cell-workflow
Use when deciding which cell-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing a manuscript from significance test through reviewer rebuttal for Cell (Cell Press). Routes — it does not replace — the specialized skills.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill cell-workflow --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.
# Cell Workflow Router (cell-workflow) ## Overview This is the router. It does not replace any specialized skill. It tells you **which cell-* skill to use at the current stage** of a manuscript aimed at *Cell* (Cell Press). Default assumption: unless the user states otherwise, the target is **Cell** (the flagship), not *Molecular Cell*, *Cell Reports*, *Cell Reports Medicine*, *Developmental Cell*, or other Cell Press titles. The family shares STAR Methods, Highlights, eTOC, and Graphical Abstract conventions, but differs sharply on scope and breadth — flag the difference if the user names a sibling. ## The single most important idea about Cell Cell does not publish a single striking observation. It publishes a **complete, mechanistic, hypothesis-driven story**: a conceptual advance supported by **multiple independent lines of evidence that converge on a mechanism**. Descriptive or single-result papers are desk-rejected. Route to `cell-fit` first, always. ## When to trigger - "What should I do next with this draft?" - A draft arrives and you must diagnose the current bottleneck. - The user is switching between experiments, writing, and revision and has lost the thread. - Reviews ar
- Overview
- The single most important idea about Cell
- When to trigger
- The single most important gate
- Routing table
- Default order
- Decision shortcuts
- How Cell differs from its siblings and from Nature/Science
- Stage tracker (fill and re-run the router)
- Anti-patterns
What does the cell-workflow skill do?
Use when deciding which cell-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing a manuscript from significance test through reviewer rebuttal for Cell (Cell Press). Routes — it does not replace — the specialized skills.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill cell-workflow --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.