Topics
ZimoLiao/scholaraio
A skill your agent uses when the user asks about research themes, topic distribution, BERTopic clustering, topic overview, topic papers, topic merges, or HTML topic visualizations.
A skill your agent uses when an Economic-Research manuscript is at the topic-selection stage and the theoretical grounding, marginal-contribution sentence, or venue match are unsettled.
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Install Er Topic Selection
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill er-topic-selection -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills er-topic-selection --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/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-topic-selection .claude/skills/er-topic-selection && 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 "er-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-topic-selection into .claude/skills/er-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "er-topic-selection", 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/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-topic-selectionType 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 franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill er-topic-selection -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills er-topic-selection --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-topic-selection .agents/skills/er-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "er-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-topic-selection into .agents/skills/er-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "er-topic-selection", 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 franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill er-topic-selection -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills er-topic-selection --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-topic-selection .cursor/skills/er-topic-selection && 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 "er-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-topic-selection into .cursor/skills/er-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "er-topic-selection", 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/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git --path Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-topic-selection--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 franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill er-topic-selection -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills er-topic-selection --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-topic-selection .gemini/skills/er-topic-selection && 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 "er-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-topic-selection into .gemini/skills/er-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "er-topic-selection", 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 franklee16/academic-research-skills er-topic-selectionInstalls 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 franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill er-topic-selection -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-topic-selection .github/skills/er-topic-selection && 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 "er-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-topic-selection into .github/skills/er-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "er-topic-selection", 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 franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill er-topic-selection -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills er-topic-selection --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-topic-selection .opencode/skills/er-topic-selection && 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 "er-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-topic-selection into .opencode/skills/er-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "er-topic-selection", 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
er-topic-selection- GitHub stars
- 223
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~387 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 79 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,617
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when an Economic-Research manuscript is at the topic-selection stage and the theoretical grounding, marginal-contribution sentence, or venue match are unsettled.
- Works in 3 steps: 理论贡献优先：仅有"现象 + 实证 + 政策"不够，必须能挂上某一支经济学理论 → 中国问题：选题必须能在第一段说明"为什么这个问题在中国值得做" → 边际贡献可枚举：能拆成 3–5 条独立的、互不重叠的贡献
- An Economic-Research manuscript is at the topic-selection stage and the theoretical grounding
- SKILL.md covers 触发时机, 三个硬约束, 理论贡献自检 and 边际贡献四句式, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Er Topic Selection is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when an Economic-Research manuscript is at the topic-selection stage and the theoretical grounding, marginal-contribution sentence, or venue match are unsettled. Produces the contribution-sentence template and the theoretical-grounding checklist.
Its SKILL.md is about 390 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
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
- An Economic-Research manuscript is at the topic-selection stage and the theoretical grounding
- Marginal-contribution sentence
- Venue match are unsettled
Example prompts
- “/er-topic-selection”
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- 理论贡献优先：仅有"现象 + 实证 + 政策"不够，必须能挂上某一支经济学理论
- 中国问题：选题必须能在第一段说明"为什么这个问题在中国值得做"
- 边际贡献可枚举：能拆成 3–5 条独立的、互不重叠的贡献
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
Er Topic Selection loads about 387 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 67 tokens; SKILL.md has 79 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
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 79 words (~387 tokens).
- name
- er-topic-selection
Files
Just SKILL.md in Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-topic-selection 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.
Compare with similar skills
Er Topic Selection next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Er Topic Selection this skillfranklee16/academic-research-skills | 223 | 1 repos | ~387 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| TopicsZimoLiao/scholaraio | 577 | — | ~294 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Topic Modelingbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~3.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Bestblogs Topicginobefun/BestBlogs | 4k | — | ~670 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Channel Economicsalirezarezvani/claude-skills | 28k | — | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Zsxq Topicitwanger/toBeBetterJavaer | 18k | — | ~564 | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about Er Topic Selection
What does Er Topic Selection do?
A skill your agent uses when an Economic-Research manuscript is at the topic-selection stage and the theoretical grounding, marginal-contribution sentence, or venue match are unsettled. Er Topic Selection is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when an Economic-Research manuscript is at the topic-selection stage and the theoretical grounding, marginal-contribution sentence, or venue match are unsettled.
When should I use Er Topic Selection?
Er Topic Selection fits situations like: an Economic-Research manuscript is at the topic-selection stage and the theoretical grounding; marginal-contribution sentence; venue match are unsettled.
How do I install Er Topic Selection in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill er-topic-selection -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-topic-selection in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .claude/skills/er-topic-selection in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Er Topic Selection in Codex?
Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill er-topic-selection -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-topic-selection in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .agents/skills/er-topic-selection in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Er Topic Selection 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 er-topic-selection -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/er-topic-selection, .gemini/skills/er-topic-selection, .github/skills/er-topic-selection and .opencode/skills/er-topic-selection in your project.
What does Er Topic Selection need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Er Topic Selection is instructions for the agent only.
Does Er Topic Selection 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 Er Topic Selection 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 Er Topic Selection use?
No licence was found for Er Topic Selection or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Er Topic Selection use?
About 387 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.5k 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 Er Topic Selection?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Er Topic Selection: Topics (ZimoLiao/scholaraio, 577 stars), Topic Modeling (brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, 4.5k stars), Bestblogs Topic (ginobefun/BestBlogs, 4k stars) and Channel Economics (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Er Topic Selection?
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.