From ajs-skills
Routes AJS manuscript workflows to the correct sub-skill based on lifecycle stage and piece type (research article, Comment/Reply, book-review response). Entry point for the AJS submission process.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/ajs-skills:ajs-workflowThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
The orchestrator for an AJS submission. Figure out the stage and the **piece type**, then send the
The orchestrator for an AJS submission. Figure out the stage and the piece type, then send the user to the matching skill. AJS is the discipline's oldest journal — generalist sociology with a premium on theoretical ambition and a distinctive student-run, double-blind review run out of the University of Chicago Department of Sociology. The router's first job is to make sure the paper is in dialogue with current sociology (AJS "prejects" papers that are not).
ajs-rebuttal)| Situation | Type | Route to |
|---|---|---|
| Full original sociological study | Research article | normal pipeline below |
| Engaging/critiquing a specific published AJS article | Comment (then author Reply) | ajs-literature-positioning + ajs-rebuttal |
| Reviewing a book | Book review (usually invited) | ajs-writing-style (out of scope for the article pipeline) |
AJS has a long Comment-and-Reply tradition: a focused critique of a published finding can be a contribution in its own right. Live-check current Comment length/eligibility in
ajs-submission.
Idea / fit? → ajs-topic-selection
In dialogue with which lit? → ajs-literature-positioning
What is the theoretical payoff? → ajs-theory-building
Is the design defensible? → ajs-research-design
Are the analyses sound? → ajs-data-analysis
Are the exhibits clear? → ajs-tables-figures
Does it read for sociology? → ajs-writing-style
Data / transparency in order? → ajs-data-and-transparency
How will it be judged? → ajs-review-process
Ready to submit? → ajs-submission
Got an R&R / writing a Reply? → ajs-rebuttal
topic-selection → literature-positioning → theory-building → research-design → data-analysis → tables-figures → writing-style → data-and-transparency → review-process → submission → rebuttal
Iterate: AJS papers typically loop theory ↔ design ↔ analysis several times before writing-style — the theoretical contribution usually sharpens late.
Orienting heuristics, not editorial guarantees; confirm volatile specifics against the journal's current submission guidelines.
ajs-theory-building first.| The author says… | Route to |
|---|---|
| "Reviewer 2 called it atheoretical." | ajs-theory-building |
| "It feels too narrow for a flagship." | ajs-topic-selection |
| "They said I reinvented the wheel." | ajs-literature-positioning |
| "The design can't bear my claim." | ajs-research-design |
| "Robustness wall, no payoff." | ajs-data-analysis |
| "Desk-returned before review." | ajs-review-process then ajs-submission |
A comparative-historical study of why labor-incorporation regimes diverged across four Latin American states opens the router unsure where to begin. The empirics are rich but the contribution reads as "these four cases differed," so the router sends them to ajs-topic-selection, then ajs-theory-building to name the mechanism (an illustrative "elite splits during a critical juncture lock in durable incorporation patterns"), then ajs-research-design for most-different case selection, looping theory↔design twice before prose polish. At an illustrative 19,000 words the paper is long but not disqualified — provided every section advances the argument.
ajs-writing-style)ajs-submission)【Stage】idea / positioning / theory / design / analysis / exhibits / writing / transparency / review / submit / rebut
【Type】research article / Comment / Reply / book review
【Route to】ajs-<skill>
【Why】one line
【Then】the next skill after that
../../resources/external_tools.md — sociology data + software by tradition../../resources/official-source-map.md — official AJS URLs behind every fact in this packnpx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin ajs-skillsRoutes American Sociological Review manuscript work by lifecycle stage and manuscript type (Article vs. Comment/Reply). Dispatches to sub-skills for topic fit, literature, theory, design, analysis, tables, writing, transparency, review, and rebuttal.
Explains the American Journal of Sociology's double-blind, student-run review process including the 'preject' screen and reviewer assignment. Use before submitting to stress-test your manuscript.
Routes AJPS manuscript work to the correct sub-skill based on lifecycle stage and submission type (Article, Research Note, Correspondence). Entry point for AJPS submissions.