soctheory-workflow
Use when deciding which soctheory-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing a Sociological Theory manuscript from theoretical-problem framing through peer-review revision for a Sociological Theory (ST) submission. Routes — does not replace — the specialized skills.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill soctheory-workflow --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.
# Sociological Theory Workflow (soctheory-workflow) ## Overview This is the router. It does not replace any specialized skill — it tells you **which soctheory-* skill to use at the current stage** of a *Sociological Theory* (ST) manuscript. Default assumption: unless the user says otherwise, treat the target as **Sociological Theory**, the **American Sociological Association's (ASA) dedicated theory journal**, published by SAGE. ST publishes work "in all areas of theory, including new substantive theories, history of theory, metatheory, formal theory construction, and synthetic contributions" (submission guidelines, 检索于 2026-06；以官网为准). The deliverable is a **conceptual advance** — a new concept, a sharpened mechanism, a typology, a reconstruction of a tradition, or a metatheoretical clarification. There is **no hypothesis-testing, no estimation, and no results section**: data, when present at all, is **illustrative**, never a test. If the project hinges on identifying a causal effect in a dataset, it belongs at ST's empirical siblings (American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology), not at ST. Two reference points keep the bar in view at every stage. **Gabriel Abend's
- Overview
- When to trigger
- Routing table
- Default order
- Session gate sheet
- Decision shortcuts
- Differences vs. ASR / AJS empirical skill stacks
- Anti-patterns
What does the soctheory-workflow skill do?
Use when deciding which soctheory-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing a Sociological Theory manuscript from theoretical-problem framing through peer-review revision for a Sociological Theory (ST) submission. Routes — does not replace — the specialized skills.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill soctheory-workflow --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.