epsl-workflow
Use when starting or resuming any Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) manuscript and you need the entry point. Routes to the right EPSL sub-skill based on lifecycle stage and on whether the work matches the letters format (a concise, high-significance Letter; an invited Frontiers Paper; or a Comment/Reply). It dispatches; it does not draft content.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill epsl-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.
# EPSL Workflow Router (epsl-workflow) The dispatcher for an EPSL submission. EPSL is Elsevier's flagship **letters journal for solid-Earth and planetary science** (founded 1966, ISSN 0012-821X): it wants a **concise Letter carrying one decisive, process-level advance** about the physical, chemical or mechanical workings of the Earth or another planet. The router's first job is therefore double: locate the stage, and confirm the result is a *Letter* — not a data report, not a regional case study, not two papers stapled together. ## When to trigger - Starting an EPSL manuscript and unsure where to begin - Mid-project and unsure which skill applies next - Unsure whether the work is letters-shaped or belongs at a specialist journal - Returning with a decision letter (route to `epsl-revision-and-rebuttal`) ## First question: is this a Letter? | Situation | Verdict | Route to | |-----------|---------|----------| | One decisive advance on a process of Earth/planetary interiors, surfaces, or atmospheres | Letter — proceed | pipeline below | | Solid dataset, insight local to one region or one analyte | not yet letters-shaped | `epsl-topic-selection` to reframe or redirect | | Two intertwin
- When to trigger
- First question: is this a Letter?
- Routing map (stage → skill)
- Default order
- Symptom → skill quick-routing
- Worked micro-example (illustrative — routing a subduction-zone water paper)
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the epsl-workflow skill do?
Use when starting or resuming any Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) manuscript and you need the entry point. Routes to the right EPSL sub-skill based on lifecycle stage and on whether the work matches the letters format (a concise, high-significance Letter; an invited Frontiers Paper; or a Comment/Reply). It dispatches; it does not draft content.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill epsl-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.