Use when targeting Annual Review of Plant Biology or deciding whether a plant-biology review proposal fits this invited-review venue. Encodes the journal's fit, the authoritative-synthesis and invited-article bar, evidence and balance expectations, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
SkillScore82Maintained
Automatic
◆Research pack
Last verified 8/15/2026
What it changes
Passed 18 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 15 of 22 without it.
Without skill68%
With skill82%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Output includes [Re-route suggestion]
Output contains the field label [Invited?]
Output includes the field label [Top risk]
and 6 more in the full report
5 fixed13 passed either way2 still failing2 broke
Pass-rate lift
+14 pp
Tokens
+9%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-49%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/15/2026v118 of 22 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 5 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 5
Prompt
I have gathered literature and some fresh comparative dataset analysis on stomatal lineage development across evolutionary lineages of land plants. I want to know if I can pitch this to Annual Review of Plant Biology or if my inclusion of new empirical figures is problematic. Please analyze this pitch and format the output with: fit level and short reason, target journal, invited status flag, topic tags, synthesis value added, top risk for desk rejection, official items to re-check, and re-routing suggestions if primary data or scope calls for a primary research journal.
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Output identifies primary data inclusion as the top risk for desk rejection
Passed
Passed
Output suggests nature-plants or the-plant-cell as alternative re-route venues for primary data
Passed
Passed
Output includes the field label [Top risk]
Missed
Passed
case-03 · 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.md113 linessingle file
Annual Review of Plant Biology (annual-review-of-plant-biology)
Journal positioning
Annual Review of Plant Biology, published by Annual Reviews, publishes authoritative,
comprehensive review articles that synthesize the state of a plant-biology field for a
broad scientific readership. It is an invited-review venue: articles are normally
commissioned by the editorial committee, and the contribution is a balanced, forward-looking
synthesis of a literature — not new primary data. The single largest mismatch is submitting
unsolicited primary research, or a narrow mini-review that reads like a grant introduction
rather than a definitive field synthesis. Authors with a compelling topic typically propose
it to the editors rather than submit a finished manuscript unrequested. This skill is a fit
/ venue-selection / re-framing tool. It does not replace the journal's current author
guidance. Before proceeding, re-check the live Annual Reviews/AR Plant Biology guidance and
the commissioning process.
When to trigger
The author is considering Annual Review of Plant Biology for a synthesis of a plant-biology
field and needs to confirm the invited-review expectation.
A scientist wants to propose a review topic to the editorial committee and needs the
scoping/framing bar.
The author is choosing between an Annual Reviews synthesis and a research/review article in
a primary plant journal.
The author needs the venue's desk-reject heuristics (above all, unsolicited primary data).
Scope & topic fit
Comprehensive syntheses across plant molecular, cellular, developmental, physiological,
genetic, evolutionary, and ecological biology.
Integrative themes that connect mechanism to higher-level plant function or to applications
in agriculture and the environment.
Emerging areas where a definitive, organizing synthesis would orient a field.
Methodological and conceptual frameworks that have reshaped how plant biologists work.
Historically grounded perspectives that frame current debates and open questions.
Cross-cutting topics linking plant biology to genomics, microbiomes, climate, or breeding.
Method & evidence bar
The contribution is synthesis quality and balance, not new experiments: comprehensive