From jama-skills
Routes between jama-* sub-skills when preparing a clinical manuscript for JAMA, guiding from scope check through peer-review revision.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/jama-skills:jama-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 jama-* skill to use for the stage you are at** when preparing an Original Investigation (or systematic review / meta-analysis) for JAMA.
This is the router. It does not replace any specialized skill; it tells you which jama- skill to use for the stage you are at* when preparing an Original Investigation (or systematic review / meta-analysis) for JAMA.
Default assumption: unless the user says the target is a different journal, treat the manuscript as aimed at JAMA — a big-four general medical journal (alongside NEJM, The Lancet, The BMJ) that demands general medical importance, a clean EQUATOR-aligned reporting standard (CONSORT / STROBE / PRISMA / STARD), prospective trial registration, and dedicated statistical review.
| Current symptom | Next skill |
|---|---|
| Unsure the topic clears JAMA's general-medical-importance bar | jama-scope-fit |
| Design questions: RCT vs cohort vs diagnostic vs review; ITT, bias | jama-study-design |
| Need the right EQUATOR checklist + flow diagram (CONSORT/PRISMA…) | jama-reporting-standards |
| p-values only, no effect sizes/CIs; multiplicity not handled | jama-statistics |
| Figures/tables cluttered, no CONSORT/PRISMA diagram, units wrong | jama-figures-tables |
| Abstract not in JAMA structure; no Key Points box | jama-structured-abstract |
| Trial not registered / registered late; missing IRB, consent, COI | jama-ethics-registration |
| Prose verbose, jargon-heavy, "spin" in conclusions | jama-writing-style |
| Need a cover letter pitching importance to the editor | jama-cover-letter |
| Ready to submit; need the pre-submission preflight | jama-submission |
| Received reviewer comments / a revise decision | jama-peer-review-revision |
jama-scope-fit — decide whether JAMA is the right home before investing morejama-study-design — lock the design and its internal-validity safeguardsjama-reporting-standards — choose and complete the EQUATOR checklist + diagramjama-statistics — pre-specified outcomes, effect sizes + 95% CIs, multiplicityjama-figures-tables — finalize the flow diagram, baseline table, main exhibitsjama-structured-abstract — JAMA structured abstract + Key Points boxjama-ethics-registration — registration, IRB/consent, ICMJE disclosures, data sharingjama-writing-style — tighten prose, remove spin, match house style (polish)jama-cover-letter — editor-facing pitch of general medical importancejama-submission — final preflight against author instructionsjama-peer-review-revision — response after the decision letter
jama-structured-abstractandjama-writing-styleare late-stage polish — do not perfect prose while the design or primary outcome is still unsettled.
jama-scope-fitjama-study-designjama-reporting-standardsjama-statisticsjama-figures-tablesjama-structured-abstractjama-ethics-registrationjama-writing-stylejama-cover-letterjama-submissionjama-peer-review-revisionIf the work is mechanistic, bench, or narrowly subspecialty (e.g., molecular oncology), a specialty journal stack fits better than JAMA. Core contrast:
A team hands over a near-complete multicenter randomized clinical trial (illustrative: N = 4,200, 90-day mortality, absolute risk difference -3.3 percentage points [95% CI, -5.9 to -0.7]) bound for the Journal of the American Medical Association, but the abstract is one block paragraph, the registration date is unverified, and the Results report only p-values. Route in dependency order, not symptom order: jama-ethics-registration first (registration timing is a hard gate), then jama-statistics (effect sizes with CIs, ITT), then jama-figures-tables (CONSORT diagram reconciles all 4,200), then jama-structured-abstract, with style and submission last. The job is to stop teams from polishing prose while a registration defect sits unaddressed.
【Stage detected】scope / design / stats / exhibits / abstract / ethics / submit / revision
【Hard gate unresolved?】registration timing / primary outcome / none
【Recommended next skill】jama-...
【Why this order】what must precede polish
【Sibling-venue check】NEJM / Lancet / specialty re-route? yes-with-reason / no
jama-scope-fit and polish a manuscript that a JAMA editor will desk-reject for narrow importance.jama-figures-tables beautify exhibits before the reporting standard and primary outcome are settled.jama-peer-review-revision draft a response letter before the manuscript itself is actually revised.jama-ethics-registration — a retrospectively registered trial cannot be fixed at submission.npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin jama-skillsRoutes clinical manuscript workflow for The New England Journal of Medicine, directing which sub-skill to invoke next during writing, revision, or review response.
Guides manuscript preparation and submission for JAMA. Evaluates fit, framing, evidence bar, and house style to reduce desk rejection risk.
Assesses clinical study fit for JAMA by evaluating general-medical-importance and article-type match. Saves time by flagging off-fit submissions before full write-up.