Est Writing Style
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A skill your agent uses when drafting or polishing the prose of an Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) manuscript so it reads for a multidisciplinary audience in ACS style and fits the…
A skill your agent uses when revising prose for a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) manuscript — methods-paper introduction arc, ASA citation style, the ≤150-word non-parenthetical abstract, and…
Install Smr Writing Style
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill smr-writing-style -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills smr-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/Sociological-Methods-and-Research-Skills/skills/smr-writing-style .claude/skills/smr-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 "smr-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Sociological-Methods-and-Research-Skills/skills/smr-writing-style into .claude/skills/smr-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "smr-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/Sociological-Methods-and-Research-Skills/skills/smr-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 smr-writing-style -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills smr-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/Sociological-Methods-and-Research-Skills/skills/smr-writing-style .agents/skills/smr-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 "smr-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Sociological-Methods-and-Research-Skills/skills/smr-writing-style into .agents/skills/smr-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "smr-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 smr-writing-style -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills smr-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/Sociological-Methods-and-Research-Skills/skills/smr-writing-style .cursor/skills/smr-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 "smr-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Sociological-Methods-and-Research-Skills/skills/smr-writing-style into .cursor/skills/smr-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "smr-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 Sociological-Methods-and-Research-Skills/skills/smr-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 smr-writing-style -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills smr-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/Sociological-Methods-and-Research-Skills/skills/smr-writing-style .gemini/skills/smr-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 "smr-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Sociological-Methods-and-Research-Skills/skills/smr-writing-style into .gemini/skills/smr-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "smr-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 smr-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 smr-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/Sociological-Methods-and-Research-Skills/skills/smr-writing-style .github/skills/smr-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 "smr-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Sociological-Methods-and-Research-Skills/skills/smr-writing-style into .github/skills/smr-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "smr-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 smr-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 smr-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/Sociological-Methods-and-Research-Skills/skills/smr-writing-style .opencode/skills/smr-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 "smr-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Sociological-Methods-and-Research-Skills/skills/smr-writing-style into .opencode/skills/smr-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "smr-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
smr-writing-style- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 600 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when revising prose for a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) manuscript — methods-paper introduction arc, ASA citation style, the ≤150-word non-parenthetical abstract, and…
- Works in 5 steps: The methodological problem in an applied… → Why existing methods fail — the gap,… → The contribution — develop / evaluate /… → …
- Revising prose for a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) manuscript — methods-paper introduction arc
- SKILL.md covers The methods-paper introduction…, The abstract (a hard,…, Exposition discipline for… and ASA style and house conventions, plus 4 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Smr Writing Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when revising prose for a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) manuscript — methods-paper introduction arc, ASA citation style, the ≤150-word non-parenthetical abstract, and clear exposition of estimands, assumptions, and results. Edits prose and conformance; does not derive or simulate.
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 and Citation management. 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 prose for a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) manuscript — methods-paper introduction arc
- ASA citation style
- The ≤150-word non-parenthetical abstract
- Clear exposition of estimands
Example prompts
- “/smr-writing-style”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- The methodological problem in an applied setting — what goes wrong when researchers use the
- Why existing methods fail — the gap, named, not a literature tour.
- The contribution — develop / evaluate / correct, in one proportional sentence (from
- The properties and evidence — what you prove, what the simulation shows, what the illustration
- The applied payoff — what researchers can now do, and that usable software is released.
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
Smr Writing Style loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 78 tokens; SKILL.md has 600 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). 600 words, ~1,304 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/smr-writing-style/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- smr-writing-style
- description
- Use when revising prose for a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) manuscript — methods-paper introduction arc, ASA citation style, the ≤150-word non-parenthetical abstract, and clear exposition of estimands, assumptions, and results. Edits prose and conformance; does not derive or simulate.
SMR Writing Style
Use this to make the prose match a methods journal. SMR readers are methodologists who want the contribution stated early, the assumptions visible, and the math legible — and they want ASA style and the abstract rules honored exactly, because conformance signals seriousness.
The methods-paper introduction arc
Open in this order (model it on resources/worked-examples/01-introduction.md):
- The methodological problem in an applied setting — what goes wrong when researchers use the current method, stated concretely, not "X has received much attention."
- Why existing methods fail — the gap, named, not a literature tour.
- The contribution — develop / evaluate / correct, in one proportional sentence (from
smr-method-contribution). - The properties and evidence — what you prove, what the simulation shows, what the illustration demonstrates, each labeled by evidentiary status.
- The applied payoff — what researchers can now do, and that usable software is released.
A compact roadmap closes the introduction; do not over-signpost.
