cps-writing-style
Use when drafting or polishing the prose of a Comparative Political Studies (CPS) manuscript so it reaches comparativists, fits the 11,000-word limit, and follows CPS house formatting. Improves writing and formatting; it does not change the analysis.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill cps-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 (cps-writing-style) A CPS paper must read for the **comparative-politics community**: a comparativist of another region should follow the argument, see the leverage, and grasp the portable claim. Write argument-first, keep the prose tight against the word cap, and follow CPS/SAGE house formatting (APA-style author-date references, unstructured 150-word abstract). ## When to trigger - Drafting the introduction, abstract, or conclusion; tightening prose for the word limit - A reviewer found the paper hard to follow, parochial, jargon-heavy, or over the limit - Formatting references, headings, and the abstract to CPS/SAGE house style - Checking that the contribution is stated early and travels ## The CPS introduction arc Lead with the **comparative puzzle**, then the **stake**, then **why it is hard to identify**, then the **setting & design**, then the **headline finding with mechanism**, then the **portable contribution**, then a brief roadmap. By the end of the introduction the reader knows the question, the argument, the evidence, and why it matters *to comparative politics* — not just to one country's specialists. - **Argument-first.** State the claim and the cont
- When to trigger
- The CPS introduction arc
- House formatting (verify current SAGE guidelines)
- Tightening for the word cap
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the cps-writing-style skill do?
Use when drafting or polishing the prose of a Comparative Political Studies (CPS) manuscript so it reaches comparativists, fits the 11,000-word limit, and follows CPS house formatting. Improves writing and formatting; it does not change the analysis.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill cps-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.