A skill your agent uses when polishing the language and rhetoric of an 《经济研究》 manuscript — eliminating empty-significance phrases, fixing vague policy talk, replacing method-flexing with mechanism…

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Install Er Style

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill er-style -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills er-style --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/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-style .claude/skills/er-style && 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
er-style
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~774 tokens
SKILL.md length
199 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when polishing the language and rhetoric of an 《经济研究》 manuscript — eliminating empty-significance phrases, fixing vague policy talk, replacing method-flexing with mechanism…

  • Works in 4 steps: 长句拆分:一句话超过两行、含 ≥3… → 主语不悬空:删掉"通过对……的分析,发现……"这类无主语句,改为"本文分析……,发… → 数字与量级:正文报告系数时同时给参照系(相对均值 / 标准差的百分比);"约… → …
  • Polishing the language and rhetoric of an 《经济研究》 manuscript — eliminating empty-significance phrases
  • SKILL.md covers 触发时机, 对照表(黑名单 → 白名单), 行文规范 and 中文学术句法四则, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Er Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when polishing the language and rhetoric of an 《经济研究》 manuscript — eliminating empty-significance phrases, fixing vague policy talk, replacing method-flexing with mechanism, and aligning tense / person / hedging with CSSCI house style. 本技能服务于《经济研究》(Economic Research Journal, ERJ)。

Its SKILL.md is about 770 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

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

  • Polishing the language and rhetoric of an 《经济研究》 manuscript — eliminating empty-significance phrases
  • Fixing vague policy talk
  • Replacing method-flexing with mechanism
  • Aligning tense / person / hedging with CSSCI house style

Example prompts

  • “/er-style”

Workflow steps

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

  1. 长句拆分:一句话超过两行、含 ≥3 个"的"字嵌套,拆成两句——先给判断,再给条件。计量结果句尤其如此:"在控制 A、B、C 并考虑 D 的情形下 X 对 Y 的影响依然显著"应改为"基准结论稳健。控制 A、B、C 后,……"。
  2. 主语不悬空:删掉"通过对……的分析,发现……"这类无主语句,改为"本文分析……,发现……"。
  3. 数字与量级:正文报告系数时同时给参照系(相对均值 / 标准差的百分比);"约 X%"与"X 个百分点"严格区分,全篇一致。
  4. 夹注融入句子:著者-出版年夹注(作者,年份)应挂在观点后而非句首堆砌;一处夹注多于三篇文献时,考虑是否真的需要全部列出。

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

Er Style loads about 774 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 199 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~74
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~774

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). 199 words, ~774 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/er-style/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
er-style
description
Use when polishing the language and rhetoric of an 《经济研究》 manuscript — eliminating empty-significance phrases, fixing vague policy talk, replacing method-flexing with mechanism, and aligning tense / person / hedging with CSSCI house style. 本技能服务于《经济研究》(Economic Research Journal, ERJ)。

语言风格(er-style)

触发时机

  • 通读初稿后觉得"读起来像政策文件 / 工作汇报"
  • 一段里出现 ≥ 2 个"具有重要意义" / "为...提供新视角"
  • 政策建议读起来像"加强、完善、推进"三件套
  • 自检清单出现"经济含义未阐述"

对照表(黑名单 → 白名单)

问题类型黑名单(删/改)白名单(替换为)
空洞价值"具有重要的理论价值""为理解 X 提供了 Y 视角下的理论框架"
空洞意义"对 XX 具有重要的参考价值""本文结果意味着 XX 政策的传导渠道应纳入 YY"
泛泛建议"应加强监管 / 完善制度 / 推进改革""监管部门应在 X 环节建立 Y 制度,重点关注 Z 类企业"
方法炫耀"本文使用复杂的 DSGE 模型""本文构建 DSGE 模型,引入 X 摩擦以模拟 Y 情形"
贡献模糊"丰富了现有研究""首次利用交叠 DID 识别策略考察了 X 对 Y 的影响"
文献堆砌"(张三,2020;李四,2021;...)"按贡献分述:理论文献一段、实证文献一段、本文位置一段
表格无解读"表 3 报告了基准回归结果。""表 3 显示,X 上升 1 个标准差使 Y 提高 0.04 个标准差,约相当于均值的 X%"
公式无含义公式后直接进入下一段"式(3)右端第二项刻画了 X 的调整成本,当 Y > 0 时..."
套话型贡献"为 XX 提供新的视角""区别于 XXX(202X)使用的 OLS,本文..."

