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A skill your agent uses when judging whether a topic is a timely, important policy question the Economic Policy (EP) Panel would commission and want to debate.
Install Ecopol Topic Selection
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ecopol-topic-selection -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ecopol-topic-selection --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/Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/ecopol-topic-selection .claude/skills/ecopol-topic-selection && 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 "ecopol-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/ecopol-topic-selection into .claude/skills/ecopol-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ecopol-topic-selection", 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/Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/ecopol-topic-selectionType 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 ecopol-topic-selection -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ecopol-topic-selection --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/Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/ecopol-topic-selection .agents/skills/ecopol-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "ecopol-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/ecopol-topic-selection into .agents/skills/ecopol-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ecopol-topic-selection", 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 ecopol-topic-selection -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ecopol-topic-selection --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/Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/ecopol-topic-selection .cursor/skills/ecopol-topic-selection && 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 "ecopol-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/ecopol-topic-selection into .cursor/skills/ecopol-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ecopol-topic-selection", 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 Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/ecopol-topic-selection--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 ecopol-topic-selection -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ecopol-topic-selection --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/Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/ecopol-topic-selection .gemini/skills/ecopol-topic-selection && 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 "ecopol-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/ecopol-topic-selection into .gemini/skills/ecopol-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ecopol-topic-selection", 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 ecopol-topic-selectionInstalls 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 ecopol-topic-selection -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/Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/ecopol-topic-selection .github/skills/ecopol-topic-selection && 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 "ecopol-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/ecopol-topic-selection into .github/skills/ecopol-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ecopol-topic-selection", 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 ecopol-topic-selection -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 ecopol-topic-selection --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/Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/ecopol-topic-selection .opencode/skills/ecopol-topic-selection && 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 "ecopol-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/ecopol-topic-selection into .opencode/skills/ecopol-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ecopol-topic-selection", 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
ecopol-topic-selection- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 665 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when judging whether a topic is a timely, important policy question the Economic Policy (EP) Panel would commission and want to debate.
- Works in 4 steps: Timely and live. There is a current… → Important. The stakes are first-order —… → Tractable with credible evidence. There… → …
- Judging whether a topic is a timely
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, The EP topic bar: would the…, Branch by what kind of policy… and How to sharpen a weak topic, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Ecopol Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when judging whether a topic is a timely, important policy question the Economic Policy (EP) Panel would commission and want to debate. Tests Panel-worthiness and policy timeliness; it does not invent evidence or citations.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k 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 Citation management. 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
- Judging whether a topic is a timely
- Important policy question the Economic Policy (EP) Panel would commission and want to debate
Example prompts
- “/ecopol-topic-selection”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Timely and live. There is a current policy decision, reform, or debate on the table — not a settled question. EP's subtitle is Papers on…
- Important. The stakes are first-order — money, welfare, institutions — large enough that a finance ministry or central bank would care…
- Tractable with credible evidence. There is identifying variation or a disciplined model that can actually answer it, not just describe it.
- A clear decision-relevant takeaway. You can state, in one sentence, what a policymaker should do (or stop doing, or reconsider) if your…
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
Ecopol Topic Selection loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 63 tokens; SKILL.md has 665 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). 665 words, ~1,338 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/ecopol-topic-selection/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- ecopol-topic-selection
- description
- Use when judging whether a topic is a timely, important policy question the Economic Policy (EP) Panel would commission and want to debate. Tests Panel-worthiness and policy timeliness; it does not invent evidence or citations.
Topic Selection (ecopol-topic-selection)
When to trigger
- You are deciding whether a question is worth pitching to Economic Policy or developing for a possible commission
- A coauthor asks "is this an EP paper, or a field-journal paper dressed up as policy?"
- The topic is technically interesting but you cannot name the decision a policymaker faces
- The question risks reading as last decade's debate rather than a live European/global policy issue
- You need to know which of the two likely discussants (academic vs. policy) would find it worth their time
The EP topic bar: would the Panel commission this?
Since the 2025 relaunch, EP is commissioned and online-only — the Managing Editor invites papers on the journal's thematic priorities; unsolicited papers are not accepted (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准). In practice the realistic route is to become the obvious person to commission: circulate a working draft, pitch the Managing Editor, or get visible inside the CEPR/CESifo/Sciences Po networks. So topic selection is really Panel selection: would the Panel put this in front of two discussants and a room of economists and policymakers?
A topic clears the EP bar when it satisfies all four:
- Timely and live. There is a current policy decision, reform, or debate on the table — not a settled question. EP's subtitle is Papers on European and Global Issues; a European or global policy hook is a strong signal.
