From restud-skills
Positions a REStud manuscript against the closest related work by confronting nearest papers and stating the marginal contribution precisely.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/restud-skills:restud-literature-positioningThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- The related-work discussion is a list of citations rather than an argument
restud-topic-selection) but its location in the literature is unclearREStud is general-interest and weights theory and applied work equally, so the positioning has two jobs at once:
A REStud-quality positioning paragraph is an argument, not a literature dump: "Paper A established X but assumed Y; paper B relaxed Y but only for setting Z; we do W, which neither could, because [our model / design / data]."
List the closest papers in two rings:
State why the contribution was not made earlier: a method that did not exist, data that was not available, a model that was not tractable, or a fact no one had documented. This is the spine of an original-contribution claim.
Cite the closest competitor in the introduction, in the main text, not in a footnote. Referees who suspect you are hiding the nearest paper turn hostile.
REStud referees expect the foundational theory or methods references to be present (e.g., the seminal model your framework extends, or the identification-method papers your design relies on). Missing the obvious canonical citation reads as not knowing the field.
【MARGINAL CONTRIBUTION】<one sentence, relative to the literature>
【INNER RING】[paper — what it could not do — your distinguisher] x3-5
【OUTER RING STRANDS】<2-3 literatures + anchor cites>
【WHY-NOT-BEFORE CLAUSE】<one sentence>
【CANONICAL ANCHORS PRESENT】yes / missing: [...]
【NEXT SKILL】restud-identification (empirical) | restud-theory-model (theory)
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin restud-skillsSharpens 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.
Stakes the marginal contribution of a REStat manuscript against prior work when positioning is fuzzy or oversold. Focuses on precise deltas rather than literature tours.
Positions the marginal contribution of an AEJ: Applied manuscript precisely against prior applied-micro work. Use when a contribution is fuzzy, undersold, or risks reading as a replication.