Individual skill
wp-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether a project fits World Politics and whether it should be a research article or a review article. World Politics is a comparative-politics + international-relations specialist, so the test is a substantive question that travels across cases or systems — not subfield novelty, and not a single-case description. Helps frame the question; it does not collect data.
World-Politics-Skills/skills/wp-topic-selection/SKILL.md
Source commit 932eb23331721b16e967c59f093781be1928b498
What was checked
- Matches the observed repository HEAD
- Yes
- Scanner rules are current
- No
- Repository scan complete
- No
- Skill scan complete
- Yes
- Observed behavior
- Not checked yet
- 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)
- 1,409
- 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
- testing 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 · 6,170 bytes
Read excerpt
# Topic Selection & Fit (wp-topic-selection)
World Politics is a **leading specialist** in comparative politics and international relations. The bar
is not "new to my country case" and not "of general interest to all of political science" — it is **a
substantive political question that travels across cases or systems** and advances theoretical debate.
Use this skill to pressure-test fit before you invest.
## When to trigger
- Choosing among possible projects or framings for a World Politics submission
- A reviewer/colleague said the paper feels "too case-specific" or "just one country"
- Deciding between a **research article** and a **review article**
- Worried the topic may be out of scope (policy/opinion, theory-only, historical, journalistic)
