From jacs-skills
Polishes prose to ACS house style for JACS manuscripts: edits language, structure, and nomenclature without adding data or figures.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/jacs-skills:jacs-writing-styleThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- The data and figures are solid and the manuscript needs language polish
| Section | Job | Common failure |
|---|---|---|
| Abstract | Problem → advance → key numbers → significance | Vague, no quantitative result |
| Introduction | Frame the problem and the gap; end with what this paper shows | Mini-review with no clear thesis |
| Results & Discussion | Evidence in logical order; interpret as you go | Data dump without interpretation |
| Conclusion | What is now established and enabled | Repeats the abstract verbatim |
novel · very important · dramatically · unprecedented (unless defensible) ·
a variety of (say how many) · excellent yield (give the %) · mild conditions
(state T/time) · clean reaction (give purity evidence).
【Abstract structure】OK / fix: [...]
【Booster hits】N — replaced: [...]
【Numbering/nomenclature consistent】Y/N
【Units/ACS conventions】OK / fix: [...]
【Citations ACS-numbered】Y/N
【Next】jacs-length-management → jacs-cover-letter
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