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Rigor, Reproducibility & STAR Methods (cc-reporting-standards) · brycewang-stanford | DecimalAI

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Rigor, Reproducibility & STAR Methods (cc-reporting-standards)

brycewang-stanford/cc-reporting-standards

Source brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills ↗License MIT

Use when assembling STAR Methods and the Key Resources Table for a Cancer Cell (Cell Press) manuscript, and when ensuring rigor / reproducibility (cell-line authentication, mycoplasma, antibody validation, ARRIVE animal reporting, data/code deposition). It governs reporting; it does not design experiments.

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Last verified 8/31/2026

What it changes

Passed 19 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 19 of 23 without it.

Without skill83%

With skill83%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Uses the bracketed output header structure specified for STAR Methods auditing.
Specifies PRIDE as the required public repository for mass spectrometry proteomics data.
Recommends cc-statistics or cc-ethics-registration under the 【Next step】 bracketed header.

and 2 more in the full report

3 fixed16 passed either way1 still failing3 broke

Pass-rate lift: 0 pp
Tokens: +73%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -14%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/31/2026v119 of 23 cases passed with skill

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Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/brycewang-stanford-cc-reporting-standards/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/brycewang-stanford-cc-reporting-standards/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add brycewang-stanford-cc-reporting-standards, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/brycewang-stanford-cc-reporting-standards/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add brycewang-stanford-cc-reporting-standards

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/brycewang-stanford-cc-reporting-standards/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/brycewang-stanford-cc-reporting-standards/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/brycewang-stanford-cc-reporting-standards/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/brycewang-stanford-cc-reporting-standards.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 3 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 3

Prompt

I'm drafting the experimental procedures for a manuscript submission to a Cell Press journal and want to audit my draft against reporting guidelines. Please review my text below and provide feedback structured by whether the required STAR framework headings are complete, any resource identifier gaps in the key table, cell line verification details, antibody validation quality, animal experiment reporting elements, dataset accession status, and what follow-up steps to take next.

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Formats the audit output using the bracketed header 【STAR Methods】 for structural completeness.	Missed	Passed
Includes the bracketed header 【Next step】 referencing cc-statistics or cc-ethics-registration.	Missed	Passed

case-01 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/31/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md126 linessingle file

Rigor, Reproducibility & STAR Methods (cc-reporting-standards)

When to trigger

Drafting or auditing the Methods section for a Cell Press submission
Reviewers may flag unauthenticated cell lines, undefined reagents, or missing deposition
Need to build the Key Resources Table (KRT) and assign RRIDs
Animal or sequencing work needs structured rigor reporting

STAR Methods structure

Cell Press uses STAR Methods (Structured, Transparent, Accessible Reporting). Organize methods under standardized headings:

Key Resources Table (KRT) — at the top; tabulates every critical reagent/resource with source, identifier, and RRID.
Resource availability — Lead contact; Materials availability (plasmids, cell lines, mouse strains); Data and code availability.
Experimental model and study participant details — cell lines, animals, human subjects, organoids/PDX provenance.
Method details — full protocols, reproducible by an expert.
Quantification and statistical analysis — what test, what n, what software (links to cc-statistics).

Key Resources Table — what must carry an RRID / identifier

Category	Required detail
Antibodies	Host, clone, vendor, catalog #, RRID, dilution/application
Cell lines	Name, sex/origin, source, authentication status, RRID (Cellosaurus)
Chemicals / inhibitors	Vendor, catalog #, identifier
Critical kits	Vendor, catalog #
Deposited data	Repository + accession (GEO/SRA/PRIDE/PDB)
Oligos / sgRNAs / primers	Full sequences
Recombinant DNA / plasmids	Source, Addgene # / RRID
Organisms / strains	Strain, source, RRID (e.g., MGI/JAX)
Software / algorithms	Name, version, URL, RRID

Cell-line rigor (frequent reviewer target)

Authenticate human cell lines (STR profiling); reference Cellosaurus; state the source.
Mycoplasma testing — state that lines were tested negative; give frequency.
Flag any misidentified/commonly contaminated lines (ICLAC register) and justify use.
Report passage range and culture conditions enough to reproduce.

Track record

Benchmark

19 / 23

test cases passed, vs 19 / 23 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 8/10/2026

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IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

brycewang-stanford / awesome-journal-skills

Cancer-Cell-Skills/skills/cc-reporting-standards/SKILL.md

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License MITImported 8/10/2026Version v1

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What's inside

Rigor, Reproducibility & STAR Methods (cc-reporting-standards)

When to trigger

STAR Methods structure

Key Resources Table — what must carry an RRID / identifier

Cell-line rigor (frequent reviewer target)

Track record

Benchmark

Adoption

SkillSafety

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