gcb-workflow
Use as the entry point for any Global Change Biology (GCB) manuscript. Routes to the right GCB sub-skill based on where you are in the lifecycle and which article type (Primary Research Article, Technical Advance, Review / Research Review, Opinion / Perspective) fits. It dispatches; it does not draft content.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill gcb-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.
# GCB Workflow Router (gcb-workflow) The orchestrator for a *Global Change Biology* submission. Figure out the stage and the **article type**, then send the user to the matching skill. GCB publishes **mechanistic links between global environmental change and biological systems** — the router's first job is to make sure the paper leads with a **driver → biological-response mechanism** of broad relevance, not a local description or a conservation-management plan. ## When to trigger - Starting a new GCB paper and unsure where to begin - Mid-project and unsure which skill applies next - Deciding which **article type** fits the contribution - Returning with a decision letter (route to `gcb-revision-and-rebuttal`) ## First question: which article type? | Situation | Article type | Route to | |-----------|--------------|----------| | Completed original study, broad global-change relevance | **Primary Research Article** | normal pipeline below | | New tool / method / modelling approach | **Technical Advance** | `gcb-study-design` + `gcb-data-analysis` | | Integrative synthesis of a literature | **Research Review** (open) / **GCB Review** (invited) | `gcb-literature-positioning` + `gcb-writ
- When to trigger
- First question: which article type?
- Routing map (stage → skill)
- Default order
- Symptom-to-skill dispatch
- Worked micro-example (illustrative)
- Routing pitfalls the orchestrator guards against
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the gcb-workflow skill do?
Use as the entry point for any Global Change Biology (GCB) manuscript. Routes to the right GCB sub-skill based on where you are in the lifecycle and which article type (Primary Research Article, Technical Advance, Review / Research Review, Opinion / Perspective) fits. It dispatches; it does not draft content.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill gcb-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.