Agent skill

Imfer Literature Positioning

by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills

A skill your agent uses when the contribution of an IMF Economic Review (IMFER) manuscript relative to the international-macro frontier and the sibling journals is unclear or undersold.

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Install Imfer Literature Positioning

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill imfer-literature-positioning -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills imfer-literature-positioning --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/IMF-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/imfer-literature-positioning .claude/skills/imfer-literature-positioning && 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
imfer-literature-positioning
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
899 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when the contribution of an IMF Economic Review (IMFER) manuscript relative to the international-macro frontier and the sibling journals is unclear or undersold.

  • Works in 5 steps: Write the delta sentence. "Relative to… → Name the frontier honestly. Cite the two… → Locate the policy frontier, not just the… → …
  • Tasks that involve Positioning and messaging
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, How IMFER weighs a contribution, The sibling map (know exactly… and Positioning craft, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Imfer Literature Positioning is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when the contribution of an IMF Economic Review (IMFER) manuscript relative to the international-macro frontier and the sibling journals is unclear or undersold. Stakes the claim against JIE/JIMF/JMCB and the IMF research stream; it does not select the topic (imfer-topic-selection) or design identification (imfer-identification).

Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k 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 Marketing & SEO, covering Positioning and messaging. 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

  • Tasks that involve Positioning and messaging

Example prompts

  • “/imfer-literature-positioning”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Write the delta sentence. "Relative to [closest paper], we show [X] using [data/design], which implies [policy object]." If you cannot…
  2. Name the frontier honestly. Cite the two or three closest papers — across IMFER, JIE, JIMF — and say exactly what each leaves open.
  3. Locate the policy frontier, not just the academic one. Connect to the live IMF-relevant debate (capital-flow management, debt…
  4. Choose one primary axis. A paper that claims to be new on four axes usually is new on none; lead with the strongest and let the others be…
  5. Pre-empt the "this is JIE/JIMF" reflex by foregrounding the policy-relevant delta that makes it IMFER.

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

Imfer Literature Positioning loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 91 tokens; SKILL.md has 899 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~91
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.8k

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). 899 words, ~1,808 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/imfer-literature-positioning/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
imfer-literature-positioning
description
Use when the contribution of an IMF Economic Review (IMFER) manuscript relative to the international-macro frontier and the sibling journals is unclear or undersold. Stakes the claim against JIE/JIMF/JMCB and the IMF research stream; it does not select the topic (imfer-topic-selection) or design identification (imfer-identification).

Literature Positioning (imfer-literature-positioning)

When to trigger

  • A referee or coauthor says "I am not sure what is new here relative to [JIE / JIMF paper]"
  • The paper cites broadly but never states the one-sentence delta over the closest prior work
  • You cannot tell whether the contribution is empirical (new fact), methodological, or policy-design
  • The framing reads like a JIE or JIMF paper and you must pull it toward IMFER's policy-relevant frontier
  • You need to place the paper in the IMF research stream (WEO/GFSR themes, ARC topics, prior IMFER issues) without name-dropping
  • A reviewer suspects the result restates a known global-financial-cycle / sudden-stop finding under a new label

How IMFER weighs a contribution

IMFER referees ask three things at once: Is the finding new at the frontier? Is the identification credible? Does it change how a policymaker should think about an international-macro problem? A paper that is new but policy-mute, or policy-relevant but already known, stalls. Position the contribution on the axis where it is strongest, and be explicit about the closest two or three papers — including the sibling-journal ones — so the referee never has to guess what you are adding.

Contribution typeWhat "new" means at IMFERThe trap to avoid
New stylized fact / measurementa cross-country regularity prior work missed (e.g., a new capital-flow or debt pattern)"we have newer data" with no new economics
New identification of a known relationshipcredibly causal where the literature was correlationalclaiming causality the design cannot deliver
New mechanism / channeldistinguishing a transmission channel rivals cannota channel the data cannot separate
New policy-design implicationa usable rule/threshold for a CFM, intervention, or DSAa "policy implication" paragraph bolted on at the end
New theory disciplined by dataan open-economy model that resolves a puzzlea model that merely re-labels the finding

The sibling map (know exactly where you sit)

IMFER is confused with several journals; positioning means knowing the boundary and stating it.

