From jacs-skills
Routes the user to the correct jacs-* skill based on manuscript stage: scope, methods, figures, writing, submission, or revision.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/jacs-skills:jacs-workflowThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
This is the router. It does not replace any specialized skill; it tells you **which
This is the router. It does not replace any specialized skill; it tells you which jacs- skill to use for your current stage* of a JACS manuscript.
Default assumption: unless the user says otherwise, the target is the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) — a premier, broad-scope ACS chemistry journal. The bar is a significant, rigorously characterized chemical advance of broad interest, with claims fully supported by data and controls.
| Current symptom | Next skill |
|---|---|
| Unsure whether the advance is broad/significant enough for JACS vs a specialized ACS journal | jacs-scope-fit |
| Have results but the "so what" / chemical advance is not sharp | jacs-results-framing |
| Synthesis or characterization may be incomplete (purity, NMR, HRMS, X-ray, controls) | jacs-methods |
| Schemes/spectra/structures don't look like ACS style or don't carry the story | jacs-figures |
| Supporting Information missing procedures, spectra copies, CIFs, or CCDC numbers | jacs-supplementary |
| Prose is vague, over-claimed, or not in ACS house style | jacs-writing-style |
| Unsure whether to write an Article or a Communication / over length | jacs-length-management |
| Need a cover letter stating the advance and fit | jacs-cover-letter |
| Ready to submit; need the Paragon Plus preflight checklist | jacs-submission |
| Suggesting/excluding reviewers, anticipating referee objections | jacs-referee-strategy |
| Decision letter / referee reports arrived; need a response strategy | jacs-revision |
jacs-scope-fit — confirm broad interest and the right ACS venue/formatjacs-results-framing — pin the chemical advance and its significancejacs-methods — synthesis + full characterization and control/mechanism rigorjacs-figures — schemes, spectra, structures, mechanism figures (ACS style)jacs-supplementary — build the SI (procedures, data, spectra, CIFs/CCDC)jacs-writing-style — ACS house style and claim disciplinejacs-length-management — Article vs Communication; meet ACS format normsjacs-cover-letter — advance + fit statement to the editorjacs-submission — Paragon Plus preflightjacs-referee-strategy — reviewer suggestions + objection pre-emptingjacs-revision — after the decision letter
jacs-writing-styleandjacs-length-managementare late-stage polish — do not run them before the data and the advance are solid.
jacs-scope-fitjacs-results-framingjacs-methodsjacs-methods (controls/kinetics/labeling)jacs-figuresjacs-supplementaryjacs-length-managementjacs-submissionjacs-revisionIf the work is narrow in scope (e.g., a single subfield advance with limited
cross-chemistry interest), a specialized ACS journal (Org. Lett., Inorg.
Chem., Chem. Mater., ACS Catal., J. Org. Chem., etc.) may fit better.
jacs-scope-fit makes that call explicit. JACS rewards advances that matter
across chemistry, not only within one community.
jacs-scope-fit — editors triage on broad interest first.jacs-figures polish schemes before the characterization (jacs-methods) is complete.jacs-revision draft a response before you have actually done the new experiments/edits.npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin jacs-skillsEvaluates whether a chemistry manuscript fits JACS vs specialized ACS journals, and whether Article or Communication format suits the result.
Evaluates chemistry manuscripts for fit, framing, and desk-reject risk at JACS. Guides authors targeting this ACS venue.
Routes manuscript workflows for Science (AAAS) from significance check through rebuttal. Invoke when deciding which sci-* skill to use next.