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Agent skill
Commres Theory Building
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills
A skill your agent uses when building the theoretical argument and hypotheses of a Communication Research (CR) manuscript into a testable, mechanism-level contribution.
Install Commres Theory Building
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill commres-theory-building -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills commres-theory-building --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-theory-building .claude/skills/commres-theory-building && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "commres-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-theory-building into .claude/skills/commres-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "commres-theory-building", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-theory-buildingType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill commres-theory-building -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills commres-theory-building --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-theory-building .agents/skills/commres-theory-building && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "commres-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-theory-building into .agents/skills/commres-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "commres-theory-building", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill commres-theory-building -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills commres-theory-building --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-theory-building .cursor/skills/commres-theory-building && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "commres-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-theory-building into .cursor/skills/commres-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "commres-theory-building", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git --path Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-theory-building--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill commres-theory-building -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills commres-theory-building --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-theory-building .gemini/skills/commres-theory-building && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "commres-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-theory-building into .gemini/skills/commres-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "commres-theory-building", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills commres-theory-buildingInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill commres-theory-building -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-theory-building .github/skills/commres-theory-building && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "commres-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-theory-building into .github/skills/commres-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "commres-theory-building", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill commres-theory-building -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills commres-theory-building --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-theory-building .opencode/skills/commres-theory-building && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "commres-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-theory-building into .opencode/skills/commres-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "commres-theory-building", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
commres-theory-building- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 637 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when building the theoretical argument and hypotheses of a Communication Research (CR) manuscript into a testable, mechanism-level contribution.
- Works in 4 steps: Concept. Define the key constructs… → Mechanism. State the communication… → Boundary conditions. Name the moderators… → …
- Building the theoretical argument and hypotheses of a Communication Research (CR) manuscript into a testable
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Build the argument (theory →…, The mediation/moderation core… and The theory-contribution bar at…, plus 5 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Commres Theory Building is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when building the theoretical argument and hypotheses of a Communication Research (CR) manuscript into a testable, mechanism-level contribution. CR rewards explicit constructs, a stated communication process, and numbered hypotheses with mediation/moderation, not a bare effect. Structures the argument; it does not run analyses.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Legal & Compliance, covering Dispute resolution and Hypothesis generation. The repository describes itself as: Journal-specific Claude Code/Codex skill packs covering mainstream journals — AER, QJE, Nature, Cell, 管理世界, 经济研究 & 200+ more — your fast track to getting published. ｜ 覆盖主流期刊的… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Building the theoretical argument and hypotheses of a Communication Research (CR) manuscript into a testable
- Mechanism-level contribution
Example prompts
- “/commres-theory-building”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Concept. Define the key constructs precisely (e.g., exposure, framing, presence, perceived
- Mechanism. State the communication process: who sends/receives what, through which channel,
- Boundary conditions. Name the moderators — which audiences, messages, and contexts strengthen
- Hypotheses. Translate the mechanism into explicit, numbered hypotheses (and research
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 932eb23. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Commres Theory Building loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 89 tokens; SKILL.md has 637 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 637 words, ~1,440 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/commres-theory-building/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- commres-theory-building
- description
- Use when building the theoretical argument and hypotheses of a Communication Research (CR) manuscript into a testable, mechanism-level contribution. CR rewards explicit constructs, a stated communication process, and numbered hypotheses with mediation/moderation, not a bare effect. Structures the argument; it does not run analyses.
Theory & Hypotheses (commres-theory-building)
At CR a result is not a contribution until it is attached to a testable communication mechanism. This skill turns an idea into theory: precise constructs, an explicit process, and numbered hypotheses that the design will test. CR is a hypothetico-deductive journal — a paper that documents an effect without a tested mechanism rarely clears the bar.
When to trigger
- The empirics are strong but the "so what / why" is thin
- A reviewer said the paper is "atheoretical," "ad hoc," or "just a main effect"
- You need to state constructs, mechanisms, and predictions explicitly before collecting data
- Connecting your work to (or extending) an established communication theory
Build the argument (theory → mechanism → hypotheses)
- Concept. Define the key constructs precisely (e.g., exposure, framing, presence, perceived norms); distinguish each from its near neighbors so measurement is unambiguous.
- Mechanism. State the communication process: who sends/receives what, through which channel, with what cognitive/affective/social step that produces the outcome. This is the mediator.
- Boundary conditions. Name the moderators — which audiences, messages, and contexts strengthen or reverse the effect. CR rewards "for whom / when," not just "whether."
- Hypotheses. Translate the mechanism into explicit, numbered hypotheses (and research
questions where theory is thin): H1 (effect), H2 (mediation path), H3 (moderation). These become
the tests in
commres-research-designandcommres-data-analysis.
