| name | auto-empirical-research-skills |
| description | 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 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.
