Guide for writing the abstract of an academic economics paper.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Econ Abstract Writing

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill econ-abstract-writing -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills econ-abstract-writing --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/27-dariia-m-my_claude_skills/abstract .claude/skills/econ-abstract-writing && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
econ-abstract-writing
GitHub stars
4.6k
Token cost
~3k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,685 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Guide for writing the abstract of an academic economics paper.

  • Works in 4 steps: (Often) Open directly with the research… → (Sometimes) Open with one sentence of… → (Almost always) Spend most of the space… → …
  • The user asks for help writing
  • SKILL.md covers The Evidence on What Works, The Core Structure, Section-by-Section Guidance and Length and Word Limits, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Econ Abstract Writing is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Guide for writing the abstract of an academic economics paper. Use this skill whenever the user asks for help writing, drafting, revising, or structuring an abstract for an economics paper - whether empirical micro, development economics, applied economics, or related fields. Also trigger when the user mentions "abstract," "paper summary," or asks how to compress their findings into a short description. This skill synthesizes best practices from David Evans (CGDev), Marc Bellemare, and patterns observed in top…

Its SKILL.md is about 3k 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 Research & Science, covering Scientific writing and Econometrics and empirical research. The repository describes itself as: 🔬 A curated collection of 23,000+ agent skills for empirical research across 8 social science disciplines. | 精选 23,000+ AI Agent 技能库,覆盖8大社会科学学科的实证研究。CoPaper.AI…

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks for help writing
  • Structuring an abstract for an economics paper - whether empirical micro
  • Development economics
  • Applied economics

Example prompts

  • “abstract,”
  • “paper summary,”
  • “/econ-abstract-writing”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. (Often) Open directly with the research question and empirical approach
  2. (Sometimes) Open with one sentence of motivation, then jump into the research question and empirical approach
  3. (Almost always) Spend most of the space on a detailed discussion of the results
  4. (Sometimes) Close with one sentence on the implications of the results

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9fa87d8. 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

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • cgdev.org

    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

Econ Abstract Writing loads about 3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 147 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,685 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~147
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,685 words (~3,023 tokens).

“A lot of people will read no further than the abstract of your paper to decide whether it is worth reading, sharing, or citing. Some will not even get past the title. The abstract is your most compressed sales pitch…”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
econ-abstract-writing

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/27-dariia-m-my_claude_skills/abstract of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Questions about Econ Abstract Writing

What does Econ Abstract Writing do?

Guide for writing the abstract of an academic economics paper. Econ Abstract Writing is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Guide for writing the abstract of an academic economics paper.

When should I use Econ Abstract Writing?

Econ Abstract Writing fits situations like: the user asks for help writing; structuring an abstract for an economics paper - whether empirical micro; development economics; applied economics.

How do I install Econ Abstract Writing in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill econ-abstract-writing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/27-dariia-m-my_claude_skills/abstract in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/econ-abstract-writing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Econ Abstract Writing in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill econ-abstract-writing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/27-dariia-m-my_claude_skills/abstract in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/econ-abstract-writing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Econ Abstract Writing 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/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill econ-abstract-writing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/econ-abstract-writing, .gemini/skills/econ-abstract-writing, .github/skills/econ-abstract-writing and .opencode/skills/econ-abstract-writing in your project.

What does Econ Abstract Writing need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Econ Abstract Writing is instructions for the agent only.

Does Econ Abstract Writing access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: cgdev.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Econ Abstract Writing 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 Econ Abstract Writing use?

Econ Abstract Writing has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Econ Abstract Writing use?

About 3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k 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 Econ Abstract Writing?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Econ Abstract Writing: Econometric Research Writing (franklee16/academic-research-skills, 223 stars), Fin Paper Writing (csmar432/finai-research, 109 stars), Nature-Style Scientific Figures (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 47k stars) and Citation Verification Guide (Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar, 5.7k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Econ Abstract Writing?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,556 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.