A skill your agent uses when deciding which worlddev- sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from topic through rebuttal for a World Development (WD) submission.

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Install Worlddev Workflow

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill worlddev-workflow -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills worlddev-workflow --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/World-Development-Skills/skills/worlddev-workflow .claude/skills/worlddev-workflow && 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
worlddev-workflow
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
645 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when deciding which worlddev- sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from topic through rebuttal for a World Development (WD) submission.

  • Works in 11 steps: worlddev-topic-selection — lock the… → worlddev-literature-positioning — stake… → worlddev-identification — causal design… → …
  • Deciding which worlddev- sub-skill to invoke next
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to trigger, Routing table and Default order, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Worlddev Workflow is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding which worlddev- sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from topic through rebuttal for a World Development (WD) submission. Routes — it does not replace — the specialized skills.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k 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. 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

  • Deciding which worlddev- sub-skill to invoke next
  • Sequencing manuscript work from topic through rebuttal for a World Development (WD) submission

Example prompts

  • “/worlddev-workflow”

Workflow steps

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

  1. worlddev-topic-selection — lock the development question and WD-vs-sibling fit
  2. worlddev-literature-positioning — stake the contribution across disciplines
  3. worlddev-identification — causal design OR the inference logic of a qual/mixed paper
  4. worlddev-theory-model — the conceptual/analytical framework that organizes the evidence
  5. worlddev-robustness — sensitivity (quant) or trustworthiness/triangulation (qual)
  6. worlddev-tables-figures — exhibits, maps, and qualitative displays without asterisks
  7. worlddev-writing-style — reach the multidisciplinary reader (abstract + intro last)
  8. worlddev-replication-package — Elsevier data policy + qualitative transparency
  9. worlddev-referee-strategy — anticipate double-anonymized objections
  10. worlddev-submission — Editorial Manager preflight
  11. worlddev-rebuttal — after the decision letter

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

Worlddev Workflow loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 59 tokens; SKILL.md has 645 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~59
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k

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). 645 words, ~1,597 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/worlddev-workflow/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
worlddev-workflow
description
Use when deciding which worlddev-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from topic through rebuttal for a World Development (WD) submission. Routes — it does not replace — the specialized skills.

World Development Workflow Router (worlddev-workflow)

Overview

This is the router. It tells you which worlddev- skill to use at the current stage* of a manuscript aimed at World Development (WD) — the multidisciplinary development-studies journal published by Elsevier (founded 1973, monthly, ISSN 0305-750X / online 1873-5991). WD's defining feature, and the thing every routing decision must respect, is that it is methodologically pluralist: it publishes econometric and experimental work, but equally qualitative case studies, process tracing, ethnography, participatory methods, political-economy analysis, and policy/practice papers. The shared bar is real-world development relevance in low- and middle-income contexts — poverty, inequality, livelihoods, institutions, governance, aid and NGOs, agriculture and food security, health and education, conflict, gender, and environment-development.

The single biggest router mistake is treating WD as if it were an econometrics journal. It is not. Route a regression-discontinuity paper and a multi-site qualitative study through the same chain, but enter the chain at different links and apply a different bar for "credible evidence." Editors as of 2026: Jampel Dell'Angelo and Angelika Rettberg (检索于 2026-06;以官网为准). Review is double-anonymized; submission is via Elsevier Editorial Manager; abstract ≤250 words, 3–6 keywords.

When to trigger

  • The user asks "what should I do next?" on a WD-targeted draft
  • A draft is ping-ponging between framing, evidence, exhibits, and submission checks
  • The contribution is unclear relative to siblings (JDE, WBER, JDS, EDCC)
  • A WD decision letter arrived and the user needs to switch into revision mode
  • A quantitatively-trained author has a qualitative or mixed-methods paper and is unsure how WD will judge it

