A skill your agent uses for full-manuscript prose and the discursive European register of an Organization Studies (OS) manuscript — voice, theoretical texture, the argument's arc, and qualitative…

MITAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Orgstud Writing Style

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills orgstud-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/Organization-Studies-Skills/skills/orgstud-writing-style .claude/skills/orgstud-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
orgstud-writing-style
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
583 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses for full-manuscript prose and the discursive European register of an Organization Studies (OS) manuscript — voice, theoretical texture, the argument's arc, and qualitative…

  • Full-manuscript prose and the discursive European register of an Organization Studies (OS) manuscript — voice
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, OS's register:…, The argument's arc and Prose discipline (precision…, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Theoretical texture

What it does

Orgstud Writing Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use for full-manuscript prose and the discursive European register of an Organization Studies (OS) manuscript — voice, theoretical texture, the argument's arc, and qualitative craft. Polishes the writing; it does not change the theory or analysis.

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 Writing & Content, covering Brand voice and tone. 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

  • Full-manuscript prose and the discursive European register of an Organization Studies (OS) manuscript — voice
  • Theoretical texture
  • The arguments arc
  • Qualitative craft

Example prompts

  • “/orgstud-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

Orgstud Writing Style loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 67 tokens; SKILL.md has 583 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~67
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). 583 words, ~1,274 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/orgstud-writing-style/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
orgstud-writing-style
description
Use for full-manuscript prose and the discursive European register of an Organization Studies (OS) manuscript — voice, theoretical texture, the argument's arc, and qualitative craft. Polishes the writing; it does not change the theory or analysis.

Writing Style & Craft (orgstud-writing-style)

When to trigger

  • The theory and analysis are settled; the prose must reach OS's register
  • The manuscript is technically correct but flat, atheoretical in tone, or hard to follow
  • A process study is written in dead "variance-speak" (factor A raised outcome B)
  • Reviewers/editors praise the idea but call the writing "underdeveloped theoretically" or "descriptive"

OS's register: theoretically-rich, discursive, European

OS prose differs from the lean US empirical style. It is discursive and conceptually textured: the theoretical thread is foregrounded throughout, social theory is woven into the argument rather than quarantined in a lit review, and the writing carries an argumentative, sometimes essayistic confidence. This is not licence for vagueness — the best OS papers are precise about their concepts and generous in developing them. The voice should read as someone in deep conversation with organization theory, building an argument, not reporting a study.

The argument's arc

  • Open with the puzzle, theorized. The first pages make a smart reader curious and signal the theoretical stakes — the anomaly and why existing theory cannot hold it, not a literature catalogue.
  • Foreground theory throughout. The theoretical thread is visible in every section, including methods and findings — a hallmark of OS, distinct from journals where theory lives only in intro and discussion.
  • Develop, don't just report. Findings sections in OS theorize as they present — interpreting evidence through the conceptual lens, not deferring all interpretation to a discussion.
  • Earn the surprise / reframing. Set up the prior carefully so the reader feels the reconceptualization land.
  • Close on generativity. End by opening new questions and implications for the conversation, not by restating findings.

Prose discipline (precision under richness)

  • Define concepts once, precisely, then use them consistently. OS tolerates conceptual density but punishes sloppy or shifting use of borrowed theory.
  • Concrete subjects and verbs; cut nominalization stacks ("the operationalization of the conceptualization of...").
  • One idea per paragraph, with a topic sentence that advances the argument.
  • Signpost the argument so the reader always knows where they are in the theoretical journey.
  • Engage theory actively — make Weick, Bourdieu, institutional logics do work in the sentence, not appear as citations.
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Process vs. variance voice

  • For process theory, write in process language: events, sequences, becoming, unfolding, enactment, feedback. Never flatten a process into a static relationship.
  • For variance/quantitative work at OS, be precise about relationships and magnitudes — but still narrate the organizational why and keep the theoretical thread visible.

Qualitative-specific craft

  • Weave informant voice into the analysis so quotes advance the argument.
  • Show enough of the field — thick description — to make the setting vivid and the inference credible, without drowning the theory.
  • Maintain analytic distance: vivid but not journalistic; interpretive but disciplined.
  • Make reflexivity audible where it matters, as the European tradition expects.

Checklist

  • Opens with a theorized puzzle, not a literature dump
  • A single, traceable theoretical thread runs through every section, including findings
  • Findings theorize as they present, not just report
  • Borrowed theory used precisely and consistently; concepts defined once
  • Process papers written in process voice (not variance-speak)
  • One idea per paragraph; topic sentences carry the argument; signposting present
  • Qualitative: informant voice advances the argument; setting vivid but disciplined
  • Ends on generativity (new questions), not a findings recap

Anti-patterns

  • "Lab-report" prose: mechanical, voiceless, theory only in intro and discussion
  • Conceptual density that is actually vagueness — borrowed theory used loosely
  • Front-loading the literature so the puzzle never lands
  • Variance-speak imposed on a process phenomenon
  • Quote-dumping in qualitative papers with no analytic threading
  • A discussion that restates results instead of opening questions

Output format

text
【Register】theory foregrounded throughout? findings theorize as they present? (Y/N)
【Argument arc】theorized puzzle → development → reframing → generativity (status)
【Theoretical thread】visible in every section? (Y/N)
【Voice】process / variance — matches phenomenon?
【Prose fixes】concept precision / nominalizations / paragraphing / signposting
【Qual craft】informant voice + setting + reflexivity balanced?
【Next skill】orgstud-submission

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Files

Just SKILL.md in Organization-Studies-Skills/skills/orgstud-writing-style of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Orgstud Writing Style

What does Orgstud Writing Style do?

A skill your agent uses for full-manuscript prose and the discursive European register of an Organization Studies (OS) manuscript — voice, theoretical texture, the argument's arc, and qualitative…. Orgstud Writing Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use for full-manuscript prose and the discursive European register of an Organization Studies (OS) manuscript — voice, theoretical texture, the argument's arc, and qualitative craft.

When should I use Orgstud Writing Style?

Orgstud Writing Style fits situations like: full-manuscript prose and the discursive European register of an Organization Studies (OS) manuscript — voice; theoretical texture; the arguments arc; qualitative craft.

How do I install Orgstud Writing Style in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Orgstud Writing Style in Codex?

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

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

What does Orgstud Writing Style need to run?

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

Does Orgstud 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 Orgstud 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 Orgstud Writing Style use?

Orgstud 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 Orgstud Writing Style use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.1k 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 Orgstud 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.