journal-selector

# Journal Selector — Route a Manuscript to Its Journal Skill > **Shared procedure, not an installed skill.** `journal-selector` is **not** > registered in the plugin's skill list — it is machinery the other skills use, so it > doesn't clutter the user's `/` menu. The `food-*` and `agri-*` skills **load this > file** (`journal-selector/SKILL.md`) and follow the steps below; users reach it > automatically by naming a target journal to any of them. It still ships with the > plugin, exactly like the `journals/*` author-guideline files it resolves to. Maps a target journal to the correct `journals/<folder>` author-guideline skill and returns its `## Formatting constraints`. Authoritative mappings: [food (60)](../journals/_coverage.md) · [nutrition (59)](../journals/_coverage_nutrition.md) · [multidisciplinary (35)](../journals/_coverage_multidisciplinary.md) · [**agriculture Q1+Q2 (230)**](../journals/_coverage_agriculture.md). ## Behavior 1. **Determine the target journal — ask once.** If the author has already named a journal (full name or JCR abbreviation), resolve it. If a target journal is **already on record for this project/session** (resolved earlier, or set by `food-pipeline`), reuse it and skip the question. Otherwise **ask exactly once**: > "Which journal are you targeting? (name or JCR abbreviation — e.g. Food > Chemistry, LWT, Nature Food). If undecided, say 'generic' and I'll use > standard food-science conventions." 2. **Resolve** the journal t...