prepare-submission - Package a manuscript for journal submission
Packages a submission-ready manuscript for one journal and cycle by deriving upload-ready files, applying templates, and scaffolding submission documents.
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Updated: 2026-10-07Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Inventory project and manuscript context
- Create journal cycle directories
- Flatten and re-path manuscript files
- Apply publisher journal templates
- Trim bibliography to cited keys
- Scaffold submission documents
- Refresh derived source files
- Report submission status
- Preserve frozen manuscript content
Inputs
- Manuscript project files
- Journal name and abbreviation
- Submission cycle
- Submission month and year
- Publisher template files
- Flattening preference
- Blinded-review requirement
- User confirmations
Outputs
- Submission cycle directory
- Derived source_files directory
- Empty journal_files directory
- Transformed main.tex
- Trimmed bibliography
- Cover-letter scaffold
- Reviewer-response scaffold
- Submission manifest
- Status or handoff report
Requirements
- PowerShell file operations
- Access to the manuscript project
- Publisher template files when required