Cell Skills
by @brycewang-stanford · plugin · 9 skills
Twelve-skill bundle covering the Cell manuscript lifecycle: workflow router, scope/significance fit, single-narrative framing, the Highlights + eTOC + Graphical Abstract trio, the ≤150-word Summary, main-text writing, display items, STAR Methods + Key Resources Table, data/code availability, Cell Press author–date references, submission preflight + cover letter, and reviewer rebuttal.
Install the whole plugin (CLI)
npx skillmds add brycewang-stanford/cell-fit
npx skillmds add brycewang-stanford/cell-data
npx skillmds add brycewang-stanford/cell-figures
npx skillmds add brycewang-stanford/cell-framing
npx skillmds add brycewang-stanford/cell-summary
npx skillmds add brycewang-stanford/cell-writing
npx skillmds add brycewang-stanford/cell-citation
npx skillmds add brycewang-stanford/cell-rebuttal
npx skillmds add brycewang-stanford/cell-workflowSkills in this plugin
- ▌ cell-fit · brycewang-stanfordUse when triaging a study before any writing — stress-tests whether it clears Cell's bar (a complete, mechanistic, hypothesis-driven story with multiple converging lines of evidence) or belongs at a sibling. Use this first to decide Cell vs Molecular Cell vs Cell Reports vs Cell Reports Medicine before investing in framing or figures.
- ▌ cell-data · brycewang-stanfordUse to build Cell's data and code deposition plan and the Data and Code Availability statement that lives inside STAR Methods Resource Availability — approved repositories, accessions/DOIs at submission, and Cell's three-bullet availability format with Mendeley Data as Elsevier's default.
- ▌ cell-figures · brycewang-stanfordUse to finalize Cell Press display items — column-width sizing, minimum fonts, RGB, show-the-data with defined error bars/n/replicate type, scale bars, colorblind-safe palettes, multi-panel discipline, stand-alone legends, and image integrity.
- ▌ cell-framing · brycewang-stanfordUse to lock the single narrative arc before drafting — converts a set of correct results into one Cell-shaped story that runs hypothesis → mechanism → significance, not a list of experiments.
- ▌ cell-summary · brycewang-stanfordUse to write Cell's Summary — a single unstructured paragraph of ≤ ~150 words that conveys the complete story, the mechanism, and the broad significance, quantified and readable by a general life-scientist. Late-stage polish.
- ▌ cell-writing · brycewang-stanfordUse to structure a Cell Article and hold its length — Summary, Introduction, Results, Discussion, STAR Methods, figure legends, references — with main-text length and display-item budgets, and Results subheadings driving the single arc.
- ▌ cell-citation · brycewang-stanfordUse to convert references to Cell Press author–date style — in-text "(Smith et al., 2021)", an alphabetical reference list by first author with full author lists, journal names spelled out. This is the OPPOSITE of Science's numbered-by-appearance style.
- ▌ cell-rebuttal · brycewang-stanfordUse after Cell reviews arrive to triage the decision, prioritize the (often substantial) new experiments by impact × feasibility, and draft a point-by-point response that is respectful, evidence-led, and closes the "completeness" gaps reviewers demand. Do not run before the experiments and revision are actually done.
- ▌ cell-workflow · brycewang-stanfordUse when deciding which cell-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing a manuscript from significance test through reviewer rebuttal for Cell (Cell Press). Routes — it does not replace — the specialized skills.