# Econ Writing Skill > Write economics papers with your agent, guided by advice distilled from leading economists' writing guides, section by section. Econ Writing Skill is an open-source agent skill by hanlulong for writing economics papers. It distills advice from more than 50 writing guides by economists such as Cochrane, McCloskey, Shapiro and Head into guidance your agent follows. What you can do with it - Structure applied, theory, structural and descriptive papers, with formulas for the abstract, introduction, model, data and conclusion sections - Write up identification strategies such as RCTs, difference-in-differences, IV, RDD and synthetic control - Follow field conventions in macro, trade, development and finance - Apply style rules from McCloskey and Cochrane, cut generic AI-sounding phrasing, and evaluate titles - Check citations, translate coefficients into economically meaningful terms and improve tables and figures - Get a simulated three-referee review with a scoring rubric, and a pre-submission checklist - Prepare job market papers, grant proposals, referee responses, policy briefs and replication packages How it connects - It installs as an agent skill in Claude Code and Codex; the repo also has a Claude plugin and Codex plugin manifest. See its INSTALL.md for each agent. Good to know - It's part of a set with the same author's paper review skill. - It includes guidance on disclosing AI assistance under journal policies. - It's open source under the MIT licence. - Type: Skill - Made by: hanlulong - Category: Writing - Formats: Skills - Version: latest - Website: https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill - Source: https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill - Page: https://pluginboard.ai/skills/econ-writing-skill ## Works with - ChatGPT - Claude - Gemini - GitHub Copilot - Cursor - Claude Code - Codex - Antigravity - Gemini CLI - Replit - OpenClaw - OpenCode - Hermes Agent ## Install ### ChatGPT In ChatGPT: Download the econ-writing-skill folder and zip it, then Plugins → Skills → Create → Upload from your computer. Business and Enterprise plans. View the skills on GitHub: https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill ### Claude In Claude (web or desktop): Download each skill’s folder and zip it, then upload them one at a time in Customize → Skills. View the skills on GitHub: https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill ### Gemini In Gemini: Download the econ-writing-skill folder, then at gemini.google.com click Customize → Skills → Create → Upload and pick the folder (or a .zip of it). View the skills on GitHub: https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill ### GitHub Copilot Copy all 1 skills, in your terminal: ```shell npx -y degit hanlulong/econ-writing-skill/skills/econ-write ~/.copilot/skills/econ-write ``` View the skills on GitHub: https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill ### Cursor Copy all 1 skills, in your terminal: ```shell npx -y degit hanlulong/econ-writing-skill/skills/econ-write ~/.cursor/skills/econ-write ``` View the skills on GitHub: https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill ### Claude Code Copy all 1 skills, in your terminal: ```shell npx -y degit hanlulong/econ-writing-skill/skills/econ-write ~/.claude/skills/econ-write ``` View the skills on GitHub: https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill ### Codex Copy all 1 skills, in your terminal: ```shell npx -y degit hanlulong/econ-writing-skill/skills/econ-write ~/.agents/skills/econ-write ``` View the skills on GitHub: https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill ### Antigravity In Antigravity: Copy the econ-writing-skill folder into ~/.gemini/config/skills (Antigravity app and IDE) or ~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/skills (Antigravity CLI). View the skills on GitHub: https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill ### Gemini CLI Copy all 1 skills, in your terminal: ```shell npx -y degit hanlulong/econ-writing-skill/skills/econ-write ~/.gemini/skills/econ-write ``` View the skills on GitHub: https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill ### Replit Copy all 1 skills, in your terminal: ```shell npx -y degit hanlulong/econ-writing-skill/skills/econ-write .agents/skills/econ-write ``` View the skills on GitHub: https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill ### OpenClaw Copy all 1 skills, in your terminal: ```shell npx -y degit hanlulong/econ-writing-skill/skills/econ-write ~/.openclaw/skills/econ-write ``` View the skills on GitHub: https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill ### OpenCode Copy all 1 skills, in your terminal: ```shell npx -y degit hanlulong/econ-writing-skill/skills/econ-write ~/.config/opencode/skills/econ-write ``` View the skills on GitHub: https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill ### Hermes Agent Copy all 1 skills, in your terminal: ```shell npx -y degit hanlulong/econ-writing-skill/skills/econ-write ~/.hermes/skills/econ-write ``` View the skills on GitHub: https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill --- From Pluginboard (https://pluginboard.ai).