cell-highlights
Use to produce the three signature Cell front-matter artifacts — Highlights (3–4 bullets, each ≤85 characters), the eTOC/In Brief blurb (~50 words, third-person), and the Graphical Abstract (single-panel visual summary). Late-stage polish.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill cell-highlights --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.
# Highlights, eTOC Blurb & Graphical Abstract (cell-highlights) ## When to trigger - Significance, framing, figures, and Summary are settled (do this late). - The submission lacks Highlights, an eTOC/In Brief blurb, or a Graphical Abstract. - Highlights are full sentences or run over the character limit. - The Graphical Abstract is a multi-panel figure crammed into one box. These three artifacts are **mandatory, Cell-specific** deliverables. Editors and the table of contents use them heavily — weak ones hurt at every stage. ## 1. Highlights (exactly 3–4 bullets, each ≤ 85 characters incl. spaces) Short telegraphic phrases — **not** full sentences — that a scanning reader absorbs in seconds. Each bullet states one finding; together they trace the arc. Rules: - [ ] **3 or 4 bullets**, no more, no fewer. - [ ] **≤ 85 characters including spaces** per bullet (count them). - [ ] Phrase fragments, present tense, no trailing period, no citations. - [ ] No undefined acronyms; readable by a general life-scientist. - [ ] Bullets progress phenomenon → mechanism → causality → significance. Template: ``` - [Actor] [does] [effect] in [system] (≤85 chars) - [Mechanism]: [molecular cause] of [phen
- When to trigger
- 1. Highlights (exactly 3–4 bullets, each ≤ 85 characters incl. spaces)
- 2. eTOC blurb / "In Brief" (~50 words, third-person)
- 3. Graphical Abstract (single-panel visual summary)
- Worked Highlights set (with char counts)
- Worked eTOC blurb (before → after)
- Output format
- Anti-patterns
What does the cell-highlights skill do?
Use to produce the three signature Cell front-matter artifacts — Highlights (3–4 bullets, each ≤85 characters), the eTOC/In Brief blurb (~50 words, third-person), and the Graphical Abstract (single-panel visual summary). Late-stage polish.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill cell-highlights --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.