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A skill your agent uses when building the theoretical argument of a Journal of Communication (JoC) manuscript into a field-level contribution — whether the work is mechanistic-empirical…
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Install Joc Theory Building
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill joc-theory-building -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills joc-theory-building --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/Journal-of-Communication-Skills/skills/joc-theory-building .claude/skills/joc-theory-building && 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 "joc-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Journal-of-Communication-Skills/skills/joc-theory-building into .claude/skills/joc-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "joc-theory-building", 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/Journal-of-Communication-Skills/skills/joc-theory-buildingType 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 joc-theory-building -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills joc-theory-building --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/Journal-of-Communication-Skills/skills/joc-theory-building .agents/skills/joc-theory-building && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "joc-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Journal-of-Communication-Skills/skills/joc-theory-building into .agents/skills/joc-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "joc-theory-building", 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 joc-theory-building -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills joc-theory-building --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/Journal-of-Communication-Skills/skills/joc-theory-building .cursor/skills/joc-theory-building && 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 "joc-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Journal-of-Communication-Skills/skills/joc-theory-building into .cursor/skills/joc-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "joc-theory-building", 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/Journal-of-Communication-Skills/skills/joc-theory-building--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 joc-theory-building -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills joc-theory-building --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/Journal-of-Communication-Skills/skills/joc-theory-building .gemini/skills/joc-theory-building && 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 "joc-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Journal-of-Communication-Skills/skills/joc-theory-building into .gemini/skills/joc-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "joc-theory-building", 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 joc-theory-buildingInstalls 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 joc-theory-building -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/Journal-of-Communication-Skills/skills/joc-theory-building .github/skills/joc-theory-building && 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 "joc-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Journal-of-Communication-Skills/skills/joc-theory-building into .github/skills/joc-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "joc-theory-building", 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 joc-theory-building -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 joc-theory-building --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/Journal-of-Communication-Skills/skills/joc-theory-building .opencode/skills/joc-theory-building && 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 "joc-theory-building" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Journal-of-Communication-Skills/skills/joc-theory-building into .opencode/skills/joc-theory-building/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "joc-theory-building", 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
joc-theory-building- GitHub stars
- 223
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~976 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 399 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,617
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when building the theoretical argument of a Journal of Communication (JoC) manuscript into a field-level contribution — whether the work is mechanistic-empirical…
- Works in 4 steps: Concept — define the key constructs… → Mechanism — the communication process:… → Observable implications — what we should… → …
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Build the argument (by mode of…, The "portability" test… and Anti-patterns, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Joc Theory Building is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when building the theoretical argument of a Journal of Communication (JoC) manuscript into a field-level contribution — whether the work is mechanistic-empirical, computational, interpretive, or critical. JoC rewards a clear, portable communication-theory argument over a bare finding. Structures the argument; it does not run analyses.
Its SKILL.md is about 980 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.
Example prompts
- “/joc-theory-building”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Concept — define the key constructs precisely (e.g., exposure, framing, presence); distinguish
- Mechanism — the communication process: who sends/receives what, through which channel, with what
- Observable implications — what we should see if the mechanism operates (and what we should
- Scope conditions — which audiences, messages, and contexts the argument holds for. Portability ≠ universality.
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
Joc Theory Building loads about 976 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 90 tokens; SKILL.md has 399 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 399 words (~976 tokens).
“At JoC a result is not a contribution until it is attached to an argument communication researchers can use elsewhere. This skill turns findings into theory: explicit mechanisms, scope conditions, and observable implications, in the idiom appropriate to your kind…”
- name
- joc-theory-building
Files
Just SKILL.md in Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Journal-of-Communication-Skills/skills/joc-theory-building 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
Joc Theory Building 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joc Theory Building this skillfranklee16/academic-research-skills | 223 | 1 repos | ~976 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| How To Communicatedatabasus/databasus | 8.9k | — | ~3.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Twilio Communicationssickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 2 repos | ~453 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Internal Communicationsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~3.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Twilio Communicationsdavila7/claude-code-templates | 33k | 5 repos | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Team Communicationsalirezarezvani/claude-skills | 28k | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Joc Theory Building
What does Joc Theory Building do?
A skill your agent uses when building the theoretical argument of a Journal of Communication (JoC) manuscript into a field-level contribution — whether the work is mechanistic-empirical…. Joc Theory Building is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when building the theoretical argument of a Journal of Communication (JoC) manuscript into a field-level contribution — whether the work is mechanistic-empirical, computational, interpretive, or critical.
How do I install Joc Theory Building in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill joc-theory-building -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Journal-of-Communication-Skills/skills/joc-theory-building in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .claude/skills/joc-theory-building in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Joc Theory Building in Codex?
Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill joc-theory-building -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Journal-of-Communication-Skills/skills/joc-theory-building in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .agents/skills/joc-theory-building in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Joc Theory Building 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 joc-theory-building -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/joc-theory-building, .gemini/skills/joc-theory-building, .github/skills/joc-theory-building and .opencode/skills/joc-theory-building in your project.
What does Joc Theory Building need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Joc Theory Building is instructions for the agent only.
Does Joc Theory Building 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 Joc Theory Building 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 Joc Theory Building use?
No licence was found for Joc Theory Building or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Joc Theory Building use?
About 976 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.9k 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 Joc Theory Building?
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.