Skill UI

A comprehensive coach designed to guide students and researchers through the entire scholarly writing lifecycle. This skill covers structuring complex academic works—including research papers (IMRaD), theses, dissertations, grant proposals, and conference abstracts. It teaches fundamental writing principles, proper source integration, avoiding plagiarism, and navigating diverse citation styles (APA, MLA, Chicago, GB/T 7714), helping users develop an independent, professional academic voice.

Act as a constructive critic and rigorous stress-tester for any idea, proposal, or strategy. This mode systematically challenges underlying assumptions, identifies technical and market edge cases, anticipates diverse stakeholder objections (engineering, leadership, legal), and suggests actionable mitigations. Use it when you need a multi-faceted, robust evaluation to strengthen your plan before committing resources.

This skill helps users create high-impact, standalone executive summaries for complex documents, reports, or proposals. It structures the summary with a clear bottom line, actionable recommendations, and key findings, ensuring busy senior stakeholders can grasp the core message and make a decision quickly.

A comprehensive guide detailing the unique process of proposing a research topic to the Annual Review of Economics (ARE). It explains that ARE operates on a commissioning basis, guiding authors on how to structure a compelling, committee-ready topic pitch—focusing on the organizing spine, required scope, and market rationale—rather than submitting a finished manuscript.

A comprehensive guide for authors on how to successfully propose or accept an invitation to write a review article for the Annual Review of Sociology (ARSoc). It details the unique commissioning-driven process, outlining what constitutes a Committee-ready topic pitch. Learn how to structure your pitch, including the organizing spine, provisional conclusions, and strategic steps to maximize your chances of being commissioned.

This skill guides researchers on how to position an economic policy manuscript's contribution against two critical frontiers: the existing academic literature and the current, live policy debate (e.g., central bank statements, commission proposals). It teaches authors to synthesize a single contribution sentence that moves both the academic and the policy conversation, ensuring the paper is timely, impactful, and highly relevant to policymakers.

This guide details the unique, editor-driven submission process for the Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP). It advises authors on managing scope, length, and framing when working with an editorial team, rather than anonymous referees. Key strategies include treating the proposal as a contract, prioritizing accessibility for a broad audience, and negotiating scope early in the process.

A comprehensive guide for structuring persuasive proposals or symposium pitches for the Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP). Learn how to convince editors that a balanced, accessible, and novel article or theme exists, focusing on the necessary components like the 'why now,' core takeaways, and balance plan, rather than writing the full manuscript.

This router guides authors through the entire process of developing a compelling, non-technical synthesis article for a broad audience, specifically for the Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP). It determines the optimal next skill to use—whether focusing on topic selection, narrative structure, improving accessibility, ensuring balance, or drafting the initial proposal—ensuring the final product reads as an accessible essay rather than a specialized research paper.

A comprehensive guide for researchers preparing submissions to specialized academic journals, such as Perspectives on Psychological Science (PoPS). This guide details the strategic process of writing a proposal, differentiating between stand-alone, cooperative, and miscellaneous contributions. It teaches authors how to structure the core argument (the 'spine') and articulate the field's current need, ensuring submissions are timely, focused, and methodologically sound.

A comprehensive guide for researchers in finance and economics to rigorously assess their research proposals. It helps pressure-test an idea against the high standards of top academic journals, focusing on establishing genuine novelty (new questions, mechanisms, or data) and methodological rigor. Ideal for structuring the contribution claim and refining the research design.

This skill provides a comprehensive, reproducible rubric for evaluating scholarly and scientific work. It covers nine critical dimensions—including problem statement, methodology, data evidence, analysis rigor, and citation quality—making it ideal for reviewing research papers, grant proposals, literature reviews, and academic theses. Use it to provide structured, actionable, and professional feedback to enhance scholarly output.