prl-supplementary
Use when partitioning content between the Physical Review Letters body and its Supplemental Material, ensuring the Letter stands alone while derivations and extended data live in the SM. Organizes the SM; does not write the Letter body.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill prl-supplementary --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.
# PRL Supplemental Material (prl-supplementary) ## When to trigger - The Letter is over length and detail must move out of the body - A reader cannot follow the Letter without consulting the SM - You have derivations, extended datasets, or methods detail with no home - You are unsure what is allowed in SM versus what must stay in the Letter - Referees of a prior version asked for material that would bloat the body ## The stand-alone rule (non-negotiable) The Letter must be **fully understandable on its own**. The Supplemental Material *supports* the Letter; it must never be *load-bearing* for the central claim. A reader who never opens the SM should still grasp the result, the evidence for it, and why it matters. - The central claim, its key evidence, and the decisive control live in the **Letter**. - The SM holds the exhaustive backup that a skeptical referee or replicator wants. - Every SM section is **cited from the body** at the point it is relevant. If removing the SM breaks the argument, the partition is wrong — pull the essential piece back into the Letter (and trim elsewhere via `prl-length-management`). ## What belongs in Supplemental Material | Content | Home | |---------
- When to trigger
- The stand-alone rule (non-negotiable)
- What belongs in Supplemental Material
- SM organization
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the prl-supplementary skill do?
Use when partitioning content between the Physical Review Letters body and its Supplemental Material, ensuring the Letter stands alone while derivations and extended data live in the SM. Organizes the SM; does not write the Letter body.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill prl-supplementary --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.