Use when building tables and figures for an American Journal of Sociology (AJS) manuscript to AJS house conventions — discrete consecutive numbering, appendix-table lettering, separate exhibit sections after the text, and mandatory alt text for every figure at submission. Prepares exhibits; it does not generate data.
SkillScore87Maintained
Automatic
◆Writing & Editing pack
Last verified 8/15/2026
What it changes
Passed 20 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 9 of 23 without it.
Without skill39%
With skill87%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Lists ajs-writing-style under the 【Next】 header.
Includes the tag 【Placement】 in the formatted output.
References ajs-writing-style under the 【Next】 section.
and 18 more in the full report
13 fixed7 passed either way1 still failing2 broke
Pass-rate lift
+48 pp
Tokens
+39%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-40%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/15/2026v120 of 23 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 13 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 13
Prompt
When conducting a formal exhibit evaluation for an AJS submission, what stop condition must be verified regarding volatile journal rules before issuing final submission-ready approval?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Requires checking the official source map for volatile submission rules before final approval.
Missed
Passed
Requires providing a concrete fix for the manuscript's largest venue-specific risk.
Missed
Passed
case-17 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/15/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md94 linessingle file
Tables & Figures (ajs-tables-figures)
AJS has specific house conventions for exhibits, and it now requires alt text for every figure
at submission. Get the mechanics right so the exhibits read cleanly under double-blind review and
pass straight into production. Verify current formatting against the AJS Manuscript Preparation pages
and Formatting PDF before submission.
When to trigger
Building or revising tables and figures for an AJS submission
Preparing the post-text exhibit sections and appendix tables
Writing alt text and captions
A reader said an exhibit was unreadable, mislabeled, or non-self-contained
AJS exhibit conventions (verify on the live prep pages / PDF)
Numbering: number tables/figures consecutively as they appear in the text. AJS strongly
prefers numbering discrete items separately (table 1, table 2, table 3 …) rather than grouping
several panels under one number.
Appendix exhibits: number as table A1, A2 … / table B1, B2 … (lettered by appendix).
Placement:notes, references, tables, figures, and appendices appear in separate sections
following the text, in that order — not embedded inline.
Alt text (required): provide alternative text for every figure, image, or inline graphic,
included with the figure captions at the time of submission.
Self-contained: each exhibit readable on its own — units, N, source, and what varies stated in
title/notes.
Make exhibits do theoretical work
Lead with the exhibit that carries the main claim; do not bury it among robustness tables.
Prefer figures that show a mechanism or pattern (marginal effects, event-study, sequence,
network structure) over dense coefficient dumps where a plot would communicate better.
Colorblind-safe, legible in grayscale; vector output (PDF/EPS) for print.
Use when building the exhibits of an Accounting, Organizations and Society (AOS) manuscript — data-inventory and evidence tables for qualitative work, cell-means and process-test tables for experiments, and figures that carry theoretical weight — in Elsevier-compatible format. Builds exhibits; it does not run the analysis (aos-data-analysis).