| name | jama-submission |
| description | Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for a JAMA manuscript — word/format limits, required statements, checklist and flow-diagram files, disclosures, and portal steps. Verifies completeness; it does NOT write or analyze content. |
Pre-Submission Preflight (jama-submission)
When to trigger
- "Submitting tomorrow" — last check before the portal
- Unsure which files and statements JAMA's system requires
- Confirming the manuscript matches the article type's limits
Word counts, reference caps, and exhibit limits change. Verify every number on JAMA's current Instructions for Authors page; the items below are durable requirements, not fixed figures.
Format & limits
Required statements (in the manuscript)
Required uploaded files
Disclosure & integrity
Portal operation
- Submit through JAMA's editorial-manager-style portal (verify the current URL on the journal site).
- Confirm author order, corresponding author, and ORCID where requested.
- Add suggested / non-preferred reviewers if the portal allows.
- Select the correct article type and category.
Anti-patterns
- Pasting a generic abstract instead of the JAMA structured one
- Missing the EQUATOR checklist or flow-diagram upload
- Trial Registration line omitted, or registration was retrospective
- COI forms not collected for every author
- Reference style left as another journal's format
- Exhibit/word counts exceeding the article-type limit (because numbers were assumed, not verified)
Submission pass for JAMA
Run this as a concrete capability pass. First lock the clinical question, patient population, estimand or endpoint, safety/ethics issue, and reporting checklist; then test whether the manuscript addresses clinical reviewers who ask whether the evidence changes patient care, policy, or medical decision-making while satisfying reporting standards.
- Primary move: Treat current official instructions as volatile; verify portal, file format, anonymity, length, data, ethics, and disclosure requirements before saying ready.
- Decision ledger: return
claim / evidence / blocker / next edit rows so the next pass can patch the manuscript directly.
- Sibling comparison: compare against NEJM for field-changing clinical medicine, Lancet for global-health breadth, specialty journals for narrower clinical domains; if the neighboring outlet has the stronger audience claim, recommend re-routing before polishing.
- Verification floor: before submission-ready advice, re-open
resources/official-source-map.md for volatile rules and name the one unresolved fact that could change the recommendation.
Output format
【Article type + within limits】yes / over: ...
【Structured abstract + Key Points】present
【Required statements】complete / missing: ...
【Checklist + flow diagram uploaded】yes / no
【COI forms for all authors】yes / no
【Cover letter attached】yes / no
【Next step】awaiting decision → jama-peer-review-revision
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