write-economics-introduction

Write an Economics Introduction

Write an English introduction that lets an informed reader recover the paper's question, answer, credibility, main findings, and verified place in the literature without receiving a false impression. An introduction is an argument about a completed or substantially developed paper, not a longer abstract and not a fixed paragraph template.

Start here

Read references/runtime-core.md completely on every invocation. It contains the closed-world evidence rules, cold classification, fact and literature ledgers, contribution test, composition spine, and private final audits. Do not draft from this file or the frontmatter alone.

Treat detailed references as normative resources that are loaded when their issue arises. Read only the routed sections unless a route says to read the whole file. Search headings first, then read the complete selected section with enough neighboring text to preserve qualifications.

Choose the mode

Infer the narrowest mode that fulfills the request:

• draft writes a new introduction from the paper body and verified positioning material.
• rewrite reconstructs existing prose so its hierarchy and claims match the delivered paper.
• outline provides paragraph functions and their evidence needs without silently turning them into prose.
• audit diagnoses factual fidelity, argument, positioning, structure, length, and style; it rewrites only when asked.
• fact-check maps claims to manuscript and cited-source evidence and identifies conflicts or unsupported additions.
• positioning examines gaps, closest work, contributions, and citation support without rewriting unrelated prose.

Polishing never authorizes factual, causal, mechanism, scope, citation, or novelty drift. Do not alter manuscript files unless the user explicitly asks for file edits.

Route the detailed knowledge

First cold-read the user's materials and privately freeze the mode, evidence universe, central object, headline claim type, paper type, positioning burden, and readiness. Do this before reading type examples, calibration cases, evals, or historical test feedback. Examples are diagnostic counterexamples, never evidence for the current paper.