jf-tables-figures
Use when finalizing tables and figures for a The Journal of Finance (JF) manuscript for the AFA flagship. Enforces accessible, self-contained, general-interest exhibits with Roman-numeral tables, economic-magnitude reporting, and matching Internet Appendix numbering; it does not decide which results to run.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jf-tables-figures --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.
# Tables & Figures (jf-tables-figures) ## When to trigger - Tables/figures are drafted but notes, units, or formatting are inconsistent - A reader cannot interpret an exhibit without hunting through the text - You are aligning main-text exhibits with Internet Appendix exhibits ## JF norm: self-contained, accessible exhibits JF is general-interest and prizes accessibility. Each exhibit must be **self-contained**: a reader from another subfield should understand it from its caption and notes alone. Because the manuscript faces a **60-page limit** (≥1.5 spacing, 12-pt font), keep only **decisive** exhibits in the body and send the rest to the **Internet Appendix** (bundled at the end of the same PDF, labeled `IA.*`, not counted against 60 pages; see `jf-internet-appendix`). ## Exhibit standards - **Numbering**: JF uses Roman numerals for tables (Table I, II, …) and Arabic for figures (Figure 1, 2, …); the Internet Appendix mirrors this as `IA.I`, `IA.1`. Keep the schemes consistent. - **Notes state the inference**: sample, period, units, and the **standard-error/clustering convention** belong in every table note. - **Economic units**: report magnitudes in interpretable units (bps, % o
- When to trigger
- JF norm: self-contained, accessible exhibits
- Exhibit standards
- Checklist
- What a JF exhibit must carry (calibration anchors)
- Worked vignette — formatting a momentum horse-race table
- Referee-pushback patterns and the JF-specific fix
- Execution bridge (StatsPAI / Stata MCP)
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the jf-tables-figures skill do?
Use when finalizing tables and figures for a The Journal of Finance (JF) manuscript for the AFA flagship. Enforces accessible, self-contained, general-interest exhibits with Roman-numeral tables, economic-magnitude reporting, and matching Internet Appendix numbering; it does not decide which results to run.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jf-tables-figures --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.