From geb-skills
Judges whether a game-theory result fits the scope, scale, and selectivity of Games and Economic Behavior (GEB). Use when deciding between GEB and field journals, or when a result feels correct but incremental.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/geb-skills:geb-topic-selectionThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- You have a model or experiment but are unsure it is "GEB-sized"
GEB is the leading specialist game-theory journal and an official journal of the Game Theory Society (Elsevier; founded 1989 by Ehud Kalai; chief editor Hervé Moulin since 2021). The defining test is not general-economics policy interest — it is whether the work significantly advances the frontiers of game theory and its applications. The scope is deliberately broad across methods: equilibrium theory, mechanism and market design, behavioral game theory, learning and dynamics, and experimental/empirical work — and broad across fields that use game theory: economics, political science, biology, computer science, mathematics, and psychology. The audience is a general game-theory readership, so the contribution must be legible and interesting beyond one narrow sub-literature.
Selectivity is explicit and high: about one-third of submissions are desk-rejected, and only ~15% are eventually published. The Editor in Charge will desk-reject papers judged to have no chance of meeting the publication criterion. That makes "what does this teach game theory that we did not know?" the first-page question.
Treat this skill as an executable review pass, not a prose hint. First lock the primitives, equilibrium concept, comparative statics, and proof or experiment boundary; then judge whether the current manuscript answers the venue's real reader: game theorists who ask what the model teaches beyond a clever example.
claim / evidence / risk / manuscript location rows, so the next agent can edit rather than rediscover the issue.resources/official-source-map.md has been checked for volatile rules and the manuscript has one concrete fix for the largest venue-specific risk.【Result type】theory / mechanism design / behavioral / experiment / cross-field
【Advance to game theory】one sentence — what we did not know before
【Fit tests cleared】[conceptual / design / behavioral / generality / cross-field]
【Desk-reject risk】low / medium / high — why
【Verdict】GEB-fit / borderline / better elsewhere
【Next step】geb-literature-positioning
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin geb-skillsEvaluates game-theory manuscripts for fit with Games and Economic Behavior, covering scope, method bar, house style, and desk-reject risks. Guides framing and venue selection.
Routes manuscript work for Games and Economic Behavior (GEB) submissions by diagnosing the current bottleneck and directing to the appropriate geb-* sub-skill.
Determines whether a research project meets the JET scope gate for theoretical economic contributions vs. empirical or field journals.