restat-writing-style
Use when revising the prose of a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript — especially the abstract and introduction — so the applied question and the estimate land immediately in REStat house style. Polishes framing and prose; it does not change results or identification.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill restat-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 (restat-writing-style) ## When to trigger - The introduction buries the question and the estimate under setup and machinery - The abstract exceeds REStat's limit or does not state the finding - A reader cannot say, after one paragraph, what was measured and what it matters for - Prose is in passive throat-clearing mode ("has been studied extensively") ## The REStat prose bar REStat is **empirical-first applied economics**, so the intro must put the **applied question, the design, and the headline estimate (with units and a standard error)** on page one. The abstract is **≤100 words** (source map refreshed 2026-06-20), in JEL-suitable form — so every word earns its place. The house style is plain, quantitative economics prose: state the number, state the design that earns it, state why an applied audience cares. REStat's measurement tradition means the writing should also make the **quality of the data/measurement** legible early when that is part of the contribution. ## The REStat introduction arc 1. **Question + headline quantity, first breath.** "When [X] changes, how much does [Y] move?" → "we find [estimate, with units and SE]." 2. **Why it is hard / why prior e
- When to trigger
- The REStat prose bar
- The REStat introduction arc
- Abstract rules (REStat)
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Abstract micro-edit (illustrative)
- Worked example pointer
- Output format
What does the restat-writing-style skill do?
Use when revising the prose of a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript — especially the abstract and introduction — so the applied question and the estimate land immediately in REStat house style. Polishes framing and prose; it does not change results or identification.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill restat-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.