PolicyEngine writing style for blog posts, documentation, PR descriptions, and research reports - emphasizing active voice, quantitative precision, and neutral tone
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Developing policyengine-app-v2 — the main React frontend for policyengine.org
Validates that all parameters have proper references that corroborate the values
Gathers authoritative documentation for government benefit program implementations
Designs comprehensive parameter structures with proper federal/state separation and zero hard-coding
ALWAYS USE THIS SKILL for PolicyEngine microsimulation, population-level analysis, winners/losers calculations. Triggers: "microsimulation", "share who would lose/gain", "policy impact", "national average", "weighted analysis", "cost", "revenue impact",…
Creates PR, monitors CI, fixes issues iteratively until all tests pass
Merges parallel development branches and fixes basic integration issues
Ensures PRs are properly formatted with changelog, linting, and tests before pushing
Implements government benefit program rules with zero hard-coded values and complete parameterization
UK survey data enhancement - FRS with WAS imputation patterns
SEO first principles for PolicyEngine web applications - meta tags, crawlability, performance, and dual-mode (standalone + iframe) considerations
ONLY use this skill when users explicitly ask about the PolicyEngine Python package installation, REST API endpoints, API authentication, rate limits, or policyengine.py client library. DO NOT use for household benefit/tax calculations — ALWAYS use…
PolicyEngine design system — tokens, typography, colors, charts, and branding for all project types
PolicyEngine code writing style guide - formula optimization, direct returns, eliminating unnecessary variables
US survey data enhancement - CPS with PUF imputation patterns and cross-repo variable workflows
This skill automatically generates a comprehensive glossary of terms from a learning graph's concept list, ensuring each definition is precise, concise, distinct, non-circular, and free of business rules. Use this skill when creating a glossary for an…
Building standalone interactive calculators and dashboards that embed in policyengine.org
Common analysis patterns for PolicyEngine research repositories (CRFB, newsletters, dashboards, impact studies). For population-level estimates (cost, poverty, distributional impacts), use the policyengine-microsimulation skill instead.
This skill generates interactive workflow diagrams using the Mermaid JavaScript library
PolicyEngine period handling - converting between YEAR, MONTH definition periods and testing patterns
PolicyEngine vectorization patterns - NumPy operations, where/select usage, avoiding scalar logic with arrays
ALWAYS LOAD THIS SKILL FIRST before writing any PolicyEngine-US code. Contains the correct API patterns for household calculations and population simulations using the new policyengine package. Covers US federal and state taxes/benefits. Triggers: "what…
Healthcare program modeling in PolicyEngine-US — Medicaid, ACA marketplace, CHIP, and Medicare. Covers encoding rules, running analyses, and navigating the unique complexity of US healthcare programs. Triggers: "healthcare", "health insurance", "Medicaid",…
PolicyEngine Core simulation engine - the foundation powering all PolicyEngine calculations
Survey weight calibration to match population targets - used in policyengine-us-data for enhanced microdata
ALWAYS LOAD THIS SKILL FIRST before writing any PolicyEngine-UK code. Contains the correct API patterns for household calculations and population simulations using the new policyengine package (not policyengine_uk directly). Triggers: "what would", "how much…
PolicyEngine code review patterns - validation checklist, common issues, review standards
Guides users through designing a pedagogical agent (learning mascot) for their intelligent textbook, generating AI image prompts, and implementing the mascot using inline images, custom CSS admonitions, or JavaScript auto-detection.
Finds or creates GitHub issues for program implementations
Review any PR — code validation + PDF audit in one pass (read-only, no code changes)
Use this skill when updating the policyengine-claude plugin itself — adding skills, fixing skill routing, updating years in code examples, reordering skills, or tuning skill descriptions. Triggers: "update plugin", "fix skill", "wrong skill loaded", "update…
Orchestrates multi-agent workflow to backdate and quality-improve existing state program parameters
Automatically generates comprehensive edge case tests for benefit programs
Weighted pandas DataFrames for survey microdata analysis - inequality, poverty, and distributional calculations
Code organization patterns for PolicyEngine - variable naming conventions, folder structure, file organization
PolicyEngine variable patterns - variable creation, no hard-coding principle, federal/state separation, metadata standards
Automatically enriches code with examples, references, and calculation walkthroughs
Comprehensive validator for PolicyEngine implementations - quality standards, domain patterns, naming conventions, and compliance
Reviews government program implementations by researching regulations first, then validating code against legal requirements