A skill your agent uses when polishing Journal of Banking & Finance prose, structure, abstracts, introductions, variable definitions, result paragraphs, and Elsevier numbered-reference readiness for…

MITAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Jbf Writing Style

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills jbf-writing-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/Journal-of-Banking-and-Finance-Skills/skills/jbf-writing-style .claude/skills/jbf-writing-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
jbf-writing-style
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
502 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when polishing Journal of Banking & Finance prose, structure, abstracts, introductions, variable definitions, result paragraphs, and Elsevier numbered-reference readiness for…

  • Polishing Journal of Banking & Finance prose
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Style principles, Results paragraph pattern and Elsevier/JBF submission style…, plus 8 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Variable definitions

What it does

Jbf Writing Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when polishing Journal of Banking & Finance prose, structure, abstracts, introductions, variable definitions, result paragraphs, and Elsevier numbered-reference readiness for a concise finance-journal manuscript.

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 Writing & Content, covering Brand voice and tone and Banking and insurance. 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 Journal of Banking & Finance prose
  • Variable definitions
  • Result paragraphs
  • Elsevier numbered-reference readiness for a concise finance-journal manuscript

Example prompts

  • “/jbf-writing-style”

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

Jbf Writing Style loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 59 tokens; SKILL.md has 502 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~59
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k

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

The full file from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 502 words, ~1,281 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/jbf-writing-style/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
jbf-writing-style
description
Use when polishing Journal of Banking & Finance prose, structure, abstracts, introductions, variable definitions, result paragraphs, and Elsevier numbered-reference readiness for a concise finance-journal manuscript.

Writing Style (jbf-writing-style)

When to trigger

  • The manuscript is technically complete but reads slowly
  • Results paragraphs describe coefficients without interpretation
  • References, keywords, highlights, or declarations need Elsevier/JBF polish

Style principles

  • Lead with the finance question before the method.
  • State the design plainly: what variation, what unit, what controls, and why it is credible.
  • Translate coefficients into economics: basis points, assets, loan spreads, capital ratios, abnormal returns, default probabilities.
  • Use active, compact prose. Avoid "it is worth noting" and long literature throat-clearing.
  • Keep claims bounded to the design and sample.

Results paragraph pattern

text
Table X tests [claim]. Column (Y) includes [fixed effects/controls] and clusters
standard errors by [level]. A one-standard-deviation increase in [treatment] is
associated with [magnitude] change in [outcome], equal to [economic benchmark].
The estimate is robust to [key check], supporting [mechanism].

Elsevier/JBF submission style notes

  • First submission has no strict reference-format requirement if references are complete and consistent; prepare for JBF's proof-stage numbered Elsevier reference style.
  • Prepare 1-7 English keywords; keep JEL codes as useful finance metadata rather than a verified hard requirement.
  • Highlights are encouraged; make them 3-5 result-forward bullets, each no more than 85 characters.
  • Declare generative-AI use when applicable.
  • Keep anonymization intact under double-anonymized review.

Common fixes

  • Replace "significant" with the effect size and confidence interval.
  • Move dataset details from the introduction into data/methods unless they create the contribution.
  • Give every acronym on first use.
  • Put limitations before the referee finds them.

Abstract calibration for JBF

A JBF-ready abstract typically runs four to six sentences: question, setting and data, design, headline magnitude in finance units, and one bounded implication. The current Guide caps the abstract at 250 words.

text
[Question] Does X friction change Y bank/market outcome?
[Setting] data + period + unit (e.g., bank-quarter Call Reports, 2005-2019)
[Design] the variation in one clause (staggered adoption / threshold / exposure)
[Result] magnitude with units (basis points, pp of assets, capital-ratio points)
[Implication] one sentence, inside the identified margin

Worked rewrite (illustrative)

Before: "The coefficient on the regulation dummy is negative and significant at the 1% level, confirming our hypothesis."

After: "Following adoption, treated banks cut commercial lending by 0.9 percentage points of assets (illustrative), about one quarter of average pre-period loan growth, consistent with a liquidity-hoarding channel and concentrated among banks below the median deposit franchise."

The rewrite names the unit, the benchmark, the mechanism, and the heterogeneity in one sentence — the cadence JBF results sections reward.

Show full SKILL.md (191 more words)Show less

Banking terminology hygiene

  • Distinguish CET1, Tier 1, and total capital ratios; never write "capital ratio" alone where the Basel definition matters.
  • Define the NPL ratio (nonperforming loans over gross loans) and the delinquency threshold used.
  • State whether the Z-score uses rolling or full-sample volatility, with the construction in the variable appendix.
  • Report spreads in basis points and balance-sheet effects in percentage points of assets; never mix the two in one paragraph without labels.

Introduction pacing for JBF

  • Page 1: question, setting, design, and the headline magnitude in finance units.
  • Page 2: mechanism evidence and the two or three literature deltas.
  • Keep any roadmap paragraph to three sentences or fewer; JBF readers skip longer ones.

Prose pushbacks JBF referees make

  • "I cannot tell which results are causal." → label each claim causal, predictive, or descriptive in the text itself.
  • "The policy section reads like advocacy." → tie every recommendation to an estimated margin and its boundary.
  • "Variable definitions are scattered." → consolidate into one appendix table and reference it from every exhibit.

Finance-result sentence

Use this pattern for every headline result:

text
In [sample/design], [shock or treatment] changes [finance outcome] by [magnitude in finance units],
relative to [benchmark], consistent with [mechanism] and bounded by [main limitation].

This prevents significance-only prose and forces the mechanism into the result paragraph.

Output format

text
[Section] abstract / introduction / data / results / conclusion
[Main edit] ...
[Magnitude wording] ...
[Claim boundary] ...
[Submission polish] keywords / optional JEL / highlights / declarations
[Next step] jbf-submission

© 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 Journal-of-Banking-and-Finance-Skills/skills/jbf-writing-style of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Jbf Writing Style

What does Jbf Writing Style do?

A skill your agent uses when polishing Journal of Banking & Finance prose, structure, abstracts, introductions, variable definitions, result paragraphs, and Elsevier numbered-reference readiness for…. Jbf Writing Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when polishing Journal of Banking & Finance prose, structure, abstracts, introductions, variable definitions, result paragraphs, and Elsevier numbered-reference readiness for a concise finance-journal manuscript.

When should I use Jbf Writing Style?

Jbf Writing Style fits situations like: polishing Journal of Banking & Finance prose; variable definitions; result paragraphs; elsevier numbered-reference readiness for a concise finance-journal manuscript.

How do I install Jbf Writing Style in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Jbf Writing Style in Codex?

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

Can I use Jbf Writing 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 jbf-writing-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/jbf-writing-style, .gemini/skills/jbf-writing-style, .github/skills/jbf-writing-style and .opencode/skills/jbf-writing-style in your project.

What does Jbf Writing Style need to run?

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

Does Jbf Writing 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 Jbf Writing 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 Jbf Writing Style use?

Jbf Writing 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 Jbf Writing Style use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.1k 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 Jbf Writing Style?

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Who maintains Jbf Writing 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.

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.