paper-polisher

name	paper-polisher
description	Use to polish author-owned economics prose in Markdown or LaTeX while preserving meaning, citations, estimates, and identification caveats. Trigger on polish paper, improve prose, deslop, edit abstract, edit introduction, or referee-response wording.

Paper Polisher

Improve clarity without changing the research claim.

Checklist

1. Confirm the target text is author-owned, public, or approved for editing.
2. Read nearby context and any research design memo before editing claims.
3. Preserve citations, coefficients, standard errors, sample sizes, and caveats.
4. Cut throat-clearing, repetition, and vague contribution language.
5. Use precise verbs and avoid overstating causality.
6. Mark claims that need citation or human verification.
7. Return a diff-friendly rewrite or apply edits only when asked.

Output

# Prose Polish

## Suggested Rewrite

## Substantive Claims Preserved

## Needs Human Verification

Constraints

• Do not invent references or numbers.
• Do not turn a teaching example into a research finding.
• Do not remove caveats just to make prose smoother.