curranthro-writing-style
Use when drafting or polishing a Current Anthropology (CA) manuscript so it reads across all subfields for a worldwide audience, follows CA house style (free-format accepted; final files use Chicago author-date), fits the article-type word caps (Major Article 6,000–10,000 words; Report 3,000–5,000; abstract ≤ 200 words), and uses clear, jargon-light, inclusive language. Tightens prose and format; it does not invent content.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill curranthro-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 (curranthro-writing-style) A CA paper must be readable by an anthropologist outside its subfield and by CA's **worldwide audience**, written with a clear argument and a reflexive voice, formatted to **Chicago author-date** in final files, and disciplined to the article type's word cap. Because a Major Article anchors the **CA✩ Treatment**, the prose must make the intervention *unmissable* — commentators and the editor should be able to state your claim in one sentence. CA explicitly **discourages overuse of jargon** and asks that main ideas be **comprehensible to nonspecialists**. ## When to trigger - Drafting the introduction, framing the intervention, or final polish - Over the word cap and needing to cut without losing the argument or the ethnography - Writing the **≤ 200-word abstract** - Aligning citations/format to CA house style before submission ## Reach all subfields (and the world) 1. **Front-load the intervention.** By the end of the introduction the reader knows the question, the argument, the evidence, and why it matters to anthropology broadly — don't make a generalist dig. 2. **Minimize subfield jargon** or define it on first use; an archaeologist sho
- When to trigger
- Reach all subfields (and the world)
- Format to CA house style
- Fit the word cap
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the curranthro-writing-style skill do?
Use when drafting or polishing a Current Anthropology (CA) manuscript so it reads across all subfields for a worldwide audience, follows CA house style (free-format accepted; final files use Chicago author-date), fits the article-type word caps (Major Article 6,000–10,000 words; Report 3,000–5,000; abstract ≤ 200 words), and uses clear, jargon-light, inclusive language. Tightens prose and format; it does not invent content.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill curranthro-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.