From jama-skills
Maps study designs to EQUATOR reporting checklists (CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, STARD) and generates required flow diagrams for JAMA manuscripts.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/jama-skills:jama-reporting-standardsThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- You know the design and need the matching EQUATOR checklist
| Design | EQUATOR guideline | Mandatory diagram |
|---|---|---|
| Randomized clinical trial | CONSORT | CONSORT participant-flow diagram |
| Observational (cohort, case-control, cross-sectional) | STROBE | Participant-flow diagram strongly expected |
| Systematic review ± meta-analysis | PRISMA | PRISMA study-selection flow diagram |
| Diagnostic-accuracy study | STARD | STARD participant-flow diagram |
| Study protocol | SPIRIT | Schedule of enrollment/assessments |
| Prediction model | TRIPOD | — |
| Quality-improvement study | SQUIRE | — |
| Other designs | The matching EQUATOR guideline | per guideline |
Always check the EQUATOR Network and JAMA's Instructions for Authors for the current guideline list and any JAMA-specific extensions or required checklist file.
Vignette (illustrative): a multicenter randomized clinical trial, N = 2,800 adults with sepsis, primary outcome 90-day mortality, absolute risk difference -3.1 percentage points (95% CI, -5.8 to -0.4). At the Journal of the American Medical Association this maps to CONSORT with a mandatory participant-flow diagram accounting for everyone screened, randomized, and analyzed; the completed CONSORT checklist must carry page/line locations, the title must state "randomized," and the abstract follows CONSORT-for-abstracts. Had the same question been answered by a cohort, the map would shift to STROBE with both unadjusted and adjusted estimates; a systematic review would shift to PRISMA with a study-selection diagram and a GRADE certainty assessment.
Calibration anchors (hedge where uncertain): the design-to-guideline mapping and the mandatory flow diagram for RCTs and reviews are durable; JAMA-specific extensions and required checklist files evolve — confirm against the EQUATOR Network and current author guidelines.
Run this as a concrete capability pass. First lock the clinical question, patient population, estimand or endpoint, safety/ethics issue, and reporting checklist; then test whether the manuscript addresses clinical reviewers who ask whether the evidence changes patient care, policy, or medical decision-making while satisfying reporting standards.
claim / evidence / blocker / next edit rows so the next pass can patch the manuscript directly.resources/official-source-map.md for volatile rules and name the one unresolved fact that could change the recommendation.【Design】...
【Guideline】CONSORT / STROBE / PRISMA / STARD / other
【Flow diagram drafted】yes / no
【Checklist file complete with locations】yes / no
【Items still unreported】...
【Next skill】jama-statistics
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin jama-skillsSelects and enforces the correct EQUATOR reporting guideline for clinical studies (CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA) and builds required checklists and diagrams.
Selects and applies the correct EQUATOR reporting guideline (CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, SPIRIT) for a Lancet manuscript, attaches the completed checklist with page/line references, and generates the mandatory study-flow diagram.
Checks medical manuscripts against 36 reporting guidelines (STROBE, CONSORT, STARD, TRIPOD, PRISMA, ARRIVE, etc.) and risk-of-bias tools. Generates item-by-item PRESENT/MISSING/PARTIAL compliance reports for journal submission.