ci-citation-and-style
Use to format a Critical Inquiry (CI) essay's references and figures to journal standard — Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.) footnotes numbered consecutively, no works-cited list, with all bibliographical information carried in the notes (and counted toward the word limit), plus images supplied as separate 300 ppi JPEG/TIFF with author-secured permissions. Formats the apparatus; it does not write the argument.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ci-citation-and-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.
# Citation & Style (ci-citation-and-style) CI's scholarly apparatus is **footnotes, not author-date**. Footnote style **roughly follows The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition**; notes are **numbered consecutively** through the manuscript; there is **no separate list of works cited** — full bibliographical information lives in the notes. And because the word limit **counts all of that**, the apparatus is part of the writing problem, not an afterthought. Verify the current edition and wording on the official page. ## When to trigger - Setting up or cleaning citations before submission - Converting an author-date draft to Chicago **notes** style - Preparing the figure list, captions, and credit lines - Checking that notes are not silently blowing the word budget ## Citation rules (Chicago notes, CI conventions) - **Footnotes**, numbered **consecutively** throughout the manuscript. - **No works-cited / bibliography list** — give full bibliographical information in the note at first citation, short form thereafter, following the CI submissions page's **CMOS 17th ed.** wording. - Keep **discursive notes** lean: the cap **includes notes and all bibliographical information** (see `ci-wr
- When to trigger
- Citation rules (Chicago notes, CI conventions)
- Figures & images
- Micro-example — first note, short form, and the trim
- Note-budget audit (run before ci-submission)
- Manuscript format
- Anti-patterns
- Citation pass for Critical Inquiry
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the ci-citation-and-style skill do?
Use to format a Critical Inquiry (CI) essay's references and figures to journal standard — Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.) footnotes numbered consecutively, no works-cited list, with all bibliographical information carried in the notes (and counted toward the word limit), plus images supplied as separate 300 ppi JPEG/TIFF with author-secured permissions. Formats the apparatus; it does not write the argument.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ci-citation-and-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.