jel-proposal-and-commissioning
Use when pitching a survey to the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) editor before writing it — the ~10-page proposal route, the pre-proposal email, and understanding the commissioning process. Builds the proposal; it does not write the survey or run the AEA portal preflight (jel-submission).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jel-proposal-and-commissioning --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.
# Proposal & Commissioning (jel-proposal-and-commissioning) ## When to trigger - The topic passed `jel-topic-selection` and you are ready to approach JEL - You want to know whether to email the editor first, and what a proposal contains - You are unsure whether JEL is invitation-only (it is not exclusively — proposals and full papers are also considered) - You are weighing the proposal route vs. submitting a full draft ## How JEL intake actually works (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准) JEL articles are frequently **commissioned/invited**, but the journal also **considers unsolicited proposals and full papers**. The official guidance (AEA JEL submission page, accessed 2026-06) describes a **proposal-first** route: - **Pre-proposal email (optional but efficient).** Authors who are unsure of fit may **email the editor to ask about potential interest** before formally submitting. Use this to test scope and avoid wasted effort. (Editor contact and address are volatile — confirm on the AEA JEL page; the listed editorial email as of 2026-06 was `d.romer@aeapubs.org`, 以官网为准.) - **The proposal.** A sketch of **roughly ten pages (not counting references)** describing (a) the contents of the proposed articl
- When to trigger
- How JEL intake actually works (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准)
- Anatomy of a winning ~10-page proposal
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the jel-proposal-and-commissioning skill do?
Use when pitching a survey to the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) editor before writing it — the ~10-page proposal route, the pre-proposal email, and understanding the commissioning process. Builds the proposal; it does not write the survey or run the AEA portal preflight (jel-submission).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jel-proposal-and-commissioning --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.