From rfs-skills
Polishes prose, contribution framing, and abstracts for RFS manuscripts. Sharpens exposition without altering empirics or results.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/rfs-skills:rfs-writing-styleThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- The abstract or introduction buries what is new
Run this only after identification, robustness, and exhibits hold up. Do not polish prose around an unsettled result.
The best RFS papers make the new question and the answer legible in the first two pages. An RFS Editor desk-screens before referees, so the contribution must land before page three or risk a desk reject. RFS welcomes theory + empirics, so the prose must integrate them, not present a model and then an unrelated regression — Brunnermeier and Pedersen (2009, RFS 22(6)) is a model of a tight theory→prediction→evidence arc. Two hard RFS house-style rules bind the writing: the abstract must be ≤ 100 words (RFS returns longer abstracts), and references follow Chicago Manual of Style author-date format. A long, literature-first abstract is both off-house-style and over the word limit.
rfs-literature-positioning).【Abstract】leads with question+finding+magnitude? yes/no
【Intro delta】explicit vs. closest paper? yes/no
【Magnitude on p.1–2】yes/no
【Theory–empirics integration】tight / loose
【Overselling risk】[claims to recalibrate]
【Next step】rfs-submission
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin rfs-skillsPolishes JFE manuscript prose to be precise, evidence-forward, and free of hedging or overclaiming. Improves introduction structure and sentence discipline.
Polishes REStud manuscript prose for clarity, economy, and result-forward exposition. Tightens introductions, abstracts, and overall writing to meet the journal's house style.
Polishes RAST manuscript prose to front-load the contribution, write an abstract that lands, and adopt the accounting house voice. Use on a near-final pass after results and exhibits are settled.