Turn an initial research idea into a project specification through a structured interview. Develop testable questions, hypotheses, methods for identifying causal effects, and data requirements, then rank options by feasibility and contribution and save the plan.
- Turn a broad topic into research questions
- Compare approaches for identifying causal effects
- Prioritize questions by feasibility and contribution
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Convert LaTeX papers and reports into Typst documents, including structure, formatting, equations, figures, tables, citations, and cross-references. Reference guides and symbol mappings help translate individual commands or migrate an entire article.
- Migrate an academic paper from LaTeX to Typst
- Find Typst equivalents for LaTeX commands and math symbols
- Convert tables, citations, and cross-references
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Survey academic research on a topic by searching journals, working papers, and citation links. Combine findings into a structured report covering key papers, competing results, research gaps, and verified bibliography entries.
- Survey prior research on a new topic
- Find related studies through a key paper's citations
- Compare conflicting findings across studies
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Examine figures, tables, and empirical results before interpreting them. The skill reviews every visible feature, explores possible explanations, checks sample sizes and patterns across estimates, and records unresolved questions in a structured report.
- Reviewing a figure before publication
- Investigating unexpected spikes or dips
- Checking sample sizes across tables
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Review prose in Quarto manuscript files for clutter, weak verbs, inconsistent voice, and unclear explanations using William Zinsser’s writing principles. Receive a separate Markdown report with section-based recommendations and reasons, while the source file remains unchanged.
- Finding wordy expressions in an academic manuscript
- Reviewing only the introduction
- Checking section openings and conclusions
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Create or revise Beamer slides, a LaTeX presentation format, and compile them into PDFs. Shape each slide around one clear claim, adapt the structure to the audience, and check typography, diagram spacing, and compilation warnings.
- Creating slides for an academic seminar
- Structuring teaching slides for gradual explanation
- Improving titles and diagrams in an existing Beamer deck
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Clean Quarto documents by converting leftover LaTeX commands into Quarto and Pandoc syntax. Update citations, cross-references, figures, tables, and formatting for HTML, PDF, and Word output, with a report of changes and items needing manual review.
- Clean up LaTeX commands left in a Quarto manuscript
- Fix citations and cross-references for Word or Typst output
- Update old R Markdown chunk options
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Carry out research implementation plans from environment setup through code, tests, and pull requests. The workflow checks estimation convergence, standard errors, diagnostics, and reproducibility while tracking completed tasks in the original plan.
- Implement an estimation method from a research plan
- Build and verify a research data pipeline
- Run robustness checks and document results
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Check a paper's numerical claims against saved analysis outputs before submission. Receive a report identifying verified figures, unsupported claims, missing files, unreferenced outputs, and citation keys absent from the bibliography, without changing the manuscript.
- Check manuscript numbers before submission
- Verify table and figure references against output files
- Find analysis outputs not referenced in the paper
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Download and read academic PDFs in small batches, splitting them into four-page files. Build structured notes covering research questions, methods, data, findings, and replication feasibility, with progress saved after each batch.
- Read a long academic paper in manageable batches
- Extract data sources and statistical methods
- Assess whether a study can be replicated
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Analyze datasets in R or Python, from exploring distributions and missing values to fitting regressions. Produce tables and figures for publication, save scripts and model results, and review the analysis for common problems.
- Explore distributions, missing values, and relationships
- Run regressions on cross-sectional or panel data
- Export publication-ready regression tables and figures
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Coordinate collaborative academic and policy writing, from author roles and timelines to draft revision, reviewer responses, and submission materials. Improve clarity and reproducibility while preserving authorial voice and flagging changes to claims or interpretations.
- Organizing coauthor roles and writing timelines
- Revising a methods section for clarity and reproducibility
- Drafting responses to reviewers
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Turn social science papers into structured Markdown reading notes covering contributions, key findings, methods, data, and limitations. Summaries include quantitative results, references to relevant tables or pages, keywords, and a BibTeX citation for later reference.
- Creating reading notes from a paper PDF
- Summarizing a directory of papers
- Reviewing key estimates and research methods
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Audit an entire repository with four parallel agents checking documentation, hook scripts, skills, and rules. Identify broken references, incorrect counts, code issues, and conflicting information, then apply fixes and repeat verification for up to five rounds.
- Check repository consistency after broad changes
- Find broken paths and outdated feature counts
- Review hook scripts and rule consistency
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Review an economics paper before submission using six specialized agents. Check prose, consistency, claims, mathematics, table and figure documentation, and research contribution, then consolidate findings into a structured report informed by the target journal.
- Reviewing an economics paper before journal submission
- Checking consistency across text, equations, and tables
- Finding causal claims that exceed the evidence
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Build research workflows that regenerate results from raw data with a single command. Organize project files, configure workflow tools, manage software environments and data versions, and prepare replication packages for journal submission.
- Setting up folders for a new research project
- Automating analysis and figure generation
- Debugging results that differ across computers
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Proofread English academic prose in Quarto .qmd documents for grammar, typos, punctuation, and clarity. Receive a separate Markdown report organized by section, with suggested revisions and reasons, while keeping the source file unchanged.
- Proofreading English academic papers written in Quarto
- Reviewing only a section identified by its Quarto label
- Checking prose in figure captions and document metadata
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Check citations in LaTeX and Quarto manuscripts against a bibliography file. Find missing references, unused entries, and likely citation key typos, then flag incomplete fields, author formatting problems, and character encoding issues.
- Investigating undefined citation errors
- Checking bibliography completeness after adding references
- Finding unused bibliography entries
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Plan and draft academic papers from a research question, covering literature review, analysis, revision, and submission. The workflow checks supporting code and data sources so published claims can be reproduced.
- Plan a paper around a research question
- Draft a methods section
- Review analysis robustness
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Review Quarto manuscripts against APSA style rules for political science. Get a separate report grouped by document section, with suggested changes and explanations for numbers, capitalization, citations, terminology, and neutral language, while preserving the source.
- Checking a political science manuscript against APSA style
- Reviewing citation wording and number formatting
- Flagging potentially biased language
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Translate research findings into concise policy briefs for decision-makers and stakeholders. The skill guides audience definition, structure, evidence summaries, policy options, recommendations, visuals, and talking points to produce a focused briefing document.
- Summarizing research for policymakers
- Drafting a two-page policy brief
- Organizing policy options and recommendations
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Review academic manuscripts for argument quality, causal evidence, statistical methods, citations, and presentation. Receive a structured report with strengths, major concerns, suggested improvements, and likely referee objections tied to specific parts of the paper.
- Reviewing a manuscript before submission
- Checking the assumptions behind causal claims
- Anticipating referee objections and possible responses
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Review a grant proposal before submission through six specialized perspectives. Receive a consolidated report covering funder fit, research methods, feasibility, budget, consistency, and writing, with prioritized revisions and questions a review panel might ask.
- Reviewing a grant proposal before submission
- Checking alignment with a target funder
- Finding gaps across methods, budget, and timeline
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Build and estimate economic models that represent underlying choices and incentives. Get guidance on demand, dynamic choice, and auction models, select estimation methods, and diagnose numerical problems such as failed convergence or sensitivity to starting values.
- Choose an estimation method for a structural economic model
- Implement BLP demand estimation
- Estimate dynamic choice and auction models
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills☆ 4.7KUpdated Oct 20, 2026