jama-figures-tables
Use when designing or auditing the figures and tables of a JAMA manuscript, including the required flow diagram, baseline table, and main-result exhibits. Shapes exhibits for JAMA conventions; it does NOT run the statistics or write the abstract.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jama-figures-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 (jama-figures-tables) ## When to trigger - The RCT/review lacks its required flow diagram - Tables are cluttered, over-numerous, or exceed the journal's exhibit allowance - The baseline-characteristics table is missing or misused - A figure shows p-values but not effect sizes / confidence intervals ## The exhibits a JAMA paper usually needs | Exhibit | Purpose | |-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------| | Flow diagram (CONSORT/PRISMA/STARD) | Participant or study-selection accounting | | Table 1 — baseline characteristics | Describe groups; show comparability (not significance) | | Main-outcome table | Primary/secondary effects with 95% CIs | | Forest plot (meta-analysis / subgroups) | Effect sizes + CIs across studies/subgroups | | Kaplan-Meier / time-to-event figure | Survival or event curves with numbers at risk | Keep the count within JAMA's current figure/table limit — verify the exact number on the Instructions for Authors page rather than assuming. ## Conventions JAMA expects - **Flow diagram is mandatory** for RCTs (CONSORT) and systematic reviews (PRISMA). Account for every participant/record:
- When to trigger
- The exhibits a JAMA paper usually needs
- Conventions JAMA expects
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Worked example: auditing the main exhibits (illustrative)
- Reviewer pushback and the JAMA fix
- Exhibit pass for JAMA
- Output format
What does the jama-figures-tables skill do?
Use when designing or auditing the figures and tables of a JAMA manuscript, including the required flow diagram, baseline table, and main-result exhibits. Shapes exhibits for JAMA conventions; it does NOT run the statistics or write the abstract.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jama-figures-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 984 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.