行文规范

时态
  • 描述本文方法/数据 → 现在时:本文使用 / 本文构建
  • 报告实证结果 → 过去时:研究发现 / 我们检验了
  • 解释结果的经济含义 → 现在时:这意味着 / 这一发现表明
人称
  • 避免"笔者""我们认为"出现在结论性段落
  • 可用:"本文发现 / 研究表明 / 结果显示"
  • 英文版避免 "We feel that..." / "It is believed that..."
谦逊与边界
  • 不要写"本文证明了"——经验研究只能说"本文提供了证据支持"
  • 不要把统计显著当作经济显著——同时报告经济量级

中文学术句法四则

  1. 长句拆分:一句话超过两行、含 ≥3 个"的"字嵌套,拆成两句——先给判断,再给条件。计量结果句尤其如此:"在控制 A、B、C 并考虑 D 的情形下 X 对 Y 的影响依然显著"应改为"基准结论稳健。控制 A、B、C 后,……"。
  2. 主语不悬空:删掉"通过对……的分析,发现……"这类无主语句,改为"本文分析……,发现……"。
  3. 数字与量级:正文报告系数时同时给参照系(相对均值 / 标准差的百分比);"约 X%"与"X 个百分点"严格区分,全篇一致。
  4. 夹注融入句子:著者-出版年夹注(作者,年份)应挂在观点后而非句首堆砌;一处夹注多于三篇文献时,考虑是否真的需要全部列出。

术语一致性

概念在首次出现处定义一次,此后全篇只用同一个名字。常见翻车点:

  • "全要素生产率 / TFP / 生产率"混用——首次写"全要素生产率(TFP)",此后统一用 TFP
  • 核心解释变量在引言叫"数字化转型"、模型节叫"数字化水平"、表格叫 Digital——三处必须收敛为一个中文名 + 一个变量名
  • "显著"只用于统计意义;经济上的"大 / 可观"不写作"显著"
微型对照(改写前 / 改写后)

❌ 改写前:"通过使用双重差分模型进行的实证检验可以发现,政策的实施对于企业的创新水平的提升具有显著的正向的促进作用。"

✅ 改写后:"双重差分估计显示,政策使企业专利申请量提高约 8%,相当于样本均值的四分之一。"

改写删掉了五个"的"、一个悬空主语和一处"显著促进"套话,并补上了经济量级。

一段一概括

每个段落第一句必须是概括句,后续句子是支撑。审稿人快速读完每段首句应能复原文章逻辑。

错误:

张三(2020)研究发现...。李四(2021)发现...。王五(2022)发现...。

正确:

既有研究就 X 对 Y 的影响达成了两种对立的判断(张三,2020;李四,2021)。一类研究认为...,另一类研究认为...。两种判断的分歧在于...。

行文自检清单

  • 每段首句是概括性陈述
  • 黑名单短语命中数 = 0
  • 政策建议指明了"谁应该做什么"
  • 表格后有经济含义解读,不仅报数字
  • 数学公式有文字阐述经济含义
  • 时态、人称在全文统一
  • 显著性与经济量级同时报告

反模式

  • 通篇"具有重要的 X 意义" —— 一次都不应出现
  • 政策建议用"加强、完善、推进、深化"四个动词撑满段落
  • 方法描述长于结果阐释
  • 引言里塞 5 个并列文献 [27,28,29,30,31] —— 拆开分述

配套与范例

10 类语病的"❌改写前 / ✅改写后"成对范例见 resources/worked-examples/12-style-before-after.md。

输出格式

【黑名单命中】X 处,分别在:[...]
【段首概括率】X / 总段数
【政策建议可操作性】高 / 中 / 低
【经济含义阐述】到位 / 缺失 [...]
【时态/人称一致性】一致 / 待统一
【下一步】er-submission

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Files

Just SKILL.md in Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-style of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Er Style

What does Er Style do?

A skill your agent uses when polishing the language and rhetoric of an 《经济研究》 manuscript — eliminating empty-significance phrases, fixing vague policy talk, replacing method-flexing with mechanism…. Er Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when polishing the language and rhetoric of an 《经济研究》 manuscript — eliminating empty-significance phrases, fixing vague policy talk, replacing method-flexing with mechanism, and aligning tense / person / hedging with CSSCI house style.

When should I use Er Style?

Er Style fits situations like: polishing the language and rhetoric of an 《经济研究》 manuscript — eliminating empty-significance phrases; fixing vague policy talk; replacing method-flexing with mechanism; aligning tense / person / hedging with CSSCI house style.

How do I install Er Style in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill er-style -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-style in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/er-style in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Er Style in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill er-style -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-style in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/er-style in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Er Style 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 er-style -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/er-style, .gemini/skills/er-style, .github/skills/er-style and .opencode/skills/er-style in your project.

What does Er Style need to run?

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

Does Er Style 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 Er Style 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 Er Style use?

Er Style 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 Er Style use?

About 774 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k 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 Er Style?

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.

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