Hypothesis Generation
spacering-net/codeg
Structured hypothesis formulation from observations. An agent skill from spacering-net/codeg.
A skill your agent uses when building the theoretical argument of a European Sociological Review (ESR) manuscript into a portable mechanism with testable hypotheses — typically a macro–micro…
Install Eursr Theory Building
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill eursr-theory-building -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills eursr-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/European-Sociological-Review-Skills/skills/eursr-theory-building .claude/skills/eursr-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 "eursr-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/European-Sociological-Review-Skills/skills/eursr-theory-building into .claude/skills/eursr-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "eursr-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/European-Sociological-Review-Skills/skills/eursr-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 eursr-theory-building -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills eursr-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/European-Sociological-Review-Skills/skills/eursr-theory-building .agents/skills/eursr-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 "eursr-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/European-Sociological-Review-Skills/skills/eursr-theory-building into .agents/skills/eursr-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "eursr-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 eursr-theory-building -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills eursr-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/European-Sociological-Review-Skills/skills/eursr-theory-building .cursor/skills/eursr-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 "eursr-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/European-Sociological-Review-Skills/skills/eursr-theory-building into .cursor/skills/eursr-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "eursr-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 European-Sociological-Review-Skills/skills/eursr-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 eursr-theory-building -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills eursr-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/European-Sociological-Review-Skills/skills/eursr-theory-building .gemini/skills/eursr-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 "eursr-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/European-Sociological-Review-Skills/skills/eursr-theory-building into .gemini/skills/eursr-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "eursr-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 eursr-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 eursr-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/European-Sociological-Review-Skills/skills/eursr-theory-building .github/skills/eursr-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 "eursr-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/European-Sociological-Review-Skills/skills/eursr-theory-building into .github/skills/eursr-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "eursr-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 eursr-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 eursr-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/European-Sociological-Review-Skills/skills/eursr-theory-building .opencode/skills/eursr-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 "eursr-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/European-Sociological-Review-Skills/skills/eursr-theory-building into .opencode/skills/eursr-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "eursr-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
eursr-theory-building- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.6k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 605 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 of a European Sociological Review (ESR) manuscript into a portable mechanism with testable hypotheses — typically a macro–micro…
- Works in 4 steps: Concept. Define the key construct (the… → Mechanism. The social process generating… → Hypotheses. Derive directional, testable… → …
- Longitudinal quantitative work
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Build the argument, The macro–micro template… and The "portability" test…, plus 7 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Eursr Theory Building is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when building the theoretical argument of a European Sociological Review (ESR) manuscript into a portable mechanism with testable hypotheses — typically a macro–micro (institution → individual outcome) account suited to comparative or longitudinal quantitative work. ESR rewards a mechanism that travels over a coefficient bound to one country or wave. Structures the argument; it does not run analyses.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k 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. 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
- Longitudinal quantitative work
Example prompts
- “/eursr-theory-building”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Concept. Define the key construct (the form of inequality, mobility, integration, the attitude)
- Mechanism. The social process generating the pattern — who acts, why, under what structural or
- Hypotheses. Derive directional, testable predictions before the analysis — including
- Scope conditions. The contexts, populations, periods, and institutional regimes where the
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
Eursr Theory Building loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 107 tokens; SKILL.md has 605 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). 605 words, ~1,616 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/eursr-theory-building/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- eursr-theory-building
- description
- Use when building the theoretical argument of a European Sociological Review (ESR) manuscript into a portable mechanism with testable hypotheses — typically a macro–micro (institution → individual outcome) account suited to comparative or longitudinal quantitative work. ESR rewards a mechanism that travels over a coefficient bound to one country or wave. Structures the argument; it does not run analyses.
Theory & Argument Building (eursr-theory-building)
At ESR a finding becomes a contribution when it is attached to an explicit mechanism that other sociologists can use and stated as testable hypotheses the design can adjudicate. ESR's house form is often a macro–micro argument: how an institutional or contextual feature shapes an individual-level social process. This skill turns data into theory.
When to trigger
- The models are strong but the "so what / why" is thin
- A reviewer said the paper is "atheoretical," "variable-driven," or "hypotheses tacked on"
- You need to state the mechanism, the hypotheses, and the scope conditions
- Reconciling a cross-national pattern with an individual-level explanation
Build the argument
- Concept. Define the key construct (the form of inequality, mobility, integration, the attitude) and distinguish it from neighbors; say how it is measured in principle.
- Mechanism. The social process generating the pattern — who acts, why, under what structural or institutional conditions. Make the macro–micro link explicit (how context C changes the individual calculus or constraint).
- Hypotheses. Derive directional, testable predictions before the analysis — including cross-level interactions (does the country/context feature moderate the individual effect?).
- Scope conditions. The contexts, populations, periods, and institutional regimes where the argument holds — essential for a comparative claim.
