gcb-topic-selection — independently scanned and version-tracked by SaferSkills.
SaferSkills independently audited gcb-topic-selection (Agent Skill) and scored it 100/100 (green). The audit ran 55 deterministic rules across Security, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Transparency, and Community; it found 0 high-severity and 0 lower-severity findings. The full rule-by-rule trace and per-finding evidence are below. Free, methodology-open.
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Every scanned point with the score it earned and what moved between them.
First recorded scan — no prior version to compare against.
The primary manifest — the file an agent reads to learn what this artifact does.
GCB's remit is the interface between global environmental change and biological systems. A paper fits when it shows how a driver of global change affects (or is affected by) living systems — and why that matters beyond a single site or species. This skill tests fit and sharpens the framing before you invest in design.
nitrogen deposition, land-use change, ocean change — an aspect of change that affects a substantial part of the globe.
level from molecular to biome, aquatic or terrestrial, managed or natural.
support a global-change claim at the stated scale.
Advance), or synthetic (Research Review) — that sets the article type.
Run a candidate idea through this triage before committing. The verdict column reflects how GCB's scope screen tends to treat each pattern; it is guidance, not a guarantee.
| Idea pattern | Driver? | Mechanism? | Broad reach? | Likely verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warming alters microbial carbon cycling across biomes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Strong fit |
| Single-site phenology record, no mechanism | Weak | No | No | Reframe or redirect |
| Conservation action plan for one reserve | No | No | No | Out of scope |
| New flux-partitioning method tested globally | Implicit | Methodological | Yes | Technical Advance |
| Synthesis of eCO2 effects on N cycling | Yes | Yes | Yes | Research Review |
An idea: "drought reduced tree growth in our forest plot." As stated it is a local description — likely out of scope. Sharpened for GCB: "we test whether drought-induced growth decline is driven by hydraulic failure versus carbon starvation, and whether the threshold transfers across an aridity gradient from temperate to semi-arid forests." Now there is a named driver (drought), a contested mechanism (hydraulic vs carbon), and cross-system reach (the aridity gradient). The same data, reframed around mechanism and generality, becomes a candidate Primary Research Article. The framing is illustrative.
feedback, not a management recommendation.
expected to generalize.
global-change mechanisms and ecosystem processes, not conservation practice)
【One-sentence fit】driver → response, system, scale
【Mechanism】what is being explained, not just correlated
【Broad relevance】why it matters beyond one site/species
【Evidence type】manipulation / observation / modelling / synthesis
【Article type】Primary Research Article / Technical Advance / Research Review / Opinion / Perspective
【Fit verdict】strong / needs reframing / out of scope → why
【Next】gcb-literature-positioning../../resources/external_tools.md — global-change data sources by driver/system../../resources/official-source-map.md — GCB aims-and-scope and article types~30 seconds. Free. No account. Every finding cites a rule and a line of evidence.