hanlulong/econ-writing-skill

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Summary

A specialized Agent Skill that transforms AI assistants into expert economics paper writers by synthesizing over 50 writing guides from leading economists including Cochrane, McCloskey, Shapiro, Head, Bellemare, Goldin, and Kremer. Compatible with Claude Code and OpenAI Codex.

Key features

• Synthesizes 50+ expert economics writing guides
• Compatible with Claude Code and OpenAI Codex
• Transforms AI into economics paper writing specialist
• Based on authoritative sources from top economists
• Shell-based skill for easy integration

Use cases

• Writing economics research papers
• Structuring academic economics articles
• Improving clarity and rigor in economic writing
• Assisting graduate students and researchers in economics

README excerpt

# Econ Writing Skill **An Agent Skill that transforms AI assistants into expert economics paper writers, synthesizing best practices from 50+ authoritative guides by Nobel laureates, Clark Medal winners, and leading economists.** [](LICENSE) [](https://agentskills.io) [](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code) [](https://openai.com/index/codex/) --- ## What Is This? Econ Writing Skill is an open-source [Agent Skill](https://agentskills.io) that gives AI coding assistants deep knowledge of how to write economics papers. It distills actionable advice from over 50 guides by John Cochrane, Deirdre McCloskey, Jesse Shapiro, Keith Head, Marc Bellemare, Claudia Goldin, Edward Glaeser, Michael Kremer, and many others into a single structured skill file. Compatible with the Agent Skills open standard, it works with Claude Code and OpenAI Codex out of the box. --- ## Key Features ### Writing & Structure - **Works for all paper types** -- Applied empirical, pure theory, mixed theory-empirical, structural, and descriptive papers each get tailored structure and guidance - **Dedicated formulas for every major section** -- Abstract (4-part formula), Introduction (Head's formula), Model Section (Glaeser/Varian), Data Section, Conclusion (3-part formula), Title (with evaluation criteria) - **Identification strategy guidance** -- Specific writing advice for 13 strategies: RCT, DiD (including staggered), IV, RDD, Synthetic Control, Synthetic DiD, Bunching, Shift-Share/Bartik,

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