Routing table

Current symptomNext skill
Scope/audience/outlet fit uncertain; is this WD or a sibling?worlddev-topic-selection
Contribution vs. the development literature is fuzzy or undersoldworlddev-literature-positioning
Causal claim rests on OLS+controls; or a qual/mixed claim lacks an inference logicworlddev-identification
The conceptual/analytical framework (development theory) is loose or decorativeworlddev-theory-model
Results may be specification-, sample-, measurement-, or interpretation-sensitiveworlddev-robustness
Exhibits dense; significance asterisks present; maps/qual evidence underusedworlddev-tables-figures
Prose is jargon-heavy and does not reach a multidisciplinary, policy audienceworlddev-writing-style
Data/code deposit, qualitative-transparency, or anonymization for reviewworlddev-replication-package
Likely double-anonymized referee objections should be pre-emptedworlddev-referee-strategy
Close to submission; need the Editorial Manager preflightworlddev-submission
An R&R or reject-and-resubmit arrived; need a response-letter planworlddev-rebuttal
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Default order

  1. worlddev-topic-selection — lock the development question and WD-vs-sibling fit
  2. worlddev-literature-positioning — stake the contribution across disciplines
  3. worlddev-identification — causal design OR the inference logic of a qual/mixed paper
  4. worlddev-theory-model — the conceptual/analytical framework that organizes the evidence
  5. worlddev-robustness — sensitivity (quant) or trustworthiness/triangulation (qual)
  6. worlddev-tables-figures — exhibits, maps, and qualitative displays without asterisks
  7. worlddev-writing-style — reach the multidisciplinary reader (abstract + intro last)
  8. worlddev-replication-package — Elsevier data policy + qualitative transparency
  9. worlddev-referee-strategy — anticipate double-anonymized objections
  10. worlddev-submission — Editorial Manager preflight
  11. worlddev-rebuttal — after the decision letter

Writing-style is late-stage polish; do not rewrite the intro before the framework and evidence settle.

Routing by paper archetype

The binding constraint differs by what kind of paper this is. Read the archetype, then enter at the right link.

ArchetypeLikely first bottleneckEnter at
Quantitative causal (DID, IV, RDD, RCT)credible design + clustering at the right levelworlddev-identification
Qualitative (cases, process tracing, ethnography)inference logic + transparency, not "more N"worlddev-identification → worlddev-theory-model
Mixed-methodsintegration — how strands actually combine, not run in parallelworlddev-theory-model → worlddev-identification
Political-economy / institutional analysisconceptual framework doing real analytical workworlddev-theory-model
Policy / practice / aid-effectiveness"so what for whom" + external validityworlddev-topic-selection → worlddev-writing-style

Anti-patterns

  • Treating WD as interchangeable with Journal of Development Economics (rigorous development econometrics) — WD values relevance and methodological breadth, not only identification rigor
  • Treating WD as World Bank Economic Review (Bank-affiliated, more economics-centric) or Journal of Development Studies (interdisciplinary but more political/sociological framing)
  • Routing a qualitative paper as if "weak identification" were the problem when the real problem is an unstated inference logic
  • Polishing prose before the framework, evidence hierarchy, and contribution are stable
  • Letting an appendix carry claims the main text must establish

Output format

text
【Target】World Development (WD)
【Archetype】quant-causal / qualitative / mixed / political-economy / policy-practice
【Current bottleneck】fit / contribution / design / framework / evidence / exhibits / style / replication / submission / revision
【Next skill】<one worlddev-* skill>
【Reason】why this is the binding constraint for THIS archetype
【Source check】official facts verified or marked 待核实

© 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 World-Development-Skills/skills/worlddev-workflow of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Worlddev Workflow

What does Worlddev Workflow do?

A skill your agent uses when deciding which worlddev- sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from topic through rebuttal for a World Development (WD) submission. Worlddev Workflow is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding which worlddev- sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from topic through rebuttal for a World Development (WD) submission.

When should I use Worlddev Workflow?

Worlddev Workflow fits situations like: deciding which worlddev- sub-skill to invoke next; sequencing manuscript work from topic through rebuttal for a World Development (WD) submission.

How do I install Worlddev Workflow in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Worlddev Workflow in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill worlddev-workflow -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (World-Development-Skills/skills/worlddev-workflow in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/worlddev-workflow in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Worlddev Workflow 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 worlddev-workflow -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/worlddev-workflow, .gemini/skills/worlddev-workflow, .github/skills/worlddev-workflow and .opencode/skills/worlddev-workflow in your project.

What does Worlddev Workflow need to run?

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

Does Worlddev Workflow 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 Worlddev Workflow 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 Worlddev Workflow use?

Worlddev Workflow 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 Worlddev Workflow use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.4k 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 Worlddev Workflow?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,219 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.