pedro-review-agent

Econ Writing Style Agents

Claude Code plugin marketplace for economics paper writing style review agents.

Install

claude plugin marketplace add yangzichao/econ-writing-style-agents
claude plugin install pedro-review-agent@econ-writing-style-agents

Or inside a Claude Code session:

/plugin marketplace add yangzichao/econ-writing-style-agents
/plugin install pedro-review-agent@econ-writing-style-agents

After installing, run /reload-plugins to activate.

Use

/pedro-review-agent:pedro-review path/to/your-paper.pdf

Accepts PDF, LaTeX, or plain text. The agent reads your paper, applies 7 rule files derived from 20+ published papers, and produces a structured editorial report.

Agent: /pedro-review-agent:pedro-review

Reviews an economics paper following Pedro H.C. Sant'Anna's writing style — derived from comparing his ArXiv v1 drafts with published versions across Econometrica, JoE, JPE:Micro, AER, JEL, JBES, and JAERE.

What the Report Covers

Section	What It Checks
Abstract	Throat-clearing, 30-50% compression, self-promotion, purpose-centric framing
Introduction	Direct contribution opening, enumerated contributions, running example, formal lit section
Terminology	"units" not "individuals", "DiD" not "DID", "comparison group", "working models"
Voice	Active over passive, definitive over tentative, precision over generality
Framing	Solution-oriented, intuition-first, RCT parallels, trade-off labeling
Revision Strategy	What to cut, add, expand — with structural recommendation
Top 5 Changes	Highest-impact suggestions prioritized

Example Output

# Pedro Sant'Anna Style Review Report

**Paper**: Estimating Causal Effects with Staggered Adoption
**Assessment**: Strong methods paper; abstract needs 40% compression
and the introduction lacks enumerated contributions.

## Abstract
**[A.1]** Throat-clearing in opening sentence
- Current: "Researchers are often interested in estimating causal effects..."
- Suggested: "We study estimation of causal effects in staggered designs..."
- Rule: 01-abstract, Rule 1

### Rewritten Abstract
[Full rewrite applying all rules]

### Stats: 165 words → 92 words (44% reduction)

## Top 5 Highest-Impact Changes
1. Rewrite abstract opening (eliminate throat-clearing)
2. Add contribution enumeration to introduction
3. Replace "individuals" with "units" throughout
4. Add running empirical example
5. Move Monte Carlo details to supplementary appendix

Update

claude plugin marketplace update econ-writing-style-agents

Uninstall

claude plugin uninstall pedro-review-agent@econ-writing-style-agents

Repo Structure

.claude-plugin/marketplace.json              # Marketplace definition
plugins/pedro-review-agent/                  # Plugin package
  .claude-plugin/plugin.json                 # Plugin manifest
  skills/pedro-review/
    SKILL.md                                 # Agent entry point
    rules/                                   # 7 rule files the agent reads
    evidence-base.md                         # Paper-by-paper evidence
research/pedro-santanna/                     # Raw research data (20 paper analyses)

Contributing a New Author Agent

1. Collect papers with multiple versions (e.g., ArXiv v1 + published)
2. Analyze revision patterns, save under research/<author>/
3. Create a new plugin under plugins/<author>-review-agent/
4. Add entry to .claude-plugin/marketplace.json

License

MIT