Agent skill

Jleo Literature Positioning

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

A skill your agent uses when staking a Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (JLEO) manuscript's contribution against the new-institutional / positive-political-economy frontier — locating it…

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Jleo Literature Positioning

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jleo-literature-positioning -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills jleo-literature-positioning --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-Law-Economics-and-Organization-Skills/skills/jleo-literature-positioning .claude/skills/jleo-literature-positioning && 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
jleo-literature-positioning
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
672 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when staking a Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (JLEO) manuscript's contribution against the new-institutional / positive-political-economy frontier — locating it…

  • Works in 4 steps: Pick the frontier, not "the literature."… → Name the canonical anchors. Position… → Classify your contribution. JLEO… → …
  • Staking a Journal of Law
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, How to position at JLEO, Contribution-type table and Checklist, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Jleo Literature Positioning is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when staking a Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (JLEO) manuscript's contribution against the new-institutional / positive-political-economy frontier — locating it relative to Williamson/North/Weingast and to sibling journals. Sharpens the contribution claim; it does not write the literature review prose.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k 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 Positioning and messaging and Literature review. 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

  • Staking a Journal of Law
  • Tasks that involve Positioning and messaging
  • Tasks that involve Literature review

Example prompts

  • “/jleo-literature-positioning”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Pick the frontier, not "the literature." JLEO spans at least four conversations: (a) transaction-cost economics / governance choice; (b)…
  2. Name the canonical anchors. Position relative to the load-bearing references — Coase, Williamson, Klein–Crawford–Alchian…
  3. Classify your contribution. JLEO rewards: a new mechanism, a new institutional comparison (governance form A vs. B), a formalization of a…
  4. Distinguish from the price-theory and org-theory neighbors. Make explicit why this is JLEO and not JLE (market/price effects), Org Science…

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

Jleo Literature Positioning loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 87 tokens; SKILL.md has 672 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~87
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.5k

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). 672 words, ~1,479 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/jleo-literature-positioning/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
jleo-literature-positioning
description
Use when staking a Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (JLEO) manuscript's contribution against the new-institutional / positive-political-economy frontier — locating it relative to Williamson/North/Weingast and to sibling journals. Sharpens the contribution claim; it does not write the literature review prose.

Literature Positioning (jleo-literature-positioning)

When to trigger

  • A referee or coauthor says "what is new here relative to the existing institutional-economics literature?"
  • The paper cites the canon (Williamson, Coase, Hart–Moore, North–Weingast) but does not say where it sits among them
  • The contribution reads as "first to study X in setting Y" rather than a conceptual advance
  • The literature review is a list of papers, not a map with the paper's coordinates marked
  • You are unsure whether the relevant frontier is the TCE/firm-theory literature or the PPE/institutions literature

How to position at JLEO

JLEO's readers are institutional and organizational economists and PPE scholars. A contribution lands when it is placed precisely on the right frontier and named as one of a small number of recognized move-types. Work through this:

  1. Pick the frontier, not "the literature." JLEO spans at least four conversations: (a) transaction-cost economics / governance choice; (b) theory of the firm and contracts (property rights, incomplete contracts, residual control); (c) positive political economy (legislatures, courts, bureaucracies, federalism, separation of powers); (d) institutions and economic performance (credible commitment, rule of law, development). State which conversation you are joining; secondary frontiers come second.
  2. Name the canonical anchors. Position relative to the load-bearing references — Coase, Williamson, Klein–Crawford–Alchian, Grossman–Hart–Moore, Holmström, North, North–Weingast, McCubbins–Noll–Weingast, Tirole. Not as a name-drop, but as "the closest prior result is ___; I differ because ___."
  3. Classify your contribution. JLEO rewards: a new mechanism, a new institutional comparison (governance form A vs. B), a formalization of a previously verbal institutional argument, a credible empirical test of a previously untested institutional prediction, or a measurement of an organizational object. State which.
  4. Distinguish from the price-theory and org-theory neighbors. Make explicit why this is JLEO and not JLE (market/price effects), Org Science (behavioral org-theory), or a pure-theory journal.

