Jbes Writing Style
franklee16/academic-research-skills
A skill your agent uses when polishing prose, theorem statements, the abstract, and the introduction for a Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (JBES) methods paper so the methodological…
A skill your agent uses when revising the prose of a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript — especially the abstract and introduction — so the applied question and the estimate…
Install Restat Writing Style
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill restat-writing-style -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills restat-writing-style --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/Review-of-Economics-and-Statistics-Skills/skills/restat-writing-style .claude/skills/restat-writing-style && 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 "restat-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Review-of-Economics-and-Statistics-Skills/skills/restat-writing-style into .claude/skills/restat-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "restat-writing-style", 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/Review-of-Economics-and-Statistics-Skills/skills/restat-writing-styleType 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 restat-writing-style -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills restat-writing-style --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/Review-of-Economics-and-Statistics-Skills/skills/restat-writing-style .agents/skills/restat-writing-style && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "restat-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Review-of-Economics-and-Statistics-Skills/skills/restat-writing-style into .agents/skills/restat-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "restat-writing-style", 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 restat-writing-style -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills restat-writing-style --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/Review-of-Economics-and-Statistics-Skills/skills/restat-writing-style .cursor/skills/restat-writing-style && 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 "restat-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Review-of-Economics-and-Statistics-Skills/skills/restat-writing-style into .cursor/skills/restat-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "restat-writing-style", 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 Review-of-Economics-and-Statistics-Skills/skills/restat-writing-style--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 restat-writing-style -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills restat-writing-style --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/Review-of-Economics-and-Statistics-Skills/skills/restat-writing-style .gemini/skills/restat-writing-style && 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 "restat-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Review-of-Economics-and-Statistics-Skills/skills/restat-writing-style into .gemini/skills/restat-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "restat-writing-style", 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 restat-writing-styleInstalls 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 restat-writing-style -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/Review-of-Economics-and-Statistics-Skills/skills/restat-writing-style .github/skills/restat-writing-style && 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 "restat-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Review-of-Economics-and-Statistics-Skills/skills/restat-writing-style into .github/skills/restat-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "restat-writing-style", 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 restat-writing-style -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 restat-writing-style --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/Review-of-Economics-and-Statistics-Skills/skills/restat-writing-style .opencode/skills/restat-writing-style && 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 "restat-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Review-of-Economics-and-Statistics-Skills/skills/restat-writing-style into .opencode/skills/restat-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "restat-writing-style", 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
restat-writing-style- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 558 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when revising the prose of a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript — especially the abstract and introduction — so the applied question and the estimate…
- Works in 6 steps: Question + headline quantity, first… → Why it is hard / why prior estimates are… → Approach. Data + design (DID / RD / IV /… → …
- Tasks that involve Brand voice and tone
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, The REStat prose bar, The REStat introduction arc and Abstract rules (REStat), plus 5 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Restat Writing Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when revising the prose of a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript — especially the abstract and introduction — so the applied question and the estimate land immediately in REStat house style. Polishes framing and prose; it does not change results or identification.
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.
It sits in Writing & Content, covering Brand voice and tone and Statistics. 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
- Tasks that involve Brand voice and tone
- Tasks that involve Statistics
Example prompts
- “/restat-writing-style”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Question + headline quantity, first breath. "When [X] changes, how much does [Y] move?" → "we find [estimate, with units and SE]."
- Why it is hard / why prior estimates are unreliable. The identification or measurement obstacle, named.
- Approach. Data + design (DID / RD / IV / shift-share) + what makes the measurement credible — in one paragraph.
- Result restated with mechanism / interpretation and its uncertainty carried through.
- Contribution as a delta against named work (from restat-literature-positioning), with scope honestly bounded.
- Brief roadmap — no over-signposting.
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
Restat Writing Style loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 78 tokens; SKILL.md has 558 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). 558 words, ~1,241 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/restat-writing-style/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- restat-writing-style
- description
- Use when revising the prose of a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript — especially the abstract and introduction — so the applied question and the estimate land immediately in REStat house style. Polishes framing and prose; it does not change results or identification.
Writing Style (restat-writing-style)
When to trigger
- The introduction buries the question and the estimate under setup and machinery
- The abstract exceeds REStat's limit or does not state the finding
- A reader cannot say, after one paragraph, what was measured and what it matters for
- Prose is in passive throat-clearing mode ("has been studied extensively")
The REStat prose bar
REStat is empirical-first applied economics, so the intro must put the applied question, the design, and the headline estimate (with units and a standard error) on page one. The abstract is ≤100 words (source map refreshed 2026-06-20), in JEL-suitable form — so every word earns its place. The house style is plain, quantitative economics prose: state the number, state the design that earns it, state why an applied audience cares. REStat's measurement tradition means the writing should also make the quality of the data/measurement legible early when that is part of the contribution.
