Individual skill
cps-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether a research question fits Comparative Political Studies (CPS) and how to frame its comparative contribution. Tests comparative leverage and travel; it does not design the study or write the paper.
Comparative-Political-Studies-Skills/skills/cps-topic-selection/SKILL.md
Source commit 932eb23331721b16e967c59f093781be1928b498
What was checked
- Matches the observed repository HEAD
- Yes
- Scanner rules are current
- Yes
- Repository scan complete
- No
- Skill scan complete
- Yes
- Observed behavior
- Network or broad shell
- Last checked
- Nov 9, 2026
These are observations at the recorded commit, not a guarantee of safety. Review the source before running it.
Install this skill
Choose an agent in your Stack or copy a command below. Commands fetch the pinned commit and copy only this skill directory. Existing destinations are refused. Copying a command does not install anything.
An install command is unavailable: current rules, complete repository and skill scans, an eligible behavior level and a permitted license are required.
Repository context
- Repository stars (not skill ratings)
- 1,405
- Repository last updated
- Sep 27, 2026
- License
- MIT
Observed agent integration: No specific integration evidence. Standard SKILL.md installation does not imply verified compatibility.
- academic-writing Repository topic
- agent-skills Repository topic
- journal Repository topic
- academic-research Repository topic
- ai-agents Repository topic
- anthropic Repository topic
- awesome-list Repository topic
- claude Repository topic
- claude-code Repository topic
- economics Repository topic
- research Derived category
- design Derived category
Files and excerpt
File metadata and permitted, redacted excerpts come from the recorded scan. Source links are pinned to that commit.
Browse files
SKILL.mdcore · 4,769 bytes
Read excerpt
# Topic Selection & Comparative Fit (cps-topic-selection)
CPS publishes work in **comparative politics** — democratization & regimes, political institutions,
political behavior & participation, ethnic politics & conflict, comparative political economy, and
parties & elections — where the contribution is **comparative** in design or in the portability of the
claim. The first job is to confirm the question earns a place in a comparative-politics journal, not a
single-country area journal and not a general poli-sci flagship.
## When to trigger
- Choosing a question or deciding if CPS is the right venue
- A draft reads as a single-country case with no comparative leverage
- A reviewer or colleague said "this is interesting but why CPS / why comparative?"
- Deciding whether a single case can carry a portable theoretical claim