Contribution-type table

Contribution typeWhat the positioning must showJLEO referee's question
New institutional mechanismThe mechanism is absent from the named anchors"Is this genuinely new, or a relabeling of hold-up/agency?"
New governance comparisonWhy form A vs. B was not previously adjudicated"Is the comparison clean, or confounded by selection?"
Formalizing a verbal argumentThe prior argument was informal; your model adds discipline"Does the model deliver predictions the words could not?"
Testing an institutional predictionThe prediction was untested with credible design"Is the test a fair test of the theory?"
Measuring an organizational objectThe object was unmeasured / poorly measured"Does the measure capture the governance construct?"
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Checklist

  • The exact frontier (TCE / firm-theory / PPE / institutions-and-growth) is named, not "the literature"
  • The two or three closest prior papers are named, with the delta to each stated in one line
  • The contribution is classified as one recognized move-type, not "first to study"
  • Canonical anchors (Williamson/Coase/GHM/North-Weingast etc.) are engaged, not just cited
  • The positioning makes clear why JLEO and not JLE / Org Science / a pure-theory outlet
  • No invented citations; exemplar papers verified before being named

Anti-patterns

  • "First to study X in country/industry Y" as the whole contribution — JLEO wants a conceptual delta
  • A literature review that lists papers without marking the manuscript's own coordinates
  • Citing Williamson/North as decoration while the actual frontier is a narrow applied-micro literature
  • Claiming novelty against a frontier you have not actually surveyed (the assigned referee wrote it)
  • Positioning against JLE's price-theory literature when the paper is organizational, blurring the boundary

Worked vignette (illustrative)

A paper on franchising contracts starts its positioning as "we study franchising in retail" — a setting, not a frontier. The fix names the conversation (transaction-cost / contract-theory on the make-or-buy and royalty-vs-fee margin), then the two closest anchors: the prior TCE work explaining ownership by outlet monitoring cost, and the agency work explaining royalty rates by effort substitutability. The delta is stated in one line each ("we differ because we observe a within-chain shock to monitoring cost that prior cross-sectional work could not exploit"), and the contribution is classified as a test of a previously cross-sectional governance prediction. Now a JLEO referee can place the paper and judge the test, instead of asking "what is new?"

Output format

text
【Journal】The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (JLEO)
【Skill】jleo-literature-positioning
【Frontier joined】TCE / theory-of-the-firm / PPE / institutions-and-growth
【Closest prior (2-3) + delta】___ ; I differ because ___
【Contribution type】mechanism / governance comparison / formalization / test / measurement
【Canonical anchors engaged】Coase / Williamson / GHM / North-Weingast / ...
【Sibling boundary】why JLEO and not JLE / Org Science / pure theory
【Verdict】pass / revise / reroute
【Next skill】jleo-identification

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Files

Just SKILL.md in Journal-of-Law-Economics-and-Organization-Skills/skills/jleo-literature-positioning of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Jleo Literature Positioning

What does Jleo Literature Positioning do?

A skill your agent uses when staking a Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (JLEO) manuscript's contribution against the new-institutional / positive-political-economy frontier — locating it…. Jleo Literature Positioning is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when staking a Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (JLEO) manuscript's contribution against the new-institutional / positive-political-economy frontier — locating it relative to Williamson/North/Weingast and to sibling journals.

When should I use Jleo Literature Positioning?

Jleo Literature Positioning fits situations like: staking a Journal of Law; tasks that involve Positioning and messaging; tasks that involve Literature review.

How do I install Jleo Literature Positioning in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jleo-literature-positioning -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Journal-of-Law-Economics-and-Organization-Skills/skills/jleo-literature-positioning in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/jleo-literature-positioning in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Jleo Literature Positioning in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jleo-literature-positioning -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Journal-of-Law-Economics-and-Organization-Skills/skills/jleo-literature-positioning in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/jleo-literature-positioning in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Jleo Literature Positioning 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 jleo-literature-positioning -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/jleo-literature-positioning, .gemini/skills/jleo-literature-positioning, .github/skills/jleo-literature-positioning and .opencode/skills/jleo-literature-positioning in your project.

What does Jleo Literature Positioning need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Jleo Literature Positioning is instructions for the agent only.

Does Jleo Literature Positioning 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 Jleo Literature Positioning 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 Jleo Literature Positioning use?

Jleo Literature Positioning 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 Jleo Literature Positioning use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.9k 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 Jleo Literature Positioning?

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