The REStat introduction arc
- Question + headline quantity, first breath. "When [X] changes, how much does [Y] move?" → "we find [estimate, with units and SE]."
- Why it is hard / why prior estimates are unreliable. The identification or measurement obstacle, named.
- Approach. Data + design (DID / RD / IV / shift-share) + what makes the measurement credible — in one paragraph.
- Result restated with mechanism / interpretation and its uncertainty carried through.
- Contribution as a delta against named work (from
restat-literature-positioning), with scope honestly bounded. - Brief roadmap — no over-signposting.
Abstract rules (REStat)
- ≤100 words; live-check the current submission guidelines before upload.
- State the question, the design, and the finding with a number, not just "we study X."
- JEL-suitable: written so it can be classified; keywords/JEL codes accompany the title page.
- No undefined jargon; an applied economist outside your subfield should follow it.
Checklist
- First paragraph states the applied question + the headline estimate (units + SE)
- Abstract ≤100 words and states the finding with a number
- Identification/measurement obstacle named before the machinery
- Approach (data + design + measurement credibility) in one paragraph
- Contribution framed as a delta against named work, scope bounded
- Roadmap brief; no over-signposting; active, plain quantitative prose
- Intro written/finalized AFTER identification and robustness settled
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Anti-patterns
- Leading the intro with the estimator or the data-cleaning, not the question (method-first reads like J. Econometrics)
- An abstract that says "we study X" with no number — wasting a ≤100-word budget
- Throat-clearing ("has been studied extensively") and vague stakes
- Burying the headline estimate on page 4
- Over-signposted roadmaps doing the argument's job
- Polishing the intro before the estimate and robustness are final
Abstract micro-edit (illustrative)
- Weak (over budget, no number): "This paper studies the effect of broadband access on rural entrepreneurship. Using a difference-in-differences approach exploiting a staggered rollout, we examine how internet access shapes business formation and discuss policy implications." — says nothing, spends words.
- REStat-shaped (≤100 words, states the finding): "We estimate the effect of rural broadband access on small-business formation using a staggered subsidy rollout and a heterogeneity-robust difference-in- differences design, correcting for measurement error in rollout dates. Access raises new business registrations by 8.1 per 10,000 residents per year (s.e. 1.4), a 14% increase, concentrated where a supplier base already existed. The estimate is robust to alternative estimators and few-cluster inference. Both the estimator and the measurement correction matter, reconciling earlier near-zero estimates." (≈80 words)
Worked example pointer
See ../../resources/worked-examples/01-introduction.md for a before→after REStat-style introduction that executes this arc (fictional, illustrative).
Output format
【Para-1 test】question + estimate (units + SE) present? [Y/N]
【Abstract】word count ≤100? states finding with a number? [Y/N]
【Obstacle named】identification/measurement obstacle before machinery? [Y/N]
【Approach】data + design + measurement credibility in one para? [Y/N]
【Contribution】delta vs named work + bounded scope? [Y/N]
【Prose】active, plain, no throat-clearing? [Y/N]
【Next step】restat-replication-package© 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 Review-of-Economics-and-Statistics-Skills/skills/restat-writing-style of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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Questions about Restat Writing Style
What does Restat Writing Style do?
A skill your agent uses when revising the prose of a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript — especially the abstract and introduction — so the applied question and the estimate…. Restat Writing Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when revising the prose of a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript — especially the abstract and introduction — so the applied question and the estimate land immediately in REStat house style.
When should I use Restat Writing Style?
Restat Writing Style fits situations like: tasks that involve Brand voice and tone; tasks that involve Statistics.
How do I install Restat Writing Style in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill restat-writing-style -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Review-of-Economics-and-Statistics-Skills/skills/restat-writing-style in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/restat-writing-style in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Restat Writing Style in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill restat-writing-style -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Review-of-Economics-and-Statistics-Skills/skills/restat-writing-style in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/restat-writing-style in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Restat 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 restat-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/restat-writing-style, .gemini/skills/restat-writing-style, .github/skills/restat-writing-style and .opencode/skills/restat-writing-style in your project.
What does Restat Writing Style need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Restat Writing Style is instructions for the agent only.
Does Restat 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 Restat 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 Restat Writing Style use?
Restat 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 Restat Writing Style use?
About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Restat Writing Style?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Restat Writing Style: Jbes Writing Style (franklee16/academic-research-skills, 223 stars), Jmr Writing Style (franklee16/academic-research-skills, 223 stars), Blog Rewrite (AgriciDaniel/claude-blog, 2.3k stars) and Blog Factcheck (AgriciDaniel/claude-blog, 2.3k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Restat 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.