fcr-cover-letter
Use when writing the cover letter for a Field Crops Research (FCR) submission to the Editors-in-Chief. The letter must establish scope fit (field-based, multi-season/-environment, a field crop, generally significant), state the novel contribution and article type, and confirm originality and data availability. Drafts the letter; it does not contact editors or invent claims.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill fcr-cover-letter --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.
# Cover Letter (fcr-cover-letter) The cover letter is the editor's first scope check. Because FCR has a **strict scope boundary**, the letter's job is to show — in a few sentences — that the paper is **field-based, multi-environment, on a field crop, and generally significant**, and to name the **novel contribution** clearly. A vague letter invites a fast desk rejection. ## When to trigger - Preparing the submission package and need the cover letter - Pitching a Review or Opinion proposal to the Editors-in-Chief first - Explaining why a borderline design (e.g., exceptional single-season circumstances) still fits scope ## What an FCR cover letter must do 1. **Address the Editors-in-Chief** and name the journal and the **article type** (Original Research Paper / Short Communication / Review / Opinion). 2. **Establish scope fit in one short paragraph.** State that the work is **field-based**, spans **≥ 2 seasons and/or multiple environments**, concerns a **field crop**, and offers **general relevance** (not local/descriptive). If a single-season design is unavoidable, justify the "exceptional circumstances" explicitly. 3. **State the novel contribution.** One or two sentences: what ne
- When to trigger
- What an FCR cover letter must do
- Skeleton
- Scope-fit sentence bank (illustrative)
- Worked cover-letter vignette (illustrative)
- Anti-patterns
- Operating pass for Field Crops Research
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the fcr-cover-letter skill do?
Use when writing the cover letter for a Field Crops Research (FCR) submission to the Editors-in-Chief. The letter must establish scope fit (field-based, multi-season/-environment, a field crop, generally significant), state the novel contribution and article type, and confirm originality and data availability. Drafts the letter; it does not contact editors or invent claims.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill fcr-cover-letter --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.