Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for American Economic Review: Insights (AER: Insights) via the AEA/ScholarOne submission system — the word-count and exhibit-count gates, abstract limit, fees, author metadata, declarations, and the AEA Data and Code Availability Policy. Final checks; it does not draft content.
SkillScore95Maintained
Automatic
◆Research pack
Last verified 8/15/2026
What it changes
Passed 21 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 13 of 22 without it.
Without skill59%
With skill95%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Excludes reference lists from the counted main text word total.
Evaluates the 5,800-word manuscript as passing the word count gate.
Determines that 6,800 words exceeds the 6,600-word ceiling for 2 exhibits.
and 10 more in the full report
9 fixed12 passed either way0 still failing1 broke
Pass-rate lift
+36 pp
Tokens
+37%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-43%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/15/2026v121 of 22 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 9 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 9
Prompt
If our paper submitted to AER: Insights is rejected without being sent out for peer review (desk rejected), what happens to our submission fee?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Explains that papers rejected without review receive a 50 percent submission fee refund.
Missed
Passed
case-14 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/15/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md77 lines2 files
Submission Preflight (aeri-submission)
When to trigger
"Submitting tomorrow" — last check before pressing submit on the AEA portal
Verifying the word count and exhibit count clear the auto-return gates
Unsure which files, fees, and declarations the AEA system expects
Confirming single-blind author metadata, declarations, and the data/code statement
Process facts (official AEA baseline checked 2026-06-20)
AER: Insights is an AEA journal for short, single-idea general-interest papers. Submission is through the AEA-linked ScholarOne Manuscripts system.
Hard length gate: main text ≤7,000 words with no exhibits; each exhibit subtracts 200 words; maximum five exhibits (figures + tables combined), each ≤1 page. The word count includes body, footnotes, endnotes, and in-paper appendices; it excludes title, authors, abstract, acknowledgement footnote, references, exhibits, and the Supplemental Appendix. Papers over the word or exhibit limit are returned unreviewed.
Abstract: ≤100 words.
Fees: AEA members — high-income US$200 / middle-income US$100 / low-income US$0; nonmembers — US$300 / US$200 / US$0; papers rejected without review receive a 50 percent submission-fee refund. Publication fee: US$15 per typeset page for applicable submissions.
Single-blind review: author identity is visible to referees; referee identity remains anonymous to authors. The manuscript should include title, byline, and author affiliations on the first page, not a separate title page.
Metadata: prepare keywords and JEL classifications if the portal prompts for them; use the AEA JEL guide for classification choices.
Data and code: submission must comply with the AEA Data and Code Availability Policy; data, code, and documentation sufficient for replication are required before acceptance, verified by the AEA Data Editor (deposit to the AEA Data and Code Repository / openICPSR). See aeri-replication-package.
Preflight checklist
Length & format (the auto-return gates)
Main text ≤ 7,000 − 200 × (#exhibits) words, counted per the AEA scope rules above
≤5 exhibits (figures + tables), each ≤1 page
Abstract ≤100 words
No asterisks/boldface for significance; SEs / confidence sets reported
Supplemental Appendix carries everything pushed out of the main text
Author metadata & declarations
Title, byline, and author affiliations appear on the manuscript first page; no separate title page
Acknowledgement footnote covers email, author order, funding, personal acknowledgements, IRB details if applicable, and RCT registration if applicable
Keywords and JEL classifications prepared if requested by the portal
Files, fees & declarations
Main manuscript PDF, word-count PDF/record, and Supplemental Appendix uploaded as the system expects
Submission fee ready for the correct member/income band; publication-fee implications understood
AEA Data and Code Availability Policy acknowledged; data/code plan ready
Separate disclosure statement for each author; AI not listed as an author; AI use disclosed if applicable; not under review elsewhere
Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for the American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (AEJ: Micro) via the AEA submission system — single-blind review, the 100-word abstract, JEL classification, the submission fee, format, and the AEA Data and Code Availability Policy. Final checks; it does not draft content.