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Agent skill
Jel Literature Synthesis
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills
A skill your agent uses when systematically gathering, reading, and synthesizing a large body of economic research for a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) survey — coverage discipline and…
Install Jel Literature Synthesis
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jel-literature-synthesis -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills jel-literature-synthesis --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/Journal-of-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-literature-synthesis .claude/skills/jel-literature-synthesis && 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 "jel-literature-synthesis" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Journal-of-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-literature-synthesis into .claude/skills/jel-literature-synthesis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "jel-literature-synthesis", 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/Journal-of-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-literature-synthesisType 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 jel-literature-synthesis -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills jel-literature-synthesis --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/Journal-of-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-literature-synthesis .agents/skills/jel-literature-synthesis && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "jel-literature-synthesis" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Journal-of-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-literature-synthesis into .agents/skills/jel-literature-synthesis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "jel-literature-synthesis", 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 jel-literature-synthesis -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills jel-literature-synthesis --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/Journal-of-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-literature-synthesis .cursor/skills/jel-literature-synthesis && 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 "jel-literature-synthesis" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Journal-of-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-literature-synthesis into .cursor/skills/jel-literature-synthesis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "jel-literature-synthesis", 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 Journal-of-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-literature-synthesis--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 jel-literature-synthesis -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills jel-literature-synthesis --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/Journal-of-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-literature-synthesis .gemini/skills/jel-literature-synthesis && 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 "jel-literature-synthesis" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Journal-of-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-literature-synthesis into .gemini/skills/jel-literature-synthesis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "jel-literature-synthesis", 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 jel-literature-synthesisInstalls 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 jel-literature-synthesis -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/Journal-of-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-literature-synthesis .github/skills/jel-literature-synthesis && 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 "jel-literature-synthesis" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Journal-of-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-literature-synthesis into .github/skills/jel-literature-synthesis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "jel-literature-synthesis", 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 jel-literature-synthesis -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 jel-literature-synthesis --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/Journal-of-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-literature-synthesis .opencode/skills/jel-literature-synthesis && 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 "jel-literature-synthesis" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Journal-of-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-literature-synthesis into .opencode/skills/jel-literature-synthesis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "jel-literature-synthesis", 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
jel-literature-synthesis- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 480 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when systematically gathering, reading, and synthesizing a large body of economic research for a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) survey — coverage discipline and…
- Works in 5 steps: Seed set. Start from the proposal's key… → Forward + backward snowball. Backward:… → Keyword + JEL-code sweep. Search EconLit… → …
- Systematically gathering
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Coverage discipline: read the…, From reading to synthesis (not… and Checklist, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Jel Literature Synthesis is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when systematically gathering, reading, and synthesizing a large body of economic research for a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) survey — coverage discipline and avoiding citation gaps. Builds the evidence corpus and synthesis notes; it does not impose the analytical spine (jel-organizing-framework) or write prose.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k 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
- Systematically gathering
- Tasks that involve Citation management
Example prompts
- “/jel-literature-synthesis”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Seed set. Start from the proposal's key references and the field's canonical pieces.
- Forward + backward snowball. Backward: every paper's reference list. Forward: who cites the seeds (Google Scholar / Scopus citation…
- Keyword + JEL-code sweep. Search EconLit / RePEc / NBER / SSRN by topic keywords and by the relevant JEL classification codes (see…
- Working papers + adjacent fields. A current survey must include recent working papers (the frontier) and the bordering literatures the…
- Saturation log. Record when each search stops yielding new must-cite work — this is your evidence of comprehensiveness for…
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
Jel Literature Synthesis loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 88 tokens; SKILL.md has 480 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). 480 words, ~1,147 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/jel-literature-synthesis/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- jel-literature-synthesis
- description
- Use when systematically gathering, reading, and synthesizing a large body of economic research for a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) survey — coverage discipline and avoiding citation gaps. Builds the evidence corpus and synthesis notes; it does not impose the analytical spine (jel-organizing-framework) or write prose.
Literature Synthesis (jel-literature-synthesis)
When to trigger
- The proposal was encouraged and it is time to read the field thoroughly
- Reading feels unsystematic; you fear missing important contributions
- You have many papers but no way to weigh, compare, or reconcile their findings
- A referee at JEL is likely to ask "why did you omit X / the Y literature?"
Coverage discipline: read the field, not a convenience sample
A JEL survey's credibility rests on the reader's belief that you read everything that matters. Build coverage systematically rather than from memory:
- Seed set. Start from the proposal's key references and the field's canonical pieces.
