phg-tables-figures
Use when designing the conceptual exhibits of a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — typologies, framework diagrams, concept genealogies, and synthesis tables that do argumentative work. For a review journal these are conceptual, not data graphics. Designs exhibits; it does not build the argument itself.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill phg-tables-figures --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.
# Conceptual Exhibits (phg-tables-figures) PiHG is a **review and theory** journal, so its figures and tables are **conceptual, not empirical**. You are not plotting results (there are none); you are giving the reader a **map of the argument** — a typology that organizes a field, a framework diagram that shows how your concept links literatures, a genealogy that periodizes a concept, or a synthesis table that adjudicates camps. A good exhibit **does synthetic work**; a decorative one wastes a scarce slot in a short essay. ## When to trigger - Deciding whether an exhibit earns its place in an ~8,000-word essay - Turning a complex synthesis into a single legible figure or table - A reviewer said a section is "hard to follow" or "the framework is unclear" - Building the one diagram readers will screenshot and reuse ## Exhibit types that do work in a review | Exhibit | What it does | Use when | |---------|--------------|----------| | **Typology / matrix** | Organizes a field along 2 dimensions (approach × dimension) | Camps differ on more than one axis | | **Framework diagram** | Shows how your concept links literatures/relations | The argument is relational and hard to hold in prose |
- When to trigger
- Exhibit types that do work in a review
- Design for synthesis, not decoration
- Craft and accessibility
- The "reuse test"
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the phg-tables-figures skill do?
Use when designing the conceptual exhibits of a Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) review essay — typologies, framework diagrams, concept genealogies, and synthesis tables that do argumentative work. For a review journal these are conceptual, not data graphics. Designs exhibits; it does not build the argument itself.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill phg-tables-figures --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.