Agent skill

Smj Theory Development

by franklee16 in franklee16/academic-research-skills

A skill your agent uses when building the theoretical mechanism and hypotheses for a Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) manuscript.

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Install Smj Theory Development

skills CLI
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill smj-theory-development -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills smj-theory-development --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/Strategic-Management-Journal-Skills/skills/smj-theory-development .claude/skills/smj-theory-development && 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
smj-theory-development
GitHub stars
223
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
602 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 mechanism and hypotheses for a Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) manuscript.

  • Works in 5 steps: Establish the baseline relationship.… → Specify the mechanism. Name the… → Develop moderators as theory, not… → …
  • Building the theoretical mechanism and hypotheses for a Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) manuscript
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, What SMJ means by "theory", Choosing and combining lenses and Building the argument…, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Smj Theory Development is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when building the theoretical mechanism and hypotheses for a Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) manuscript. Constructs the argument and develops hypotheses; it does not position the literature or run estimation.

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.

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

  • Building the theoretical mechanism and hypotheses for a Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) manuscript

Example prompts

  • “/smj-theory-development”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Establish the baseline relationship. State the focal X → Y and the strategy logic for its sign.
  2. Specify the mechanism. Name the mediating process (e.g., reduced imitation, lower coordination cost, shifted aspirations). The mechanism…
  3. Develop moderators as theory, not robustness. A moderator hypothesis must explain how the boundary condition strengthens or reverses the…
  4. Surface and address the tension. SMJ rewards arguments that resolve a real tension or counter-prediction (e.g., a resource that both…
  5. State the counterfactual and scope conditions. Where does the logic hold, and where does it break?

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

Smj Theory Development loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 60 tokens; SKILL.md has 602 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~60
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k

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 602 words (~1,400 tokens).

“SMJ wants a causal logic: a chain of premises that explains why a strategic choice or condition produces a performance/advantage consequence, anchored in a recognized strategy perspective. A hypothesis without a stated mechanism is a correlation in disguise. The reviewers…”

— opening of SKILL.md by franklee16
name
smj-theory-development

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Strategic-Management-Journal-Skills/skills/smj-theory-development 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 Smj Theory Development

What does Smj Theory Development do?

A skill your agent uses when building the theoretical mechanism and hypotheses for a Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) manuscript. Smj Theory Development is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when building the theoretical mechanism and hypotheses for a Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) manuscript.

When should I use Smj Theory Development?

Smj Theory Development fits situations like: building the theoretical mechanism and hypotheses for a Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) manuscript.

How do I install Smj Theory Development in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill smj-theory-development -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Strategic-Management-Journal-Skills/skills/smj-theory-development in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .claude/skills/smj-theory-development in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Smj Theory Development in Codex?

Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill smj-theory-development -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Strategic-Management-Journal-Skills/skills/smj-theory-development in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .agents/skills/smj-theory-development in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Smj Theory Development 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 smj-theory-development -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/smj-theory-development, .gemini/skills/smj-theory-development, .github/skills/smj-theory-development and .opencode/skills/smj-theory-development in your project.

What does Smj Theory Development need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Smj Theory Development is instructions for the agent only.

Does Smj Theory Development 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 Smj Theory Development 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 Smj Theory Development use?

No licence was found for Smj Theory Development or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Smj Theory Development use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.6k 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 Smj Theory Development?

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.