epsl-figures-and-tables
Use when building figures and tables for an Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) manuscript. A Letter lives or dies by a few exhibits that a geochemist, seismologist, and geodynamicist can all read — maps with tectonic context, concordia/isochron plots with full error ellipses, model sections with resolution shown. It designs exhibits; it does not run the analysis.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill epsl-figures-and-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 (epsl-figures-and-tables) In a letters-format paper the figures *are* the argument: with a main text near 6,500 words (re-check the cap on the official site), EPSL papers typically carry a small number of dense, layered exhibits plus a supplement. The venue-specific pressures are cross-disciplinary legibility — your map will be read by someone who has never worked in that orogen — and uncertainty made visible, because the sub-fields EPSL serves treat an error-free plot as a red flag. ## When to trigger - Deciding which few exhibits carry the Letter and what moves to the supplement - Drafting location maps, cross-sections, isotope plots, tomography slices, or phase diagrams - A reviewer called an exhibit unreadable, missing context, or missing uncertainties - Preparing figure files for Editorial Manager upload ## Principles 1. **Ration the slots.** Every main-text figure must advance the argument; reference-quality material (all spectra, all sections, parameter sweeps) belongs in the supplementary material. 2. **Context panel first.** Earth-science readers orient spatially: give a location/tectonic-setting inset with coordinates, scale, and the geodetic datum or p
- When to trigger
- Principles
- Exhibit choices by sub-field
- Worked micro-example (illustrative — one figure carrying a slab-fluid argument)
- Referee-pushback patterns and the venue-specific fix
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the epsl-figures-and-tables skill do?
Use when building figures and tables for an Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) manuscript. A Letter lives or dies by a few exhibits that a geochemist, seismologist, and geodynamicist can all read — maps with tectonic context, concordia/isochron plots with full error ellipses, model sections with resolution shown. It designs exhibits; it does not run the analysis.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill epsl-figures-and-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.