The abstract (a hard, checkable rule)
- ≤150 words and no parenthetical citations (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准). SAGE allows non-parenthetical citations ("Smith (2015) showed…") but not "(Smith 2015)". Rewrite any parenthetical cite or drop it.
- The abstract must name the method, the problem it solves, and the evidence type — not just the topic. A methods abstract that reads like a substantive abstract signals scope confusion.
Exposition discipline for math-heavy prose
- State the estimand before the estimator; state assumptions near the result they support.
- Short interpretation over algebra restatement: after a theorem, say what it means for a user, do not re-narrate the derivation.
- Label evidentiary status in the prose: "we prove," "the simulation shows," "we conjecture." A methods reader tracks these precisely.
- Define notation once, use it consistently; a methods paper cannot afford symbol drift.
ASA style and house conventions
- In-text citations and references in ASA style; dataset references in DataCite style (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准). Use a reference manager configured for ASA rather than hand-formatting.
- Keep the title page separate from the main document for double-anonymized review; remove self-identifying phrasing ("in our previous paper") from the body.
- Disclose generative-AI tool use in the back matter when applicable; if none was used, no acknowledgement is needed.
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Before/after micro-rewrites in the SMR register
- Before: "Latent class analysis has received considerable attention in recent years." → After: "When classes are weakly separated, standard LCA enumeration selects the wrong number of classes in a majority of realistic samples." (opens on the failure, not the fashion)
- Before: "Equation (7) follows from substituting (5) into (6) and rearranging." → After: "Equation (7) says the bias grows with the imbalance ratio: applied users with rare exposure groups are hit hardest." (interprets, does not re-derive)
- Before: "Our results suggest the estimator performs well." → After: "We prove consistency under A1–A3; the simulation shows the nominal 95% interval covers between 93.1% and 95.4% across designs." (labels evidentiary status and quantifies)
Checklist
- The introduction follows problem → why methods fail → contribution → evidence → payoff.
- The contribution sentence is proportional and appears early.
- The abstract is ≤150 words with zero parenthetical citations.
- The abstract names method, problem, and evidence type.
- Estimand precedes estimator; assumptions sit near their results.
- Evidentiary status (proved/simulated/conjectured) is labeled in prose.
- ASA citation style and DataCite dataset references are used.
- No self-identifying language; AI-use disclosed if applicable.
Anti-patterns
- Substantive-paper opening: "much attention has been paid to…" instead of the methodological gap.
- Parenthetical citations in the abstract: a direct violation of the stated rule.
- Algebra narration: restating the derivation instead of interpreting the result.
- Status blur: simulation regularities written in the language of proof.
- Hand-formatted citations: ASA inconsistencies that signal carelessness at a methods venue.
- Deanonymizing phrasing left in the body under double-anonymized review.
Output format
[Prose status] ready / needs revision / not ready
[Intro arc] complete / missing step (which)
[Abstract] words=<n>, parenthetical cites=<n>, names method+problem+evidence? yes/no
[Style] ASA + DataCite applied? yes/no
[Anonymization] clean / risk where
[Next SMR skill] smr-software-and-reproducibility© 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 Sociological-Methods-and-Research-Skills/skills/smr-writing-style of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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| Smr Writing Style this skillbrycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills | 1.2k | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
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Questions about Smr Writing Style
What does Smr Writing Style do?
A skill your agent uses when revising prose for a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) manuscript — methods-paper introduction arc, ASA citation style, the ≤150-word non-parenthetical abstract, and…. Smr Writing Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when revising prose for a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) manuscript — methods-paper introduction arc, ASA citation style, the ≤150-word non-parenthetical abstract, and clear exposition of estimands, assumptions, and results.
When should I use Smr Writing Style?
Smr Writing Style fits situations like: revising prose for a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) manuscript — methods-paper introduction arc; ASA citation style; the ≤150-word non-parenthetical abstract; clear exposition of estimands.
How do I install Smr Writing Style in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill smr-writing-style -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Sociological-Methods-and-Research-Skills/skills/smr-writing-style in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/smr-writing-style in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Smr Writing Style in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill smr-writing-style -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Sociological-Methods-and-Research-Skills/skills/smr-writing-style in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/smr-writing-style in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Smr 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 smr-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/smr-writing-style, .gemini/skills/smr-writing-style, .github/skills/smr-writing-style and .opencode/skills/smr-writing-style in your project.
What does Smr Writing Style need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Smr Writing Style is instructions for the agent only.
Does Smr 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 Smr 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 Smr Writing Style use?
Smr 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 Smr Writing Style use?
About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.2k 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 Smr Writing Style?
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Who maintains Smr 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.