Use this skill whenever a user needs help writing a research article, thesis chapter, or dissertation chapter for anthropology. Triggers include: "write my article," "journal article," "ethnographic writing," "methods section," "findings section," "thick description," "ethnographic vignette," "thesis chapter," "dissertation chapter," "article structure," "manuscript draft," "using quotes in my paper," "participant voice," "anonymize my manuscript," "blind review version," "anonymous version for submission," or writing for anthropology journals. Covers full research articles and their sections, thesis and dissertation chapters, section-level drafting and revision, and preparing anonymized manuscripts for blind peer review submission, across all subfields. Do NOT use for peer review or reviewer responses (use academic-review skill), conference abstracts or presentations (use conference-materials skill), grant proposals (use grant-proposal skill), or public-facing writing (use public-engagement skill).
Use this skill whenever a user needs to find, screen, organize, or synthesize scholarly literature — literature reviews, annotated bibliographies, literature matrices, systematic or scoping reviews, or building a theoretical or conceptual framework from sources. Triggers include: "literature review," "lit review," "review the literature," "annotated bibliography," "literature matrix," "synthesize these papers," "systematic review," "scoping review," "PRISMA," "screen these abstracts," "research gap," "theoretical framework," "conceptual framework," "organize my sources," "what does the literature say." Covers review-type selection, search strategy and logging, screening with audit trails, annotation and matrix construction, and framework development. Do NOT use for formulating research questions (use research-question), writing the article or chapter prose (use research-writing), or collecting non-scholarly data (use digital-computational-methods).
Use this skill whenever a user needs help writing, evaluating, or responding to peer reviews for anthropological research. Triggers include: any mention of "peer review," "review a manuscript," "write a review," "reviewer comments," "respond to reviewers," "rebuttal letter," "revision plan," "manuscript evaluation," "assess this paper," "reviewing for [journal name]," "R&R response," "how to review," "reviewer feedback," "revise and resubmit." Covers writing constructive peer reviews for anthropology journals, evaluating manuscripts from the reviewer's perspective, and responding to reviewer feedback (rebuttal letters, revision plans). Review types: invited review, desk review, blind review, open review. Do NOT use for grant review panels (use grant-proposal skill) or student work feedback (use teaching-materials skill). This skill handles peer review as a professional scholarly practice and revision as a strategic engagement with reviewer critique.
Use this skill whenever a user needs help writing professional philosophy statements for academic career advancement. Triggers include: any mention of "research statement," "teaching statement," "teaching philosophy," "diversity statement," "DEI statement," "tenure narrative," "promotion statement," "research vision," "future research plans," "statement of purpose," "personal statement for academic job," "how to write a research statement," "how to write a teaching statement," or "tenure portfolio." Covers research statements, teaching statements/philosophies, diversity statements, and tenure/promotion narratives for anthropologists at all career stages. Do NOT use for CVs, cover letters, or job talks (use job-materials skill), course syllabi or assignments (use teaching-materials skill), or grant proposals (use grant-proposal skill).
Use this skill whenever a user needs help preparing materials for an anthropology conference presentation. Triggers include: any mention of "conference abstract," "AAA abstract," "organized session," "roundtable proposal," "poster session," "workshop proposal," "slide deck," "conference presentation," "conference talk," "academic poster," "speaker notes," "20-minute talk," "15-minute talk," "CASCA abstract," "AES presentation," "SfAA abstract," "help with my AAA panel," "poster design," or "oral delivery." Covers abstract writing for individual papers, organized sessions, roundtables, poster sessions, and workshop proposals; slide deck design for 15-20 minute conference talks; academic poster design including content structure and visual hierarchy; and speaker notes with oral delivery preparation. Do NOT use for job talks (use job-materials skill), public talks for non-academic audiences (use public-engagement skill), or full paper writing (use research-writing skill).
Use this skill whenever a user needs help designing fieldwork data collection instruments or protocols for qualitative or anthropological research. Triggers include: "interview guide," "interview protocol," "focus group guide," "observation protocol," "field notes," "field note template," "fieldwork protocol," "data collection instruments," "sampling strategy," "purposive sampling," "snowball sampling," "data management plan," "DMP," "transcription protocol," "researcher training," "pilot testing," "semi-structured interview," "life history interview," "key informant interview," or "participant observation protocol." Covers interview guides, focus group guides, observation protocols, field note systems, sampling and recruitment, training, pilot testing, and data management. Do NOT use for IRB protocol narratives (use irb-protocol skill), consent documents (use informed-consent skill), or methodology selection (use methodology-selection skill).
Use this skill whenever a user needs help designing informed consent processes or documents for qualitative or anthropological research. Triggers include: "informed consent," "consent form," "consent process," "information sheet," "verbal consent," "community consent," "media consent," "consent for recording, photos, or video," "ongoing consent," "process consent," "re-consent," "consent waiver," "consent template," "assent form," "guardian consent," "culturally appropriate consent," "consent in low-literacy settings," or "consent for longitudinal or multi-site research." Covers designing consent processes (written, verbal, community-based, tiered), writing consent forms and information sheets, cultural adaptation, media and recording consent, and consent for special populations and contexts. Do NOT use for full IRB protocol narratives or data management plans (use irb-protocol skill) or methodology selection (use methodology-selection skill).
Use this skill whenever a user needs help selecting, justifying, or evaluating research methods for anthropological or qualitative research. Triggers include: "which methods should I use," "how do I justify my methods," "method-stance alignment," "my reviewer says my methods don't match my theory," "multi-method design," "mixed methods in anthropology," or "what methods fit an interpretivist / critical / STS / feminist / applied project." Also trigger on questions about epistemic coherence between theory and methods, evidence types needed for a research question, composing a multi-method system, writing a methods justification narrative, or data governance as a design decision. Do NOT use for writing a full research plan (use research-plan skill), grant proposals targeting a specific funder (use grant-proposal skill), or designing specific instruments like interview guides (use fieldwork-methods skill). This skill handles the upstream design decision of which methods and why.