geb-writing-style
Use when polishing prose, abstract, and introduction for a Games and Economic Behavior (GEB) manuscript so the model and result land for a general game-theory reader. Enforces the 250-word abstract cap and elsarticle conventions. Polishes exposition; it does not change results.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill geb-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 (geb-writing-style) ## When to trigger - The introduction reaches the theorem only after pages of setup and notation - The abstract is over 250 words, or states the model but not the result - The proof idea is invisible behind algebra - Prose is dense even for a specialist game-theory reader ## GEB house style: precise, idea-first, specialist-but-broad GEB is read across the game-theory community — economics, political science, biology, computer science, mathematics, and psychology — so the writing must be **rigorous yet legible beyond one sub-field**. Lead with the idea and the result; push heavy algebra into proofs and appendices. State theorems precisely but motivate them in words first. The reader is a game theorist, so you can assume the vocabulary of equilibrium and mechanisms, but not the details of your specific construction. Format facts that shape the writing: - **Abstract must not exceed 250 words** — concise and factual; state the contribution and the main result, not just the topic. - **References:** no strict style is imposed at submission as long as it is **consistent**; the published style is **elsarticle-num**. (Avoid mixing styles.) - **Generative-
- When to trigger
- GEB house style: precise, idea-first, specialist-but-broad
- The introduction arc (GEB template)
- Abstract: state the result (≤250 words)
- Two prose lanes: theory and experiment
- Micro-rewrite: an opening sentence
- Sentence-level craft
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the geb-writing-style skill do?
Use when polishing prose, abstract, and introduction for a Games and Economic Behavior (GEB) manuscript so the model and result land for a general game-theory reader. Enforces the 250-word abstract cap and elsarticle conventions. Polishes exposition; it does not change results.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill geb-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.