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Jep Balance And Objectivity
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills
A skill your agent uses when a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article must treat competing views and policy debates fairly — synthesis, not advocacy — and acknowledge uncertainty honestly.
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Install Jep Balance And Objectivity
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jep-balance-and-objectivity -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills jep-balance-and-objectivity --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-Perspectives-Skills/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity .claude/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity && 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 "jep-balance-and-objectivity" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Journal-of-Economic-Perspectives-Skills/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity into .claude/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "jep-balance-and-objectivity", 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-Perspectives-Skills/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivityType 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 jep-balance-and-objectivity -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills jep-balance-and-objectivity --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-Perspectives-Skills/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity .agents/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "jep-balance-and-objectivity" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Journal-of-Economic-Perspectives-Skills/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity into .agents/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "jep-balance-and-objectivity", 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 jep-balance-and-objectivity -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills jep-balance-and-objectivity --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-Perspectives-Skills/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity .cursor/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity && 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 "jep-balance-and-objectivity" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Journal-of-Economic-Perspectives-Skills/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity into .cursor/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "jep-balance-and-objectivity", 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-Perspectives-Skills/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity--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 jep-balance-and-objectivity -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills jep-balance-and-objectivity --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-Perspectives-Skills/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity .gemini/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity && 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 "jep-balance-and-objectivity" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Journal-of-Economic-Perspectives-Skills/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity into .gemini/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "jep-balance-and-objectivity", 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 jep-balance-and-objectivityInstalls 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 jep-balance-and-objectivity -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-Perspectives-Skills/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity .github/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity && 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 "jep-balance-and-objectivity" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Journal-of-Economic-Perspectives-Skills/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity into .github/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "jep-balance-and-objectivity", 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 jep-balance-and-objectivity -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 jep-balance-and-objectivity --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-Perspectives-Skills/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity .opencode/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity && 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 "jep-balance-and-objectivity" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Journal-of-Economic-Perspectives-Skills/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity into .opencode/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "jep-balance-and-objectivity", 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
jep-balance-and-objectivity- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 592 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article must treat competing views and policy debates fairly — synthesis, not advocacy — and acknowledge uncertainty honestly.
- A Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article must treat competing views and policy debates fairly — synthesis
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, The JEP objectivity bar, Balancing moves and The advocacy red flags (and…, plus 4 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Not advocacy — and acknowledge uncertainty honestly
What it does
Jep Balance And Objectivity is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article must treat competing views and policy debates fairly — synthesis, not advocacy — and acknowledge uncertainty honestly. Audits balance and tone; defer evidence presentation to jep-evidence-without-equations and structure to jep-narrative-arc.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
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
- A Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article must treat competing views and policy debates fairly — synthesis
- Not advocacy — and acknowledge uncertainty honestly
Example prompts
- “/jep-balance-and-objectivity”
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
Jep Balance And Objectivity loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 82 tokens; SKILL.md has 592 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). 592 words, ~1,194 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- jep-balance-and-objectivity
- description
- Use when a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article must treat competing views and policy debates fairly — synthesis, not advocacy — and acknowledge uncertainty honestly. Audits balance and tone; defer evidence presentation to jep-evidence-without-equations and structure to jep-narrative-arc.
Balance & Objectivity (jep-balance-and-objectivity)
When to trigger
- The draft argues for one side of a live debate and slights the other
- It reads as a policy advocacy piece or an op-ed, not a synthesis
- Uncertainty and dissenting evidence are downplayed to sharpen the conclusion
- The author has skin in the game (their own theory/result is the "right" answer)
The JEP objectivity bar
JEP is rigorous synthesis by economists for economists, not advocacy. A JEP article must give a fair account of competing views, weigh the evidence rather than the author's preferences, and be honest about what is uncertain or unknown. The reader should trust that they are getting the state of the debate, not a brief for one position. This is the line that separates JEP from a well-written op-ed.
Balancing moves
- Steelman the other side. State the strongest version of competing views and the best evidence for them — not a strawman that's easy to knock down.
- Weigh evidence, not advocates. Let the weight and consistency of studies drive the verdict (mirrors
jep-evidence-without-equations), and say plainly where the evidence is mixed. - Separate positive from normative. Distinguish "what the evidence shows" from "what policy should do." Where you offer a policy view, label it as a judgment, give the trade-offs, and note reasonable people who'd disagree.
