pnas-writing
Use to structure a PNAS main text and hold its length — Title, Significance Statement, Abstract, Introduction, Results, Discussion, in-text Materials and Methods, references — and to choose the required Classification (Biological/Physical/Social Sciences + minor subject) and keywords at submission.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill pnas-writing --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.
# Main-Text Writing & Structure (pnas-writing) ## When to trigger - The manuscript structure is unclear or out of PNAS order. - Materials and Methods are missing, or someone wants to push them out of the main text. - The paper is over the length budget. - You have not chosen a **Classification** (major + minor) or keywords. - The Results read like a lab notebook instead of an argument. ## PNAS main-text order A PNAS research article runs, in order: 1. **Title** — declarative, specific, parseable by a non-specialist. 2. **Author list & affiliations.** 3. **Significance Statement** — ≤120 words (`pnas-significance`); submitted separately but part of the article. 4. **Abstract** — ~250-word single paragraph (`pnas-abstract`). 5. **Introduction** — the gap and why it matters broadly; end on what you found. 6. **Results** — argument-ordered (below). 7. **Discussion** — interpretation and broader significance; PNAS also permits a **combined "Results and Discussion."** 8. **Materials and Methods** — **kept in the main text** (see below). 9. **Acknowledgments, data availability, references.** ## Materials and Methods stays in-text (a key PNAS difference) PNAS keeps a **Materials and Method
- When to trigger
- PNAS main-text order
- Materials and Methods stays in-text (a key PNAS difference)
- Length budget
- Classification + keywords (required at submission)
- Structure as argument, not chronology
- Cross-references
- Output format
- Anti-patterns
What does the pnas-writing skill do?
Use to structure a PNAS main text and hold its length — Title, Significance Statement, Abstract, Introduction, Results, Discussion, in-text Materials and Methods, references — and to choose the required Classification (Biological/Physical/Social Sciences + minor subject) and keywords at submission.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill pnas-writing --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.