The mediation/moderation core (CR-specific)
CR is the home of process models — message → mediator → outcome, conditioned by moderators. State the causal ordering the model assumes and how the design licenses it: a mediator measured on the same cross-sectional wave as the outcome cannot carry a causal-process claim (defer the temporal warrant to design). Pre-specify the indirect-effect test; do not fit a PROCESS model post hoc and narrate it as theory.
The theory-contribution bar at CR (calibration anchor, hedged)
A common substantive rejection is "theory cited but not advanced." Citing a theory is not moving it. Calibrate where a paper sits:
| Level | What the paper does to theory | CR verdict (typical) |
|---|---|---|
| Applies | uses an existing framing/priming/cultivation account as-is | rarely enough alone |
| Extends | adds a moderator/boundary condition to a known effect | competitive if consequential |
| Specifies | opens a mediating process a prior account left as a black box | strong fit |
| Adjudicates | pits two mechanisms and lets the data choose | high-end contribution |
The bar is the tested theoretical move, not the method. A heuristic, not an editorial rule.
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Reviewer-pushback patterns and the theory-level fix
| Referee comment | Underlying gap | Fix at the argument stage |
|---|---|---|
| "Theory cited but not advanced" | applies, does not extend | name the boundary or black box the study opens |
| "Effect without a mechanism" | no mediator | state the cognitive/affective/social step and a mediation hypothesis |
| "Why doesn't this travel?" | boundary conditions absent | specify moderators where the effect holds and breaks |
| "Construct slippage" | measured thing isn't the construct | re-anchor the definition; split from neighbors; revisit the scale |
| "HARKing suspected" | hypotheses look post hoc | preregister; present theory before results, RQs where theory is thin |
Worked micro-example: from effect to mechanism (illustrative)
A study finds gain-framed vaccine messages raise intention more than loss-framed ones — a bare effect. Lifted to a CR argument: framing shifts perceived response-efficacy (mediator, H2), which raises intention (H1); the path is stronger for low-prior-knowledge audiences (moderator, H3). The constructs are defined and distinguished from "perceived threat," the indirect effect is pre-specified with bootstrap CIs, and the moderator gives a "for whom" — a portable, tested mechanism rather than a re-documented framing effect.
Anti-patterns
- "Hypothesizing after results are known" (HARKing) — state hypotheses before tests; preregister
- A main effect with no mediator/moderator — CR wants the process and the boundary
- Mechanisms named but never made into a testable, numbered hypothesis
- Universal claims with no boundary conditions (which audiences? which messages? which contexts?)
- A PROCESS model whose causal ordering the design cannot support
Output format
【Core claim】one sentence
【Mechanism】the communication process (the mediator)
【Constructs】defined + distinguished from neighbors
【Hypotheses】H1 (effect) / H2 (mediation) / H3 (moderation) → research-design
【Boundary conditions】which audiences / messages / contexts
【Causal-ordering warrant】how the design licenses the process claim
【Next】commres-research-designSupplementary resources
../../resources/external_tools.md— measurement, SEM, and mediation/PROCESS tooling../../resources/official-source-map.md— CR scope and contribution expectations
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Files
Just SKILL.md in Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-theory-building of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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| Dispute Issue IdentificationTHUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese | 874 | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Rje Topic Selectionfranklee16/academic-research-skills | 223 | 1 repos | ~792 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Litigation Deadline Calendarlawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills | 847 | — | ~4.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Moot Court Simulation Buildercat-xierluo/legal-skills | 721 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | CC-BY-NC-4.0 | |
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What does Commres Theory Building do?
A skill your agent uses when building the theoretical argument and hypotheses of a Communication Research (CR) manuscript into a testable, mechanism-level contribution. Commres Theory Building is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when building the theoretical argument and hypotheses of a Communication Research (CR) manuscript into a testable, mechanism-level contribution.
When should I use Commres Theory Building?
Commres Theory Building fits situations like: building the theoretical argument and hypotheses of a Communication Research (CR) manuscript into a testable; mechanism-level contribution.
How do I install Commres Theory Building in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill commres-theory-building -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-theory-building in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/commres-theory-building in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Commres Theory Building in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill commres-theory-building -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-theory-building in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/commres-theory-building in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Commres Theory Building in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill commres-theory-building -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/commres-theory-building, .gemini/skills/commres-theory-building, .github/skills/commres-theory-building and .opencode/skills/commres-theory-building in your project.
What does Commres Theory Building need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Commres Theory Building is instructions for the agent only.
Does Commres Theory Building access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Commres Theory Building safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Commres Theory Building use?
Commres Theory Building is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Commres Theory Building use?
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Commres Theory Building?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Commres Theory Building: Dispute Issue Identification (THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese, 874 stars), Rje Topic Selection (franklee16/academic-research-skills, 223 stars), Litigation Deadline Calendar (lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills, 847 stars) and Moot Court Simulation Builder (cat-xierluo/legal-skills, 721 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Commres Theory Building?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,231 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.
Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.