ylj-revision-and-editing
Use when working through The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) post-acceptance editing cycle and answering author queries, or when preparing a shorter YLJ Forum piece. It covers the intensive student edit + the online companion path; it does not run the final cite verification (ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ylj-revision-and-editing --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.
# Revision & Editing (ylj-revision-and-editing) Acceptance at YLJ begins an **intensive, multi-round student edit**. Editors will substantively engage the argument, restructure for clarity, query every doubtful assertion, and (via source-pull) verify every footnote. This skill manages that cycle and the **YLJ Forum** online-companion path. The line-by-line cite verification it triggers is `ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check`. ## When to trigger - A piece was accepted and the editing cycle is starting - You are answering a batch of author queries from student editors - A substantive edit threatens your argument and you must push back constructively - You are preparing a **Forum** piece (shorter, faster, often a response to a print article) ## The print edit cycle (what to expect) | Round | Editors do | You do | |-------|-----------|--------| | **Substantive / structural** | Test the argument; flag gaps, overclaims, unaddressed objections | Tighten the claim; add the missing step; defend or concede | | **Source-pull** | Verify every footnote: existence, Bluebook form, support | Resolve queries; supply pinpoints; fix unsupported cites | | **Line edit** | Sentence-level clarity, consistency,
- When to trigger
- The print edit cycle (what to expect)
- Working the cycle well
- Query-response ledger
- The YLJ Forum path
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the ylj-revision-and-editing skill do?
Use when working through The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) post-acceptance editing cycle and answering author queries, or when preparing a shorter YLJ Forum piece. It covers the intensive student edit + the online companion path; it does not run the final cite verification (ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ylj-revision-and-editing --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 984 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.