The macro–micro template (ESR-specific)
State the argument as a chain a reviewer can test:
Context feature (macro) → changes individual constraint/incentive (micro) → observable outcome
e.g., earlier tracking → earlier high-stakes choice under uncertainty → larger secondary
for lower-SES families (choice-based) SES gapThe cross-level interaction (macro × micro) is usually the hypothesis that carries an ESR paper — it is what cross-national or panel data can identify and a single cross-section cannot.
The "portability" test (ESR-specific)
Ask: Could a sociologist studying a different institution or country import this mechanism? If yes,
you have a contribution. If it only works for your wave or country, generalize the logic or reframe
(back to eursr-topic-selection).
What "theoretical contribution" means to an ESR referee
ESR referees grade portability and the macro–micro logic, not local cleverness or model fit alone.
| Referee judgment | A passing argument shows | A failing argument shows |
|---|---|---|
| "Atheoretical / variable-driven" | a named mechanism + derived hypotheses | a list of significant predictors |
| "Hypotheses tacked on" | predictions stated before the analysis | hypotheses that restate the results |
| "Why does context matter?" | an explicit macro–micro / cross-level link | a country dummy with no mechanism |
| "Where does it stop?" | scope conditions across regimes | an unbounded claim |
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Worked micro-example (illustrative)
A panel study of unemployment scarring is built from data to a portable claim.
Concept: scarring = a lasting wage/employment penalty from a past unemployment spell, net of selection
Mechanism (macro–micro): generous, activating welfare regimes shorten spells and signal less, so the
individual scar is smaller where re-employment support is strong
Hypothesis (cross-level): the scarring penalty (micro) is weaker in high-activation regimes (macro)
→ a macro × micro interaction the comparative panel can test
Scope conditions: prime-age workers; regimes with active labor-market policy; pre-/post-crisis
Portability: a scholar of any state-buffered risk (illness, divorce) can import the buffering logicThe data yield a mechanism and a cross-level prediction another comparative subfield can use — the move ESR rewards.
Referee pushback → ESR-specific fix
- "This is a regression with a story attached." → Derive the hypotheses from the mechanism before the models; show the predictions are not just the estimates restated.
- "The country variable does no theoretical work." → Replace the dummy with a measured institutional feature and a cross-level interaction the data can identify.
- "Where does the argument hold?" → Add explicit scope conditions across regimes and periods.
Calibration anchors
- The cross-level interaction is usually the contribution. ESR's comparative/longitudinal leverage exists to test how context moderates an individual process — make that the headline hypothesis.
- Theory before tests. State the mechanism and derive hypotheses first; theorizing after the results reads as HARKing to expert referees.
- State the claim plainly with bounded scope. A mechanism a comparative sociologist can restate in a sentence, with explicit scope conditions, outperforms one buried under model output.
Anti-patterns
- A finding with no mechanism ("X predicts Y" and stop)
- Hypotheses that merely restate the coefficients (HARKing)
- A country/context dummy standing in for a theorized institutional feature
- Grand claims with no scope conditions
- Burying the argument under tables — the contribution must be stated plainly
Output format
【Core claim】one sentence
【Mechanism】the macro–micro / causal logic
【Key concept(s)】defined and distinguished
【Hypotheses】directional predictions incl. the cross-level interaction → research-design
【Scope conditions】regimes / periods / populations where it holds
【Portability】who else can use this argument
【Next】eursr-research-designSupplementary resources
../../resources/external_tools.md— multilevel / SEM / panel tooling across methods../../resources/official-source-map.md— ESR scope and contribution expectations
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Files
Just SKILL.md in European-Sociological-Review-Skills/skills/eursr-theory-building of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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What does Eursr Theory Building do?
A skill your agent uses when building the theoretical argument of a European Sociological Review (ESR) manuscript into a portable mechanism with testable hypotheses — typically a macro–micro…. Eursr Theory Building is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when building the theoretical argument of a European Sociological Review (ESR) manuscript into a portable mechanism with testable hypotheses — typically a macro–micro (institution → individual outcome) account suited to comparative or longitudinal quantitative work.
When should I use Eursr Theory Building?
Eursr Theory Building fits situations like: longitudinal quantitative work.
How do I install Eursr Theory Building in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill eursr-theory-building -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (European-Sociological-Review-Skills/skills/eursr-theory-building in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/eursr-theory-building in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Eursr Theory Building in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill eursr-theory-building -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (European-Sociological-Review-Skills/skills/eursr-theory-building in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/eursr-theory-building in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Eursr 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 eursr-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/eursr-theory-building, .gemini/skills/eursr-theory-building, .github/skills/eursr-theory-building and .opencode/skills/eursr-theory-building in your project.
What does Eursr Theory Building need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Eursr Theory Building is instructions for the agent only.
Does Eursr 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 Eursr 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 Eursr Theory Building use?
Eursr 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 Eursr Theory Building use?
About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.5k 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 Eursr 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.