SiblingIts centerThe IMFER difference
Journal of International Economics (JIE)trade + international finance, frontier method, less policy framingIMFER foregrounds the policy-relevant implication and the institutional audience
J. of International Money & Finance (JIMF)broad open-economy money/finance, faster, less selectiveIMFER is more selective and more explicitly policy-flagship
J. of Money, Credit & Banking (JMCB)monetary economics, often closed-economyIMFER requires the international/open-economy margin
Economic PolicyEuropean-leaning policy economics, panel-discussedIMFER is the IMF's flagship with the ARC pipeline and a global-institution audience
AEJ: Macrogeneral macro, theory or quant, US-macro commonIMFER requires the international dimension and policy relevance

Positioning craft

  1. Write the delta sentence. "Relative to [closest paper], we show [X] using [data/design], which implies [policy object]." If you cannot, the contribution is not yet sharp.
  2. Name the frontier honestly. Cite the two or three closest papers — across IMFER, JIE, JIMF — and say exactly what each leaves open.
  3. Locate the policy frontier, not just the academic one. Connect to the live IMF-relevant debate (capital-flow management, debt restructuring, the global financial cycle) the finding speaks to.
  4. Choose one primary axis. A paper that claims to be new on four axes usually is new on none; lead with the strongest and let the others be secondary.
  5. Pre-empt the "this is JIE/JIMF" reflex by foregrounding the policy-relevant delta that makes it IMFER.
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Checklist

  • A single delta sentence states what is new relative to the closest prior paper
  • The two or three closest papers (incl. sibling-journal) are named with what each leaves open
  • The contribution is placed on one primary axis (fact / identification / mechanism / policy / theory)
  • The policy-relevant frontier (IMF-relevant debate) is connected, not just the academic one
  • The framing makes clear why this is IMFER and not JIE / JIMF / JMCB
  • No overclaiming beyond what the design and data support
  • Citations real and verifiable; no invented papers (see exemplars guardrail in resources)

Anti-patterns

  • A "literature review" that summarizes the field but never states the delta
  • Claiming novelty on data alone ("we use newer/wider coverage") with no new economics
  • A bolted-on final-paragraph "policy implications" that the analysis never earned
  • Hiding the closest competing paper to make the gap look larger
  • Positioning as a pure-trade or domestic-macro contribution, then submitting to IMFER
  • Citing the entire international-finance canon while never engaging the one paper that did almost exactly this

Worked vignette (illustrative)

A paper documents that EM sovereign spreads react more to US shocks after 2010. The weak positioning cites thirty global-financial-cycle papers and claims "we extend the literature." The IMFER positioning instead writes the delta: "Relative to [closest paper], which shows the global financial cycle moves EM spreads on average, we show the sensitivity itself rose with the post-GFC investor-base shift to bond funds, identified from EPFR flows — implying that a debt-management office should now hedge differently." One primary axis (a new conditioning fact), the closest paper named, the policy object explicit. The referee no longer has to reconstruct what is new.

Referee pushback mapped to the positioning fix

  • "How is this different from [JIMF/JIE paper]?" → State the delta sentence in the intro and a paragraph in the literature section naming exactly what that paper leaves open.
  • "This is just a new dataset on a known result." → Lead with the new economics (a new conditioning variable, mechanism, or policy object), not the data.
  • "The policy implications feel tacked on." → Connect the contribution to a live IMF-relevant debate from the start, so the implication is structural, not cosmetic.

Output format

text
【Journal】IMF Economic Review
【Skill】imfer-literature-positioning
【Delta sentence】relative to ___, we show ___ using ___, implying ___
【Primary axis】fact / identification / mechanism / policy-design / theory
【Closest papers】[paper → what it leaves open] ×2–3
【Policy frontier】the IMF-relevant debate this enters: ___
【Sibling guard】why IMFER not JIE/JIMF/JMCB: ___
【Verdict】pass / sharpen / reroute
【Next skill】imfer-identification

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Files

Just SKILL.md in IMF-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/imfer-literature-positioning of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Imfer Literature Positioning

What does Imfer Literature Positioning do?

A skill your agent uses when the contribution of an IMF Economic Review (IMFER) manuscript relative to the international-macro frontier and the sibling journals is unclear or undersold. Imfer Literature Positioning is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when the contribution of an IMF Economic Review (IMFER) manuscript relative to the international-macro frontier and the sibling journals is unclear or undersold.

When should I use Imfer Literature Positioning?

Imfer Literature Positioning fits situations like: tasks that involve Positioning and messaging.

How do I install Imfer Literature Positioning in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Imfer Literature Positioning in Codex?

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

Can I use Imfer Literature Positioning 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 imfer-literature-positioning -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/imfer-literature-positioning, .gemini/skills/imfer-literature-positioning, .github/skills/imfer-literature-positioning and .opencode/skills/imfer-literature-positioning in your project.

What does Imfer Literature Positioning need to run?

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

Does Imfer Literature Positioning 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 Imfer Literature Positioning 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 Imfer Literature Positioning use?

Imfer Literature Positioning 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 Imfer Literature Positioning use?

About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.2k 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 Imfer Literature Positioning?

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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