theory-designlisted
Install: claude install-skill gyf9712/stat-theory-skills
# Theory-Design — Paper-Type-Aware Theoretical Framework Design
> 🔬 **Model Recommendation**: Run this skill on **Claude Opus** for best results.
> Framework design requires deep reasoning across mathematical and methodological
> dimensions. If your session is not on Opus, run `/model opus`.
Goes from "I have a new research topic" to a structured **FRAMEWORK_DESIGN.md**
that downstream skills can consume. The skill's central insight: **the logical
order of theoretical-framework design depends on what kind of paper you're writing.**
## Context: $ARGUMENTS
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## Pipeline Position
```
research-refine → /theory-design → /proof-writer → /theory-simulation → /proofcheck → /theory-sharpen → /proof-repair
(rough idea) (framework) (theorems) (verify) (audit) (improve) (fix)
```
This skill is the **planning layer** — chooses the framework, declares assumptions,
sets target results — before any theorem is written or experiment run.
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## Step 0: Declare paper type (MANDATORY first decision)
Statistics papers come in three types with **fundamentally different logical
orders**. The skill REFUSES to proceed until the user declares type. If unsure,
the skill helps classify based on the topic description.
### The three paper types
| Type | Contribution | Theory's role | Estimator | Lower bound | Simulation | Real data |
|------|-------------|---------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
| **TH