ectj-writing-style
Use when revising a The Econometrics Journal (EctJ) manuscript for compact RES/OUP style covering the 150-word summary, the roughly 20-page printed-paper discipline, theorem readability, one-page simulation summaries, applied-value clarity, and template-conformant prose that survives the desk screen.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ectj-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.
# EctJ Writing Style Use this when the paper is correct but too diffuse for EctJ. ## Style rules - Write the summary in no more than the current word limit; RES guidance states a 150-word summary. - Keep the paper near the current printed-paper cap; RES guidance says manuscripts should not normally exceed 20 pages including the printed appendix. - Use the RES/EctJ LaTeX template and the separate online-appendix template when applicable. - Put assumptions close to the theorem or estimator they support. - Prefer short theorem interpretation paragraphs over long verbal restatements of algebra. - Cut general econometrics motivation that does not help the leading case. - Summarize simulation results compactly in the main text, normally within about one page, pushing full grids to the appendix. - Treat conformance as part of the science: EctJ instructions state that submissions not conforming to the guidelines are rejected routinely, so style and format are a screen, not cosmetics. ## Compression moves - Replace broad motivation with the econometric failure mode in the first paragraph. - Replace a long literature survey with a closest-paper contrast table or two compact paragraphs. - Con
- Style rules
- Compression moves
- EctJ page-budget pass
- Theorem-prose conventions for RES/OUP print
- Page-leak patterns
- Output format
What does the ectj-writing-style skill do?
Use when revising a The Econometrics Journal (EctJ) manuscript for compact RES/OUP style covering the 150-word summary, the roughly 20-page printed-paper discipline, theorem readability, one-page simulation summaries, applied-value clarity, and template-conformant prose that survives the desk screen.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ectj-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.