How do I install the Auto Empirical Research Skills skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add caixinyu2017-star/auto-empirical-research-skills in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Auto Empirical Research Skills safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Auto Empirical Research Skills?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Auto Empirical Research Skills free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Auto Empirical Research Skills?

caixinyu2017-star (@caixinyu2017-star) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Auto Empirical Research Skills by caixinyu2017-star

Name: Auto Empirical Research Skills
Author: caixinyu2017-star

Auto Empirical Research Skills

Route empirical-research requests through the Auto-Empirical Research Skills catalog when this whole repository is installed as one skill in Codex, CodeBuddy, Claude Code, or another IDE. Use to choose and load the right vendored AERS skill for causal inference, econometrics, replication, manuscript writing, citation checking, de-AIGC editing, or full empirical-paper workflows without reading the entire repository at once.

File contents

Auto-Empirical Research Skills Router

Use this root skill when the full AERS repository has been installed as a single skill folder. Treat it as a router and catalog, not as a request to load every vendored SKILL.md.

Workflow

Classify the user's empirical-research task by stage:
- Full pipeline or orchestration: start with skills/69-Paper-WorkFlow/ or the skills/00.* flagship analysis skills.
- Causal inference and econometrics: search catalog/skills.json or docs/TAXONOMY.md for DID, IV, RD, SCM, DML, panel FE, matching, survival, Bayesian, or Stata/R/Python terms.
- AER or top economics journal work: start with skills/50-brycewang-aer-skills/.
- Replication, citation, or peer review: use docs/SKILL_CATALOG.md and docs/GOLDEN_WORKFLOWS.md to choose a focused skill.
- Chinese academic de-AIGC or academic rewriting: start with skills/48-copaper-ai-chinese-de-aigc/ or nearby writing skills in the catalog.
Read only the selected child skill's SKILL.md, then follow its progressive-disclosure instructions for references/, scripts/, assets/, or templates.
If no child skill clearly matches, inspect catalog/skills.json first, then docs/SKILL_CATALOG.md. Avoid broad recursive reads of skills/.
For installation help, use docs/INSTALL.md for Codex-style copy installs and INSTALL.md for Claude Code marketplace/plugin installs.
If editing this repository, keep parent and nested repos separate. In particular, inspect git status inside skills/69-Paper-WorkFlow/ before touching it.

Install Notes

Whole-repo imports are supported by this root SKILL.md as a lightweight compatibility entry point.
Individual skill installs are still preferred when a runtime expects one folder per skill. Copy the folder that directly contains the target SKILL.md.
Do not copy the repository root into a runtime and expect every child skill to become individually registered unless that runtime explicitly supports recursive skill discovery.

Key Files

catalog/skills.json: machine-readable list of vendored skills.
docs/SKILL_CATALOG.md: human-readable skill index.
docs/TAXONOMY.md: task and method taxonomy.
docs/GOLDEN_WORKFLOWS.md: ready-to-use empirical-research prompts.
docs/INSTALL.md: runtime installation guidance for single-skill and whole-repo use.

---name: auto-empirical-research-skillsdescription: Route empirical-research requests through the Auto-Empirical Research Skills catalog when this whole repository is installed as one skill in Codex, CodeBuddy, Claude Code, or another IDE. Use to choose and load the right vendored AERS skill for causal inference, econometrics, replication, manuscript writing, citation checking, de-AIGC editing, or full empirical-paper workflows without reading the entire repository at once.---# Auto-Empirical Research Skills RouterUse this root skill when the full AERS repository has been installed as a single skill folder. Treat it as a router and catalog, not as a request to load every vendored `SKILL.md`.## Workflow1. Classify the user's empirical-research task by stage: - Full pipeline or orchestration: start with `skills/69-Paper-WorkFlow/` or the `skills/00.*` flagship analysis skills. - Causal inference and econometrics: search `catalog/skills.json` or `docs/TAXONOMY.md` for DID, IV, RD, SCM, DML, panel FE, matching, survival, Bayesian, or Stata/R/Python terms. - AER or top economics journal work: start with `skills/50-brycewang-aer-skills/`. - Replication, citation, or peer review: use `docs/SKILL_CATALOG.md` and `docs/GOLDEN_WORKFLOWS.md` to choose a focused skill. - Chinese academic de-AIGC or academic rewriting: start with `skills/48-copaper-ai-chinese-de-aigc/` or nearby writing skills in the catalog.2. Read only the selected child skill's `SKILL.md`, then follow its progressive-disclosure instructions for `references/`, `scripts/`, `assets/`, or templates.3. If no child skill clearly matches, inspect `catalog/skills.json` first, then `docs/SKILL_CATALOG.md`. Avoid broad recursive reads of `skills/`.4. For installation help, use `docs/INSTALL.md` for Codex-style copy installs and `INSTALL.md` for Claude Code marketplace/plugin installs.5. If editing this repository, keep parent and nested repos separate. In particular, inspect `git status` inside `skills/69-Paper-WorkFlow/` before touching it.## Install Notes- Whole-repo imports are supported by this root `SKILL.md` as a lightweight compatibility entry point.- Individual skill installs are still preferred when a runtime expects one folder per skill. Copy the folder that directly contains the target `SKILL.md`.- Do not copy the repository root into a runtime and expect every child skill to become individually registered unless that runtime explicitly supports recursive skill discovery.## Key Files- `catalog/skills.json`: machine-readable list of vendored skills.- `docs/SKILL_CATALOG.md`: human-readable skill index.- `docs/TAXONOMY.md`: task and method taxonomy.- `docs/GOLDEN_WORKFLOWS.md`: ready-to-use empirical-research prompts.- `docs/INSTALL.md`: runtime installation guidance for single-skill and whole-repo use.

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