- Forward + backward snowball. Backward: every paper's reference list. Forward: who cites the seeds (Google Scholar / Scopus citation counts). Iterate until new searches stop turning up unseen important work (saturation).
- Keyword + JEL-code sweep. Search EconLit / RePEc / NBER / SSRN by topic keywords and by the relevant JEL classification codes (see
jel-classification-system) to catch work indexed under adjacent labels. - Working papers + adjacent fields. A current survey must include recent working papers (the frontier) and the bordering literatures the field draws on, or referees will flag staleness and siloing.
- Saturation log. Record when each search stops yielding new must-cite work — this is your evidence of comprehensiveness for
jel-comprehensiveness-and-balance.
From reading to synthesis (not summary)
Summarizing is restating each paper; synthesizing is making the papers talk to each other. Maintain an evidence matrix as you read:
| Column | What to capture |
|---|---|
| Study | author–year, the result you will cite it for |
| Question/estimand | exactly what it measures (so non-comparable studies are not pooled) |
| Method/data | design and sample (so you can weight credibility) |
| Finding | direction + magnitude (for who-found-what tables) |
| Quality/credibility | identification strength, sample, robustness — your appraisal, since JEL does not run new estimates |
| Tension | which other studies it agrees/conflicts with, and why |
This matrix is the raw material for the organizing framework, the summary tables, and the even-handed treatment of controversies. Crucially, you appraise primary studies (you are the field's referee-of-record); you do not re-estimate them.
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Checklist
- Seed set drawn from canonical pieces + proposal references
- Forward and backward snowball iterated to saturation
- EconLit / RePEc / NBER / SSRN swept by keyword and JEL code
- Recent working papers and adjacent literatures included (no staleness, no silo)
- Saturation log records where searches stopped yielding new must-cites
- Evidence matrix captures estimand + method + finding + your credibility appraisal + tensions
- Non-comparable studies are flagged as such (not pooled into a false consensus)
- No major author/school whose omission a referee could name
Anti-patterns
- Citing from memory or from a personal reading list (predictable coverage gaps)
- Summarizing paper-by-paper instead of synthesizing across papers
- Pooling studies that estimate different objects into one "the literature finds…" claim
- Ignoring working papers (looks stale) or ignoring adjacent fields (looks siloed)
- Re-running or "correcting" primary studies — a JEL survey appraises, it does not re-estimate
- Leaning on review databases without the JEL-code sweep that catches adjacently-indexed work
Output format
【Seed set】<canonical + proposal references>
【Snowball status】backward/forward iterated to saturation? Y/N
【Databases swept】EconLit / RePEc / NBER / SSRN — by keyword + JEL code? Y/N
【Frontier + adjacency】recent WPs and bordering literatures included? Y/N
【Saturation evidence】<where searches stopped yielding new must-cites>
【Evidence matrix】rows ready with estimand / method / finding / appraisal / tension? Y/N
【Coverage risks】<any author/school an omission referee could name>
【Next step】→ jel-organizing-framework (impose the analytical spine on the matrix)© 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-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-literature-synthesis of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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Questions about Jel Literature Synthesis
What does Jel Literature Synthesis do?
A skill your agent uses when systematically gathering, reading, and synthesizing a large body of economic research for a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) survey — coverage discipline and…. Jel Literature Synthesis is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when systematically gathering, reading, and synthesizing a large body of economic research for a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) survey — coverage discipline and avoiding citation gaps.
When should I use Jel Literature Synthesis?
Jel Literature Synthesis fits situations like: systematically gathering; tasks that involve Citation management.
How do I install Jel Literature Synthesis in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jel-literature-synthesis -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Journal-of-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-literature-synthesis in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/jel-literature-synthesis in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Jel Literature Synthesis in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jel-literature-synthesis -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Journal-of-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-literature-synthesis in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/jel-literature-synthesis in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Jel Literature Synthesis 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 jel-literature-synthesis -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/jel-literature-synthesis, .gemini/skills/jel-literature-synthesis, .github/skills/jel-literature-synthesis and .opencode/skills/jel-literature-synthesis in your project.
What does Jel Literature Synthesis need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Jel Literature Synthesis is instructions for the agent only.
Does Jel Literature Synthesis 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 Jel Literature Synthesis 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 Jel Literature Synthesis use?
Jel Literature Synthesis 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 Jel Literature Synthesis use?
About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.6k 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 Jel Literature Synthesis?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Jel Literature Synthesis: Content Research Writer (weapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss, 1.9k stars), Systematic Review Screener (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars), Networkx (zLanqing/codex-claude-academic-skills, 4.7k stars) and Literature Review (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Jel Literature Synthesis?
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.