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A skill your agent uses when verifying that a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) claim is genuinely novel and not preempted by prior scholarship.
Install Ylj Preemption Check
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ylj-preemption-check -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ylj-preemption-check --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/Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-preemption-check .claude/skills/ylj-preemption-check && 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 "ylj-preemption-check" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-preemption-check into .claude/skills/ylj-preemption-check/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ylj-preemption-check", 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/Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-preemption-checkType 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 ylj-preemption-check -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ylj-preemption-check --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/Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-preemption-check .agents/skills/ylj-preemption-check && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "ylj-preemption-check" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-preemption-check into .agents/skills/ylj-preemption-check/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ylj-preemption-check", 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 ylj-preemption-check -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ylj-preemption-check --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/Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-preemption-check .cursor/skills/ylj-preemption-check && 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 "ylj-preemption-check" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-preemption-check into .cursor/skills/ylj-preemption-check/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ylj-preemption-check", 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 Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-preemption-check--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 ylj-preemption-check -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ylj-preemption-check --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/Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-preemption-check .gemini/skills/ylj-preemption-check && 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 "ylj-preemption-check" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-preemption-check into .gemini/skills/ylj-preemption-check/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ylj-preemption-check", 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 ylj-preemption-checkInstalls 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 ylj-preemption-check -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/Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-preemption-check .github/skills/ylj-preemption-check && 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 "ylj-preemption-check" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-preemption-check into .github/skills/ylj-preemption-check/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ylj-preemption-check", 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 ylj-preemption-check -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 ylj-preemption-check --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/Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-preemption-check .opencode/skills/ylj-preemption-check && 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 "ylj-preemption-check" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-preemption-check into .opencode/skills/ylj-preemption-check/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ylj-preemption-check", 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
ylj-preemption-check- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 623 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when verifying that a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) claim is genuinely novel and not preempted by prior scholarship.
- Verifying that a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) claim is genuinely novel and not preempted by prior scholarship
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, The four-database sweep (do…, Classify each near-miss and Near-miss ledger, plus 5 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Tasks that involve Essays and academic help
What it does
Ylj Preemption Check is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when verifying that a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) claim is genuinely novel and not preempted by prior scholarship. It runs the systematic SSRN/Westlaw/HeinOnline search and writes the "what's new" paragraph; it does not draft the thesis (use ylj-thesis-and-contribution).
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k 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 Education, covering Essays and academic help and Creative writing and fiction. 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
- Verifying that a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) claim is genuinely novel and not preempted by prior scholarship
- Tasks that involve Essays and academic help
- Tasks that involve Creative writing and fiction
Example prompts
- “/ylj-preemption-check”
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
Ylj Preemption Check loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 623 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). 623 words, ~1,378 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/ylj-preemption-check/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- ylj-preemption-check
- description
- Use when verifying that a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) claim is genuinely novel and not preempted by prior scholarship. It runs the systematic SSRN/Westlaw/HeinOnline search and writes the "what's new" paragraph; it does not draft the thesis (use ylj-thesis-and-contribution).
Preemption Check (ylj-preemption-check)
In legal academia, preemption means someone already published your claim. A YLJ piece that repeats
an existing argument is dead on arrival — student editors and the faculty they consult are reading the
same SSRN feeds. This skill runs the search systematically and turns the result into the manuscript's
"what's new" paragraph. It assumes the claim is already sharp (ylj-thesis-and-contribution).
When to trigger
- The thesis is sharp and you must confirm no one has made it
- A reviewer/colleague says "didn't so-and-so already argue this?"
- You are about to write the "contribution" paragraph of the introduction
- You need to distinguish your claim from a close existing piece, not just confirm absence
The four-database sweep (do all four; log each)
| Source | What it catches | How to search |
|---|---|---|
| SSRN (Legal Scholarship Network) | Working papers not yet in print — the highest preemption risk | Title/abstract keyword + author follows in your subfield |
| Westlaw (Secondary Sources / Law Reviews & Journals) | Published law-review articles; KeyCite to see who cites a near-miss | Terms-and-connectors on your core concept + adjacency |
| HeinOnline (Law Journal Library) | Full-text historical coverage; older pieces Westlaw may miss | Full-text phrase search; check the foundational articles |
| Google Scholar / generalist | Cross-disciplinary work, books, recent preprints | Claim-as-sentence search; "cited by" on the nearest neighbor |
Search the claim, not just the topic: combine your novel move with the doctrine (e.g., the specific mechanism + the specific area), because the topic is crowded but the claim may be open.
