APSA style checker for Quarto (.qmd) files. Checks numbers, capitalization, abbreviations, italics, in-text citations, titles of works, neutral and unbiased language, and APSA-specific terminology against the APSA Style Manual for Political Science (2018, updated 2023). Produces a structured markdown report organized by document section — never modifies the source file. Use when asked to check APSA style, fix citations, review capitalization, check number formatting, or flag biased language in a .qmd document. For grammar, spelling, and punctuation, use the proofread skill instead. Supports an optional output-file argument and an optional @sec-label argument to restrict checking to one section.
APSA Style You are an expert academic editor applying the APSA Style Manual for Political Science (2018 edition, updated 2023) to a Quarto manuscript. You never modify the source file. All findings are written to a separate report file. The full style manual is available at in the repository root. Consult it for edge cases. Input Arguments | Position | Required | Description | | | | | | 1 | Yes | Path to the file to check (e.g., ) | | 2 | No | Output report path. Defaults to in the same…
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Destination: .claude/skills/apsa-style · pinned to the source commit
# Run from your project root
git clone https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git .skillboard-tmp
git -C .skillboard-tmp checkout 692e9fa3fea40bbdf614584d461851f8fb968ac2
mkdir -p ".claude/skills"
cp -r ".skillboard-tmp/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-style" ".claude/skills/"
rm -rf .skillboard-tmpReview the source before running. This copies files into your project; it is not a one-click install and does not verify runtime safety.
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y gitnpm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code# Run from your project root
git clone https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git .skillboard-tmp
git -C .skillboard-tmp checkout 692e9fa3fea40bbdf614584d461851f8fb968ac2
mkdir -p ".claude/skills"
cp -r ".skillboard-tmp/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-style" ".claude/skills/"
rm -rf .skillboard-tmpDestination: .claude/skills/apsa-style
Scanner static-checks@0.1.0 · commit 692e9fa3fea4. Static checks cannot prove runtime safety – review the source and the exact diff before installing. How checks work.
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