phg-literature-positioning
Use when mapping and entering a large, contested literature for a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — defining the corpus, its camps and debates, and where your intervention sits. Positions the essay in the field; it does not build the synthetic argument (see phg-argument-synthesis).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill phg-literature-positioning --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.
# Literature Positioning (phg-literature-positioning) A PiHG review is judged partly on **command of a literature** — reviewers are usually leading figures in the field, and they will notice what you missed, misread, or misattributed. This skill defines the **corpus** (what you are reviewing and why), maps its **camps and debates**, and locates your **entry point** so the essay reads as an authoritative, fair, and current intervention rather than a partial or dated survey. ## When to trigger - Assembling and bounding the literature the essay will review - Mapping who argues what, and where the real disagreements lie - A reviewer said coverage is "partial," "dated," "US/UK-centric," or "misreads camp X" - Deciding whose work anchors the debate and whose is peripheral ## Define the corpus (make coverage defensible) State **what is in, what is out, and how you decided** — even for a narrative review. Reviewers trust an essay that is explicit about its net. - **Boundaries**: sub-field(s), time window, languages, and any inclusion logic (key journals, citation thresholds, or a structured search — see `external_tools.md`). - **Currency**: include the **most recent** work; a review that s
- When to trigger
- Define the corpus (make coverage defensible)
- Map the debate, don't list the papers
- Position your entry (fair before critical)
- The referee-in-the-field test
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the phg-literature-positioning skill do?
Use when mapping and entering a large, contested literature for a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — defining the corpus, its camps and debates, and where your intervention sits. Positions the essay in the field; it does not build the synthetic argument (see phg-argument-synthesis).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill phg-literature-positioning --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.