Classify each near-miss
For every close piece, decide which applies — and say so explicitly in the draft:
- Different claim — same topic, different argument → cite and move on.
- Same claim, narrower — they did one circuit / one statute; you generalize → frame as extension.
- Same claim, different ground — they argued it on policy; you argue it on text/history → frame as a new justification.
- Genuinely preempted — they made your exact move → change the claim (back to
ylj-thesis-and-contribution), do not paper over it.
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Near-miss ledger
Do not rely on memory after the search. Build a ledger for the closest sources and use it as the validation record for the contribution paragraph:
| Field | What to record |
|---|---|
| Exact claim searched | One sentence, with doctrine + mechanism + proposed move |
| Search string / database | The query used in SSRN, Westlaw, HeinOnline, and Scholar |
| Closest source | Author, title, venue, year, and pinpoint or abstract sentence |
| Overlap | Same topic / same mechanism / same remedy / same institutional actor |
| Classification | Different claim / narrower / different ground / PREEMPTED |
| Draft action | Cite and distinguish / frame as extension / change thesis |
Validation rule: the "what's new" paragraph is not ready until the closest near-miss can be described fairly in one sentence and the piece's added move is different enough that a skeptical student editor would not call it a relabeling.
Write the "what's new" paragraph
Output a paragraph that (1) names the closest prior work, (2) states precisely what it did, and (3) states what your piece adds that it did not. This becomes the contribution paragraph student editors look for first.
Checklist
- All four sources searched on the claim, not just the topic
- SSRN checked for unpublished work in the exact subfield (highest risk)
- Each near-miss classified (different / narrower / different ground / preempted)
- No "genuinely preempted" survivor — if found, claim revised
- "What's new" paragraph drafted, naming the closest prior work explicitly
Anti-patterns
- Searching only the topic, declaring novelty, and missing a same-claim SSRN draft
- Ignoring an SSRN working paper because it is "not published yet" (editors read it anyway)
- Burying a close competitor in a string cite instead of distinguishing it head-on
- Overclaiming "no one has ever" when a foundational HeinOnline piece said something adjacent
- Reframing as novel a piece that is actually preempted — student editors will find it during source-pull
Output format
【Claim searched】the exact sentence searched, not just the topic
【Sources swept】SSRN / Westlaw / HeinOnline / Scholar (all four? Y/N)
【Closest prior work】author, venue, what it did
【Relationship】different / narrower / different ground / PREEMPTED
【Ledger】search strings + near-miss classifications recorded? Y/N
【What's new】one-paragraph contribution statement
【Next】ylj-argument-structure (or back to ylj-thesis-and-contribution if preempted)Supplementary resources
../../resources/external_tools.md— SSRN / Westlaw / HeinOnline / legal-research access notes../../resources/official-source-map.md— YLJ originality / anonymized-review facts
© 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 Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-preemption-check of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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Questions about Ylj Preemption Check
What does Ylj Preemption Check do?
A skill your agent uses when verifying that a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) claim is genuinely novel and not preempted by prior scholarship. Ylj Preemption Check is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when verifying that a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) claim is genuinely novel and not preempted by prior scholarship.
When should I use Ylj Preemption Check?
Ylj Preemption Check fits situations like: verifying that a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) claim is genuinely novel and not preempted by prior scholarship; tasks that involve Essays and academic help; tasks that involve Creative writing and fiction.
How do I install Ylj Preemption Check in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ylj-preemption-check -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-preemption-check in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/ylj-preemption-check in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Ylj Preemption Check in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ylj-preemption-check -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-preemption-check in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/ylj-preemption-check in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Ylj Preemption Check 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 ylj-preemption-check -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ylj-preemption-check, .gemini/skills/ylj-preemption-check, .github/skills/ylj-preemption-check and .opencode/skills/ylj-preemption-check in your project.
What does Ylj Preemption Check need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Ylj Preemption Check is instructions for the agent only.
Does Ylj Preemption Check 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 Ylj Preemption Check 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 Ylj Preemption Check use?
Ylj Preemption Check 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 Ylj Preemption Check use?
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.5k 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 Ylj Preemption Check?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ylj Preemption Check: Non Fiction Revision (jwynia/agent-skills, 170 stars), Thesis Creator (Stars-OC/thesis-creator, 230 stars), Aigc Detector (free-revalution/AIGC-Detector-Pro, 142 stars) and Pixi Vn Minigames (DRincs-Productions/pixi-vn, 149 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Ylj Preemption Check?
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.