imfer-replication-package
Use when an IMF Economic Review (IMFER) manuscript's data and code must be packaged for reproducibility — including restricted IMF/central-bank data paths, cross-country source lineage, and a runnable environment. Builds the package; it does not produce the exhibits (imfer-tables-figures) or run the submission preflight (imfer-submission).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill imfer-replication-package --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.
# Replication Package (imfer-replication-package) ## When to trigger - The analysis is settled and the data/code package must be assembled before submission or at acceptance - Some inputs are **restricted** (IMF program data, central-bank micro data, proprietary flows) and cannot be redistributed - A cross-country dataset stitches many sources (IFS, BOP, WEO, BIS, EPFR, national accounts) and the lineage is undocumented - A referee or editor asks for a reproducibility check or a data-availability statement - Code runs only on one machine; seeds, versions, and the build order are not pinned ## The IMFER reproducibility reality IMFER work leans on **international-macro data that is often partly restricted** — IMF surveillance data, central-bank confidential series, commercial flow data (EPFR), or program-specific files. The package must make everything **reproducible in principle even when some inputs cannot be shipped**: provide the build scripts, the exact source and vintage of each series, and clear instructions for obtaining the restricted inputs, so a replicator with access can rebuild the analysis dataset and regenerate every exhibit. Confirm the journal's current data-availabi
- When to trigger
- The IMFER reproducibility reality
- The restricted-data spectrum (classify each input)
- Packaging craft
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Worked vignette (illustrative)
- Referee/editor pushback mapped to the package fix
- Output format
What does the imfer-replication-package skill do?
Use when an IMF Economic Review (IMFER) manuscript's data and code must be packaged for reproducibility — including restricted IMF/central-bank data paths, cross-country source lineage, and a runnable environment. Builds the package; it does not produce the exhibits (imfer-tables-figures) or run the submission preflight (imfer-submission).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill imfer-replication-package --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.