psychrev-literature-positioning
Use when locating a Psychological Review manuscript within its theoretical conversation — naming the theories it extends and, above all, the rival models it must beat or subsume. Positions the theory; it does NOT build the model (psychrev-theory-construction) or run the head-to-head prediction contrast (psychrev-argument-development).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill psychrev-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 (psychrev-literature-positioning) ## When to trigger - The model is forming but you cannot name whose account you improve on - Reviewers (you anticipate) will ask "how is this different from [established model]?" - Your introduction cites broadly but engages no specific theory - You are unsure whether your idea is new or a re-derivation of a known model ## The core move: name the rivals, not just the topic At Psychological Review the central positioning question is not "what is the area?" but "**which existing theories make claims about this explanandum, and what does yours do that they cannot?**" Editors and reviewers are typically drawn from exactly the modeling tradition you enter. A paper that does not engage the standing models reads as unaware of its own field. For each phenomenon in your explanandum, build a **rival map**: | Phenomenon (diagnostic) | Rival theory/model | What it predicts | Where it fails / is silent | Your account | |-------------------------|--------------------|------------------|----------------------------|--------------| The most persuasive Review papers select **diagnostic phenomena** — cases where rivals make *different* predi
- When to trigger
- The core move: name the rivals, not just the topic
- Three positioning stances (pick the honest one)
- Reading the conversation honestly
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the psychrev-literature-positioning skill do?
Use when locating a Psychological Review manuscript within its theoretical conversation — naming the theories it extends and, above all, the rival models it must beat or subsume. Positions the theory; it does NOT build the model (psychrev-theory-construction) or run the head-to-head prediction contrast (psychrev-argument-development).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill psychrev-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.