eer-literature-positioning
Use when the contribution-vs-frontier claim is fuzzy, oversold, or under-cited for a European Economic Review (EER) manuscript spanning any field of economics. Sharpens the gap and the marginal contribution; it does not fix identification or prose.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill eer-literature-positioning --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.
# Literature Positioning (eer-literature-positioning) ## When to trigger - The "what's new here" sentence is vague, defensive, or missing - Reviewers say the contribution is "incremental" or "already known" - The related-work section is a list of citations, not an argument - You cannot name the 3–5 papers your result directly displaces or extends ## The EER positioning bar EER is **general-interest across all of economics**, so the contribution must be legible to a reader **outside** your subfield while withstanding the scrutiny of those **inside** it. That means a two-layer positioning: (1) a **broad-interest hook** — why a generalist should care — and (2) a **precise frontier delta** — exactly which result you extend, overturn, or quantify, with the closest 3–5 papers named. Single-anonymized review means the **referees are likely the authors you cite**: be accurate and fair, neither dismissive nor over-deferential. ## Positioning moves ### 1. Locate the frontier precisely - Name the **closest current papers** (not the founding classics) your result speaks to. - For each, state in one clause **what they did** and **what they left open**. - Distinguish your contribution from concu
- When to trigger
- The EER positioning bar
- Positioning moves
- 1. Locate the frontier precisely
- 2. State the marginal contribution as a delta
- 3. Position across fields where relevant
- 4. Calibrate the claim
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Worked vignette (illustrative)
- Output format
What does the eer-literature-positioning skill do?
Use when the contribution-vs-frontier claim is fuzzy, oversold, or under-cited for a European Economic Review (EER) manuscript spanning any field of economics. Sharpens the gap and the marginal contribution; it does not fix identification or prose.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill eer-literature-positioning --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.