From eer-skills
Sharpens the contribution-vs-frontier claim for EER manuscripts when the novelty gap is fuzzy, oversold, or under-cited. Helps name the closest papers and state a checkable marginal contribution.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/eer-skills:eer-literature-positioningThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- The "what's new here" sentence is vague, defensive, or missing
EER is general-interest across all of economics, so the contribution must be legible to a reader outside your subfield while withstanding the scrutiny of those inside it. That means a two-layer positioning: (1) a broad-interest hook — why a generalist should care — and (2) a precise frontier delta — exactly which result you extend, overturn, or quantify, with the closest 3–5 papers named. Single-anonymized review means the referees are likely the authors you cite: be accurate and fair, neither dismissive nor over-deferential.
eer-identification, eer-theory-model).A public-finance paper estimates the incidence of a carbon tax. A weak positioning says "we contribute to the carbon-tax literature." An EER positioning says: "Closest are A (estimates incidence assuming fixed pass-through) and B (allows pass-through but ignores informal substitution); we relax both and show informal substitution shifts incidence toward poorer households by ~30% (illustrative) — a general lesson about how informal margins change the distributional reading of any consumption tax." Generalist hook (who bears taxes) + precise delta (relaxes two assumptions of named papers) + cross-field travel (any consumption tax).
【Broad-interest hook】one sentence a generalist cares about
【Closest frontier】3–5 papers, each "did X / left open Y"
【Marginal contribution】the checkable delta (primary)
【Cross-field bridge】where the result travels
【Claim calibration】matched to design/theory strength? [Y/N]
【Next step】eer-identification (empirical) or eer-theory-model (theory)
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin eer-skillsPositions a JEEA manuscript's contribution relative to the frontier when claims are fuzzy, oversold, or undersold. Stakes marginal contribution for a general-interest readership.
Positions a REStud manuscript against the closest related work by confronting nearest papers and stating the marginal contribution precisely.
Writes or repairs the introduction and related-work framing for an Economic Journal manuscript, situating the contribution for a broad economics readership with author-date citations.