- Disclose your stake. If you are summarizing a debate you are a party to, acknowledge it and lean harder toward fairness; let opposing work speak in its own terms.
- Mark uncertainty. "The evidence is suggestive but not settled" is a feature; resist the urge to round debate up to consensus.
- Avoid loaded framing. Neutral language for contested terms; don't smuggle the conclusion into the labels.
The advocacy red flags (and the fix)
| Red flag | Fix |
|---|---|
| Only one side's evidence appears | Add the strongest opposing studies and weigh them |
| Policy recommendation stated as if it followed mechanically from facts | Separate the positive finding from the normative call; show trade-offs |
| Dissent dismissed in a clause | Give the dissent a fair hearing and say why it does/doesn't move the verdict |
| Confident verdict on a genuinely open question | Report the disagreement and what would resolve it |
| Author's own result framed as the settled answer | Disclose the stake; present competing estimates neutrally |
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Checklist
- Competing views stated in their strongest form (steelmanned)
- Verdict driven by weight/consistency of evidence, not by the author's side
- Positive findings separated from normative/policy judgments
- Policy views (if any) labeled as judgments, with trade-offs and dissenters noted
- Author's own stake disclosed where relevant
- Uncertainty and open questions stated, not rounded to consensus
- Framing and labels neutral on contested terms
Worked vignette (illustrative)
An author who has spent a career arguing that a policy works writes the JEP synthesis of that policy. The balanced version opens by disclosing the stake, presents the strongest evidence on both sides (including the studies that find null or negative effects), and concludes: "On balance the evidence leans positive for short-run outcomes, but the long-run and general-equilibrium effects remain genuinely contested." That last sentence — refusing to round a live debate up to consensus — is what makes an editor trust the piece as synthesis rather than as the author's brief.
Anti-patterns
- A one-sided brief that an editor will read as an op-ed, not a synthesis
- Strawmanning the opposing view so the favored view wins easily
- Presenting a policy preference as a direct, value-free implication of the data
- Burying dissent or uncertainty to make the conclusion look cleaner
- Using the author's own work as the yardstick of truth without disclosure
- Loaded terminology that pre-decides the debate
Output format
【Debate】[the contested question]
【Competing views (steelmanned)】side A: … side B: …
【Verdict basis】weight/consistency of evidence: [...]
【Positive vs. normative】separated? policy labeled as judgment? [Y/N]
【Author stake】disclosed if relevant? [Y/N]
【Uncertainty stated】open questions flagged? [Y/N]
【Advocacy check】reads as synthesis, not op-ed? [Y/N]
【Next step】jep-editor-strategy© 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-Perspectives-Skills/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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| Agent Load Balancerruvnet/ruflo | 74k | 2 repos | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Article Linksthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist | 74k | — | ~425 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Jep Balance And Objectivity
What does Jep Balance And Objectivity do?
A skill your agent uses when a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article must treat competing views and policy debates fairly — synthesis, not advocacy — and acknowledge uncertainty honestly. Jep Balance And Objectivity is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article must treat competing views and policy debates fairly — synthesis, not advocacy — and acknowledge uncertainty honestly.
When should I use Jep Balance And Objectivity?
Jep Balance And Objectivity fits situations like: A Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article must treat competing views and policy debates fairly — synthesis; not advocacy — and acknowledge uncertainty honestly.
How do I install Jep Balance And Objectivity in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jep-balance-and-objectivity -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Journal-of-Economic-Perspectives-Skills/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Jep Balance And Objectivity in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jep-balance-and-objectivity -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Journal-of-Economic-Perspectives-Skills/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Jep Balance And Objectivity 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 jep-balance-and-objectivity -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity, .gemini/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity, .github/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity and .opencode/skills/jep-balance-and-objectivity in your project.
What does Jep Balance And Objectivity need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Jep Balance And Objectivity is instructions for the agent only.
Does Jep Balance And Objectivity 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 Jep Balance And Objectivity 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 Jep Balance And Objectivity use?
Jep Balance And Objectivity 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 Jep Balance And Objectivity use?
About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.8k 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 Jep Balance And Objectivity?
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.