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clo-author-template

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Claude Code workflow template for academic research papers.

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Works with any agent

ships config for claude, codex, agents.

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Aboutlucabrag/clo-author-template

18 agents, 10 skills, simulated peer review, R&R cycle, 30+ journal profiles.

README.md

A Claude Code scaffold for empirical economics research. Literature review to journal submission, with 18 agents that review each other's work.

Guide: hugosantanna.github.io/clo-author

To Get Started

Claude reads the config, plans the approach, you approve, it runs. Works in the terminal, VS Code extension, or JetBrains.

Setup

  • Fill in CLAUDE.md — replace [BRACKETED PLACEHOLDERS] with your project details
  • Fill in .claude/references/domain-profile.md — your field, journals, data, methods. Or run /discover interview to do it interactively.
  • Configure your language — R is the default. Python and Julia also supported.

Other fields: Economics by default. Adapts to labor, public, health, development, trade, IO, and other applied fields by customizing the domain profile and journal profiles.

Commands

13 skills, each with modes:

Agents

18 agents in worker-critic pairs. Critics can't edit files. Creators can't score themselves. If they disagree after 3 rounds, it escalates.

Peer Review

/review --peer [journal] simulates a full journal submission:

The repository's own description, then 32% of its README. Read the rest on GitHub ↗

Where it came from

adapted from hugosantanna/clo-author A Claude Code scaffold for empirical economics research. 17 days ago

And a tool: +.agents +.codex — configuration the original does not ship.

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