewers cite
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the cc-figures-tables skill do?
Use when building or auditing multi-panel mechanistic figures and tables for a Cancer Cell (Cell Press) manuscript — quantification of images, panel logic, image integrity, and legends. It shapes display items; it does not choose statistical tests or write the abstract.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill cc-figures-tables --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.