- Important. The stakes are first-order — money, welfare, institutions — large enough that a finance ministry or central bank would care about the answer.
- Tractable with credible evidence. There is identifying variation or a disciplined model that can actually answer it, not just describe it.
- A clear decision-relevant takeaway. You can state, in one sentence, what a policymaker should do (or stop doing, or reconsider) if your result holds.
Branch by what kind of policy question it is
| If the question is… | The Panel will want… | The desk-reject risk |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of an enacted policy | a credible counterfactual + a magnitude that matters | "interesting estimate, no policy lever" |
| A proposed/forthcoming reform | a forward-looking, model-disciplined projection with stated assumptions | "speculation without discipline" |
| A macro/fiscal/monetary diagnosis | timeliness + a number a central bank/ministry can act on | "commentary, not a paper" |
| A cross-country / EU-institutional issue | comparable data + a genuinely European/global "so what" | "one-country study with EU branding bolted on" |
Show full SKILL.md (285 more words)Show less
How to sharpen a weak topic
- Write the headline policy sentence first: "Policy X raised/lowered Y by Z; therefore a policymaker should ___." If you cannot fill the blank, it is not yet an EP topic.
- Identify the two audiences in the panel room: name the academic discussant's subfield and the policy discussant's institution. A topic that excites only one is at risk.
- Pressure-test timeliness: is the decision being made now, or did it close? EP rewards papers that arrive while the debate is open.
- Separate the novel finding from the novel question. EP can reward a sharp answer to an old question if the policy moment is live, but the policy relevance must be unmistakable.
Checklist
- One-sentence headline that names a policy decision and a magnitude
- The question is live — a current European or global policy debate, not a closed one
- Stakes are first-order; a ministry/central bank/Commission would care about the answer
- There is credible identifying variation or a disciplined model, not just description
- Both panel personas (academic + policy discussant) would find it worth debating
- It is distinguishable from an AEJ:EP / J.Pub.E. field paper — the policy decision, not the method, is the point
- Process facts (commissioned-only, online-only) cited from
resources/official-source-map.mdor marked 待核实
Anti-patterns
- A clean estimate with no policy lever — EP is not a field journal that rewards identification for its own sake
- A topic pitched purely to economists, ignoring the policy discussant who will be in the room
- Branding a single-country study as "European" without a comparative or institutional payoff
- Reviving a settled debate with no live decision attached
- Assuming you can submit unsolicited — confirm the commissioning route (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准)
- Inventing editor names, conference dates, or fees instead of marking 待核实
Output format
【Journal】Economic Policy (EP)
【Skill】ecopol-topic-selection
【Headline policy sentence】<decision + magnitude + recommendation>
【Timeliness】live debate? (which current policy decision)
【Panel personas】academic discussant subfield / policy discussant institution
【Verdict】Panel-worthy / sharpen / reroute to field journal
【Sibling boundary】why EP not AEJ:EP / Brookings / J.Pub.E.
【Source status】verified URL / 待核实
【Next skill】ecopol-literature-positioning© brycewang-stanford, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/ecopol-topic-selection of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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Questions about Ecopol Topic Selection
What does Ecopol Topic Selection do?
A skill your agent uses when judging whether a topic is a timely, important policy question the Economic Policy (EP) Panel would commission and want to debate. Ecopol Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when judging whether a topic is a timely, important policy question the Economic Policy (EP) Panel would commission and want to debate.
When should I use Ecopol Topic Selection?
Ecopol Topic Selection fits situations like: judging whether a topic is a timely; important policy question the Economic Policy (EP) Panel would commission and want to debate.
How do I install Ecopol Topic Selection in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ecopol-topic-selection -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/ecopol-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/ecopol-topic-selection in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Ecopol Topic Selection in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ecopol-topic-selection -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/ecopol-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/ecopol-topic-selection in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Ecopol Topic Selection 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 ecopol-topic-selection -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ecopol-topic-selection, .gemini/skills/ecopol-topic-selection, .github/skills/ecopol-topic-selection and .opencode/skills/ecopol-topic-selection in your project.
What does Ecopol Topic Selection need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Ecopol Topic Selection is instructions for the agent only.
Does Ecopol Topic Selection 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 Ecopol Topic Selection 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 Ecopol Topic Selection use?
Ecopol Topic Selection 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 Ecopol Topic Selection use?
About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
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Who maintains Ecopol Topic Selection?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,228 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.