Agent skill

Ectheory Literature Positioning

by franklee16 in franklee16/academic-research-skills

A skill your agent uses to stake an Econometric Theory (ET) contribution against the existing theory frontier — which assumptions you weaken, which limit result you generalize, what was previously…

No licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Ectheory Literature Positioning

skills CLI
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill ectheory-literature-positioning -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills ectheory-literature-positioning --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/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Econometric-Theory-Skills/skills/ectheory-literature-positioning .claude/skills/ectheory-literature-positioning && 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
ectheory-literature-positioning
GitHub stars
223
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~787 tokens
SKILL.md length
340 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,617
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

A skill your agent uses to stake an Econometric Theory (ET) contribution against the existing theory frontier — which assumptions you weaken, which limit result you generalize, what was previously…

  • Works in 4 steps: Name the closest prior result and its… → State the delta in one sentence: weaker… → Say what was previously unproven or only… → …
  • Stake an Econometric Theory (ET) contribution against the existing theory frontier — which assumptions you weaken
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, How ET positioning differs, Citation mechanics (ET house… and Checklist, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Ectheory Literature Positioning is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use to stake an Econometric Theory (ET) contribution against the existing theory frontier — which assumptions you weaken, which limit result you generalize, what was previously unproven — using APA author-date citations, not a standalone literature survey.

Its SKILL.md is about 790 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, covering Citation management, Positioning and messaging and Econometrics and empirical research. The repository describes itself as: Comprehensive collection of Claude Code skills for academic research in economics, finance, and social sciences.

When your agent uses it

  • Stake an Econometric Theory (ET) contribution against the existing theory frontier — which assumptions you weaken
  • Which limit result you generalize
  • What was previously unproven — using APA author-date citations
  • Not a standalone literature survey

Example prompts

  • “/ectheory-literature-positioning”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Name the closest prior result and its assumptions/scope exactly.
  2. State the delta in one sentence: weaker moment conditions, dependent vs i.i.d. data,
  3. Say what was previously unproven or only conjectured that you now prove.
  4. Acknowledge concurrent/overlapping work fairly — in a small theory community, the editors and

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9a4b2db. 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

Ectheory Literature Positioning loads about 787 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 340 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~72
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~787

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 340 words (~787 tokens).

“ET is a theory journal: positioning is theorem-to-theorem, not "gap in the empirical literature." The reader is an econometric theorist who will immediately map your result onto the known limit theory. Your job is to locate your contribution on that…”

— opening of SKILL.md by franklee16
name
ectheory-literature-positioning

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Econometric-Theory-Skills/skills/ectheory-literature-positioning of franklee16/academic-research-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9a4b2db

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in franklee16/academic-research-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Ectheory Literature Positioning

What does Ectheory Literature Positioning do?

A skill your agent uses to stake an Econometric Theory (ET) contribution against the existing theory frontier — which assumptions you weaken, which limit result you generalize, what was previously…. Ectheory Literature Positioning is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use to stake an Econometric Theory (ET) contribution against the existing theory frontier — which assumptions you weaken, which limit result you generalize, what was previously unproven — using APA author-date citations, not a standalone literature survey.

When should I use Ectheory Literature Positioning?

Ectheory Literature Positioning fits situations like: stake an Econometric Theory (ET) contribution against the existing theory frontier — which assumptions you weaken; which limit result you generalize; what was previously unproven — using APA author-date citations; not a standalone literature survey.

How do I install Ectheory Literature Positioning in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill ectheory-literature-positioning -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Econometric-Theory-Skills/skills/ectheory-literature-positioning in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .claude/skills/ectheory-literature-positioning in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Ectheory Literature Positioning in Codex?

Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill ectheory-literature-positioning -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Econometric-Theory-Skills/skills/ectheory-literature-positioning in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .agents/skills/ectheory-literature-positioning in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Ectheory Literature Positioning 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 franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill ectheory-literature-positioning -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ectheory-literature-positioning, .gemini/skills/ectheory-literature-positioning, .github/skills/ectheory-literature-positioning and .opencode/skills/ectheory-literature-positioning in your project.

What does Ectheory Literature Positioning need to run?

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

Does Ectheory Literature Positioning 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 Ectheory Literature Positioning 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 Ectheory Literature Positioning use?

No licence was found for Ectheory Literature Positioning or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Ectheory Literature Positioning use?

About 787 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k 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 Ectheory Literature Positioning?

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Who maintains Ectheory Literature Positioning?

franklee16 (a GitHub user) maintains it in franklee16/academic-research-skills, which has 223 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,617 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 18, 2026.

Source: franklee16/academic-research-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.