Agent skill

Jel Proposal And Commissioning

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

A skill your agent uses when pitching a survey to the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) editor before writing it — the ~10-page proposal route, the pre-proposal email, and understanding the…

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Install Jel Proposal And Commissioning

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jel-proposal-and-commissioning -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills jel-proposal-and-commissioning --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-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-proposal-and-commissioning .claude/skills/jel-proposal-and-commissioning && 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
jel-proposal-and-commissioning
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
626 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when pitching a survey to the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) editor before writing it — the ~10-page proposal route, the pre-proposal email, and understanding the…

  • Pitching a survey to the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) editor before writing it — the ~10-page proposal route
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, How JEL intake actually works…, Anatomy of a winning ~10-page… and Checklist, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • The pre-proposal email

What it does

Jel Proposal And Commissioning is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when pitching a survey to the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) editor before writing it — the ~10-page proposal route, the pre-proposal email, and understanding the commissioning process. Builds the proposal; it does not write the survey or run the AEA portal preflight (jel-submission).

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 Sales & Support, covering Proposals and quotes. 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

  • Pitching a survey to the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) editor before writing it — the ~10-page proposal route
  • The pre-proposal email
  • Understanding the commissioning process

Example prompts

  • “/jel-proposal-and-commissioning”

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 Proposal And Commissioning loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 82 tokens; SKILL.md has 626 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~82
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). 626 words, ~1,322 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/jel-proposal-and-commissioning/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
jel-proposal-and-commissioning
description
Use when pitching a survey to the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) editor before writing it — the ~10-page proposal route, the pre-proposal email, and understanding the commissioning process. Builds the proposal; it does not write the survey or run the AEA portal preflight (jel-submission).

Proposal & Commissioning (jel-proposal-and-commissioning)

When to trigger

  • The topic passed jel-topic-selection and you are ready to approach JEL
  • You want to know whether to email the editor first, and what a proposal contains
  • You are unsure whether JEL is invitation-only (it is not exclusively — proposals and full papers are also considered)
  • You are weighing the proposal route vs. submitting a full draft

How JEL intake actually works (检索于 2026-06;以官网为准)

JEL articles are frequently commissioned/invited, but the journal also considers unsolicited proposals and full papers. The official guidance (AEA JEL submission page, accessed 2026-06) describes a proposal-first route:

  • Pre-proposal email (optional but efficient). Authors who are unsure of fit may email the editor to ask about potential interest before formally submitting. Use this to test scope and avoid wasted effort. (Editor contact and address are volatile — confirm on the AEA JEL page; the listed editorial email as of 2026-06 was d.romer@aeapubs.org, 以官网为准.)
  • The proposal. A sketch of roughly ten pages (not counting references) describing (a) the contents of the proposed article, (b) why the topic is of interest to readers, and (c) the main references to be covered.
  • Full-paper alternative. Beginning with a proposal is "more efficient," but the journal will also consider a full paper; the submission mechanics are the same.
  • Decision. Editor (and referees, where used) appraise the proposal for scope, importance, and the author's command of the literature, then decide whether to invite/encourage a full draft. Re-confirm timeline and exact process on the official page.

The proposal route is the leverage point: a strong ~10-page sketch can secure encouragement before you sink months into reading and drafting. Treat it as the single most consequential document in the JEL lifecycle.

Commissioning vs. proposing: some JEL surveys begin when an editor invites an author to cover a field. You cannot manufacture an invitation, but a sharp pre-proposal email that demonstrates command of a synthesis-worthy area is the closest controllable substitute — it puts your name in front of the editor as the person who could write that survey.

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Anatomy of a winning ~10-page proposal

SectionWhat it must doLength guide
The field & animating questionState the literature and the question about it (from jel-topic-selection)~1 page
Why a synthesis is needed nowNew evidence / method shift / policy salience; the reader's payoff~1 page
The organizing frameworkThe spine — the taxonomy or analytical structure you will impose, not a chapter list~2–3 pages
Coverage planThe research lines and the main references you will weigh (breadth evidence)~2 pages
What the survey will concludeYour provisional read of the state of knowledge + the open questions~1–2 pages
Your standing & balanceWhy you can survey this fairly (and how you will handle your own work even-handedly)~0.5 page

Checklist

  • Considered a pre-proposal email to the editor to test fit (confirm address on the AEA page)
  • Proposal is ~10 pages excluding references
  • States the contents, why readers will care, and the main references to be covered (the three required elements)
  • Leads with an organizing framework, not a table of contents
  • Demonstrates command of the literature (the reference list signals breadth)
  • Names the provisional conclusions and the open questions (so the editor sees a payoff, not just coverage)
  • Addresses balance, especially if you are a contributor to the field
  • Confirmed current process/editor/contact on the official AEA JEL page (volatile)

Anti-patterns

  • Submitting a 40-page draft cold when a 10-page proposal would have de-risked the project
  • A proposal that is a topic outline ("Section 3 will discuss X") with no analytical spine
  • A reference list that is a literature dump rather than evidence of a curated, weighable corpus
  • Promising "comprehensive coverage" with no statement of what the survey will conclude
  • Asserting editor names/contacts/process from memory instead of the live AEA page

Output format

【Field & question】<one sentence>
【Why now】<new evidence / method shift / policy salience>
【Proposed spine】<the organizing framework in 2–3 sentences>
【Coverage plan】<research lines + key references signalling breadth>
【Provisional conclusions + open questions】<what the survey will argue>
【Route】pre-proposal email? Y/N · proposal (~10pp) / full paper
【Balance note】<how author's own work is handled>
【Open verifications】editor / contact / process re-confirmed on AEA JEL page? Y/N
【Next step】→ jel-literature-synthesis (begin systematic reading) after encouragement

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Files

Just SKILL.md in Journal-of-Economic-Literature-Skills/skills/jel-proposal-and-commissioning of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Jel Proposal And Commissioning

What does Jel Proposal And Commissioning do?

A skill your agent uses when pitching a survey to the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) editor before writing it — the ~10-page proposal route, the pre-proposal email, and understanding the…. Jel Proposal And Commissioning is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when pitching a survey to the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) editor before writing it — the ~10-page proposal route, the pre-proposal email, and understanding the commissioning process.

When should I use Jel Proposal And Commissioning?

Jel Proposal And Commissioning fits situations like: pitching a survey to the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) editor before writing it — the ~10-page proposal route; the pre-proposal email; understanding the commissioning process.

How do I install Jel Proposal And Commissioning in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Jel Proposal And Commissioning in Codex?

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

Can I use Jel Proposal And Commissioning 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-proposal-and-commissioning -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-proposal-and-commissioning, .gemini/skills/jel-proposal-and-commissioning, .github/skills/jel-proposal-and-commissioning and .opencode/skills/jel-proposal-and-commissioning in your project.

What does Jel Proposal And Commissioning need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Jel Proposal And Commissioning is instructions for the agent only.

Does Jel Proposal And Commissioning 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 Proposal And Commissioning 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 Proposal And Commissioning use?

Jel Proposal And Commissioning 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 Proposal And Commissioning use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.3k 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 Jel Proposal And Commissioning?

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.