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A skill your agent uses when judging whether a finance idea clears the Review of Finance (RoF) general-interest bar before any estimation or modeling — first-order question, fit with the journal's…
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Install Rof Topic Selection
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill rof-topic-selection -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills rof-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/Review-of-Finance-Skills/skills/rof-topic-selection .claude/skills/rof-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 "rof-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Review-of-Finance-Skills/skills/rof-topic-selection into .claude/skills/rof-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rof-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/Review-of-Finance-Skills/skills/rof-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 rof-topic-selection -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills rof-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/Review-of-Finance-Skills/skills/rof-topic-selection .agents/skills/rof-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 "rof-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Review-of-Finance-Skills/skills/rof-topic-selection into .agents/skills/rof-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rof-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 rof-topic-selection -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills rof-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/Review-of-Finance-Skills/skills/rof-topic-selection .cursor/skills/rof-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 "rof-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Review-of-Finance-Skills/skills/rof-topic-selection into .cursor/skills/rof-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rof-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/Review-of-Finance-Skills/skills/rof-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 rof-topic-selection -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills rof-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/Review-of-Finance-Skills/skills/rof-topic-selection .gemini/skills/rof-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 "rof-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Review-of-Finance-Skills/skills/rof-topic-selection into .gemini/skills/rof-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rof-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 rof-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 rof-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/Review-of-Finance-Skills/skills/rof-topic-selection .github/skills/rof-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 "rof-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Review-of-Finance-Skills/skills/rof-topic-selection into .github/skills/rof-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rof-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 rof-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 rof-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/Review-of-Finance-Skills/skills/rof-topic-selection .opencode/skills/rof-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 "rof-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Review-of-Finance-Skills/skills/rof-topic-selection into .opencode/skills/rof-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rof-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
rof-topic-selection- GitHub stars
- 223
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~683 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 306 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,616
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when judging whether a finance idea clears the Review of Finance (RoF) general-interest bar before any estimation or modeling — first-order question, fit with the journal's…
- Works in 5 steps: First-order question — does the answer… → Generality — is the lesson portable… → Standard — could a top-three-finance… → …
- Judging whether a finance idea clears the Review of Finance (RoF) general-interest bar before any estimation
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, The RoF bar, Fit tests and Anti-patterns, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Rof Topic Selection is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when judging whether a finance idea clears the Review of Finance (RoF) general-interest bar before any estimation or modeling — first-order question, fit with the journal's empirical-and-theoretical scope, and the top-three-finance-journal standard RoF referees apply.
Its SKILL.md is about 680 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
- Judging whether a finance idea clears the Review of Finance (RoF) general-interest bar before any estimation
- Modeling — first-order question
- Fit with the journals empirical-and-theoretical scope
- The top-three-finance-journal standard RoF referees apply
Example prompts
- “/rof-topic-selection”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- First-order question — does the answer change how finance researchers think, not just add a decimal to a known coefficient?
- Generality — is the lesson portable beyond one market, one country-year, one dataset?
- Standard — could a top-three-finance referee call this publishable there? RoF aims for that quality.
- Empirical vs. theory clarity — an empirical paper needs credible identification (→ rof-identification-strategy); a theory paper needs…
- Process fit — RoF charges a real fee (EUR 350; EUR 300 for EFA members) and runs a two-round process; a paper needing five rounds to…
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
Rof Topic Selection loads about 683 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 73 tokens; SKILL.md has 306 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 306 words (~683 tokens).
“RoF publishes general-interest finance at the level of the top-three finance journals, as the official journal of the European Finance Association (EFA). Its referees are explicitly asked to apply top-three-finance-journal standards, so the screening question is "would this interest the…”
- name
- rof-topic-selection
Files
Just SKILL.md in Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Review-of-Finance-Skills/skills/rof-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
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| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rof Topic Selection this skillfranklee16/academic-research-skills | 223 | 1 repos | ~683 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
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| Idea Refinementaddyosmani/agent-skills | 103k | 6 repos | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Same Idea Both Platformssickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Idea Evaluatorsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~930 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Idea Autopsysickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Rof Topic Selection
What does Rof Topic Selection do?
A skill your agent uses when judging whether a finance idea clears the Review of Finance (RoF) general-interest bar before any estimation or modeling — first-order question, fit with the journal's…. Rof Topic Selection is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when judging whether a finance idea clears the Review of Finance (RoF) general-interest bar before any estimation or modeling — first-order question, fit with the journal's empirical-and-theoretical scope, and the top-three-finance-journal standard RoF referees apply.
When should I use Rof Topic Selection?
Rof Topic Selection fits situations like: judging whether a finance idea clears the Review of Finance (RoF) general-interest bar before any estimation; modeling — first-order question; fit with the journals empirical-and-theoretical scope; the top-three-finance-journal standard RoF referees apply.
How do I install Rof Topic Selection in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill rof-topic-selection -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Review-of-Finance-Skills/skills/rof-topic-selection in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .claude/skills/rof-topic-selection in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Rof Topic Selection in Codex?
Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill rof-topic-selection -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Review-of-Finance-Skills/skills/rof-topic-selection in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .agents/skills/rof-topic-selection in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Rof 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 rof-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/rof-topic-selection, .gemini/skills/rof-topic-selection, .github/skills/rof-topic-selection and .opencode/skills/rof-topic-selection in your project.
What does Rof Topic Selection need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Rof Topic Selection is instructions for the agent only.
Does Rof 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 Rof 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 Rof Topic Selection use?
No licence was found for Rof Topic Selection or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Rof Topic Selection use?
About 683 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k 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 Rof Topic Selection?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Rof Topic Selection: Idea Darwin (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Idea Refinement (addyosmani/agent-skills, 103k stars), Same Idea Both Platforms (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars) and Idea Evaluator (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Rof Topic Selection?
franklee16 (a GitHub user) maintains it in franklee16/academic-research-skills, which has 223 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,616 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.