A skill your agent uses when revising sentence-level voice and the abstract/opening for a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article — engaging, clear, authoritative-but-readable, minimal…

MITAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Jep Writing Style

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills jep-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-Economic-Perspectives-Skills/skills/jep-writing-style .claude/skills/jep-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
jep-writing-style
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
508 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when revising sentence-level voice and the abstract/opening for a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article — engaging, clear, authoritative-but-readable, minimal…

  • Revising sentence-level voice and the abstract/opening for a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article — engaging
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, The JEP voice, Sentence-level rules and The abstract and opening, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Authoritative-but-readable

What it does

Jep Writing Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when revising sentence-level voice and the abstract/opening for a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article — engaging, clear, authoritative-but-readable, minimal notation. Polishes prose and front matter; defer structure to jep-narrative-arc and evidence framing to jep-evidence-without-equations.

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 Writing & Content, covering Brand voice and tone and Markdown. 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

  • Revising sentence-level voice and the abstract/opening for a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article — engaging
  • Authoritative-but-readable
  • Minimal notation

Example prompts

  • “/jep-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

Jep Writing Style loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 81 tokens; SKILL.md has 508 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~81
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

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). 508 words, ~1,089 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/jep-writing-style/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
jep-writing-style
description
Use when revising sentence-level voice and the abstract/opening for a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article — engaging, clear, authoritative-but-readable, minimal notation. Polishes prose and front matter; defer structure to jep-narrative-arc and evidence framing to jep-evidence-without-equations.

JEP Writing Style (jep-writing-style)

When to trigger

  • The argument and balance are settled and the prose needs to land
  • The abstract reads like a research-paper abstract (machinery, results, no hook)
  • Sentences are passive, hedged, and dense; the voice is dull
  • Notation or asterisks have crept back into otherwise accessible prose

The JEP voice

JEP prose is engaging, clear, and authoritative-but-readable — the famous "no abstract math in the body" feel. It sounds like a knowledgeable economist explaining something fascinating to a smart colleague from another field: confident, plain, and never showing off. Run this after the narrative arc and balance are set; voice polish before structure is wasted.

Sentence-level rules

  • Active voice and plain verbs. "We find" / "The data show" / "Firms respond" — not "It is found that responses were observed."
  • Short, varied sentences. Break long compound sentences. A short sentence after a long one lands a point.
  • Concrete nouns; few abstractions. "Grocery prices" beats "the price level in the relevant sector."
  • No notation in the body. Symbols, equations, and asterisks belong in a note/appendix at most (mirrors jep-accessibility-and-translation).
  • Earn the jargon. Define on first use or cut; never use a term to sound rigorous.
  • Confidence without hype. State what is known plainly; avoid both timid over-hedging and breathless over-claiming.
  • Lead paragraphs with the point. Topic sentence first, then support — readers should get the gist by skimming openers.

The abstract and opening

  • Abstract: plain-language, hook-forward — what question, what we now understand, why it matters. No estimating equations, no asterisks, no method-flexing. JEP applies AEA house style at copyediting, so write for clarity, not pre-formatting (re-confirm current abstract guidance on the official page; 检索于 2026-06).
  • Opening lines: the hook from jep-narrative-arc (a puzzle, a fact, a vivid example, a live debate), never "The literature on X has grown rapidly."
  • First page test: a non-specialist economist should know the question, why it matters, and roughly the answer by the bottom of page one.
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House-style notes (verify on the official AEA pages)

  • AEA house style is applied by the copyeditor at acceptance; the submitted manuscript need not pre-conform — write for readability.
  • JEL codes and an abstract are part of AEA front matter (re-confirm exact JEP requirements; 检索于 2026-06;以官网为准).
  • References are part of the synthesis, not a flex — cite what carries the argument and the further-reading value, consistent with JEP's broad-audience role.

Checklist

  • Active voice; plain verbs; varied, mostly short sentences
  • No equations, symbols, or significance asterisks in the body
  • Every term earns its place (defined on first use or cut)
  • Confident but not hyped; not over-hedged
  • Paragraphs lead with the point
  • Abstract is plain-language and hook-forward (no machinery)
  • First page conveys question + stakes + rough answer
  • Front matter (abstract / JEL / keywords) checked against current AEA guidance

Anti-patterns

  • A research-paper abstract ("We estimate… using… and find a coefficient of…")
  • Opening with the literature or with definitions
  • Passive, hedged, abstraction-heavy sentences that bury the idea
  • Notation or asterisks surviving into the body "for precision"
  • Showing off command of the field instead of explaining it
  • Over-claiming certainty the evidence doesn't support (also a balance failure)

Output format

【Voice pass】active / plain / varied sentences? [Y/N]
【Body math/asterisks】removed? [Y/N]
【Abstract】plain-language, hook-forward, no machinery? [Y/N]
【Opening hook】[puzzle / fact / example / debate]
【First-page test】question + stakes + rough answer by p.1? [Y/N]
【Front matter】abstract / JEL / keywords per AEA guidance? [Y/N]
【Next step】jep-balance-and-objectivity

© 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-writing-style of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Jep Writing Style

What does Jep Writing Style do?

A skill your agent uses when revising sentence-level voice and the abstract/opening for a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article — engaging, clear, authoritative-but-readable, minimal…. Jep Writing Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when revising sentence-level voice and the abstract/opening for a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article — engaging, clear, authoritative-but-readable, minimal notation.

When should I use Jep Writing Style?

Jep Writing Style fits situations like: revising sentence-level voice and the abstract/opening for a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article — engaging; authoritative-but-readable; minimal notation.

How do I install Jep Writing Style in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Jep Writing Style in Codex?

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

Can I use Jep 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 jep-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/jep-writing-style, .gemini/skills/jep-writing-style, .github/skills/jep-writing-style and .opencode/skills/jep-writing-style in your project.

What does Jep Writing Style need to run?

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

Does Jep 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 Jep 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 Jep Writing Style use?

Jep 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 Jep Writing Style use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.4k 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 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.