aeri-writing-style
Use when revising an American Economic Review: Insights (AER: Insights) short-format manuscript to lead with the result, fit the hard word cap (7,000 words minus 200 per exhibit), and write the ≤100-word abstract. Enforces the length budget and the lead-with-the-result arc; it does not change the analysis.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aeri-writing-style --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Writing Style — Lead With the Result, Fit the Cap (aeri-writing-style) ## When to trigger - The intro buries the headline result under setup, literature, or methods - The draft is over the word cap and needs cutting, not just polishing - The abstract exceeds 100 words or does not state the result - Late-stage polish once identification, robustness, and exhibits have settled ## The two hard constraints (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准) - **Word cap:** main text **≤7,000 words with no exhibits; each exhibit subtracts 200 words; ≤5 exhibits** (so ≥6,000 at the cap). The count includes body, footnotes, endnotes, and in-paper appendices; it **excludes** title, authors, abstract, acknowledgement footnote, references, exhibits, and the Supplemental Appendix. **Over the cap = returned unreviewed.** - **Abstract: ≤100 words.** It must state the result, not promise it. Treat the cap as a design constraint from the first draft, not a final trim. Every sentence competes with the insight for space. ## The AER: Insights arc (lead with the result) Unlike a long paper that builds to its result, an AER: Insights paper **states the answer in the first paragraph**: 1. **Sentence 1–2:** the question and the **hea
- When to trigger
- The two hard constraints (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准)
- The AER: Insights arc (lead with the result)
- Cutting to the cap (in priority order)
- Writing the ≤100-word abstract
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the aeri-writing-style skill do?
Use when revising an American Economic Review: Insights (AER: Insights) short-format manuscript to lead with the result, fit the hard word cap (7,000 words minus 200 per exhibit), and write the ≤100-word abstract. Enforces the length budget and the lead-with-the-result arc; it does not change the analysis.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aeri-writing-style --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.