econ-intro-writing
Guide for writing the introduction to an academic economics paper. Use this skill whenever the user asks for help writing, drafting, revising, or structuring an introduction to an economics paper - whether empirical micro, development economics, applied economics, or related fields. Also trigger when the user mentions "intro," "introduction section," "opening paragraphs," or asks how to motivate, frame, or present their research question in a paper. This skill synthesizes best practices from David Evans (CGDev), Keith Head, Claudia Sahm, Marc Bellemare, and Deirdre McCloskey.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill econ_intro_writing --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.
# How to Write the Introduction of an Economics Paper You win or lose your readers with the introduction. Research shows that economics papers with more readable introductions get cited more. The introduction is where you lay out your research question, your empirical strategy, your findings, and why it all matters - succinctly. This skill is based primarily on David Evans' analysis of introductio
What does the econ-intro-writing skill do?
Guide for writing the introduction to an academic economics paper. Use this skill whenever the user asks for help writing, drafting, revising, or structuring an introduction to an economics paper - whether empirical micro, development economics, applied economics, or related fields. Also trigger when the user mentions "intro," "introduction section," "opening paragraphs," or asks how to motivate, frame, or present their research question in a paper. This skill synthesizes best practices from David Evans (CGDev), Keith Head, Claudia Sahm, Marc Bellemare, and Deirdre McCloskey.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill econ_intro_writing --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/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, a repository with 3,244 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.