aos-writing-style
Use when polishing the prose of an Accounting, Organizations and Society (AOS) manuscript — sustained argumentative writing that carries theory and evidence together, a self-contained abstract, disciplined length despite the absence of a hard cap, and full anonymization for double-anonymized review. Polishes prose; it does not run the submission preflight (aos-submission).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aos-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 (aos-writing-style) ## When to trigger - The draft reads as description (field papers) or as a mechanical hypothesis mill (experiments) - Sections don't argue — the theory, findings, and discussion sit side by side unconnected - The abstract summarizes the topic instead of the claim - Anonymization, references, or length discipline still need a pass ## The AOS register AOS prose is **essayistic but accountable**: long-form argument in which every interpretive move is anchored to evidence and every theoretical term earns its keep. The reader is interdisciplinary — an organizational sociologist and a JDM psychologist may both referee — so write for the intelligent non-specialist: define tradition-specific vocabulary at first use, and never let jargon substitute for reasoning. - **Argue continuously.** Each section should advance the claim, not inventory content. Findings sections in field papers interleave excerpt and interpretation — the analysis is *in* the prose, not after it. - **Voice.** First person is normal and honest in interpretive work ("we came to see the budget meetings as…"); keep it analytic, not confessional. Experimental papers use the plain predictiv
- When to trigger
- The AOS register
- Length without a cap
- Front matter
- Anonymization and mechanics
- The paragraph audit
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the aos-writing-style skill do?
Use when polishing the prose of an Accounting, Organizations and Society (AOS) manuscript — sustained argumentative writing that carries theory and evidence together, a self-contained abstract, disciplined length despite the absence of a hard cap, and full anonymization for double-anonymized review. Polishes prose; it does not run the submission preflight (aos-submission).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aos-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.