molcell-summary
Use to write Molecular Cell's Summary — a single unstructured paragraph (~150 words; re-check on the official site) that conveys the molecular question, the mechanism, and its physiological consequence, named and quantified for a molecular-biology readership. Late-stage polish.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill molcell-summary --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.
# Summary / Abstract (molcell-summary) ## When to trigger - Mechanism, framing, and structure are settled (do this late). - The abstract reads like a method recap with no molecular mechanism or result. - It exceeds the word ceiling, uses subheadings, or is dense with undefined acronyms. - It states *that* something happens but never *how* at the molecular level. ## What Molecular Cell calls it Molecular Cell's abstract is the **Summary**: a **single, unstructured paragraph** (no subheadings, no citations) of roughly **≤150 words** (treat as a ceiling; confirm the current cap). It is written for a **molecular-biology readership** — you can assume familiarity with the process but must still name the mechanism and quantify. It must convey the molecular question, the mechanism, and why it matters physiologically. ## Five-move structure (no labels in the text) 1. **Molecular context / stakes** (1 sentence) — the process and the step at issue. 2. **Gap / question** (1 sentence) — what molecular event was unknown. 3. **What we did + what we found** (2–3 sentences) — the mechanism, with the key quantified results and the orthogonal evidence that proves it. 4. **Mechanism stated explicitly*
- When to trigger
- What Molecular Cell calls it
- Five-move structure (no labels in the text)
- Hard constraints
- Jargon blacklist (rewrite on sight)
- Quantification check
- What the in-house editor reads first
- Worked micro-example (before → after)
- Output format
- Anti-patterns
What does the molcell-summary skill do?
Use to write Molecular Cell's Summary — a single unstructured paragraph (~150 words; re-check on the official site) that conveys the molecular question, the mechanism, and its physiological consequence, named and quantified for a molecular-biology readership. Late-stage polish.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill molcell-summary --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.