replication-template-nix

Fetch structured data from external APIs for research workflows. Use when Codex needs to query a documented API, save raw responses reproducibly, transform them into project-ready tables, or document authentication and rate-limit constraints for later reruns.

Compile LaTeX papers or slide decks reproducibly. Use when Codex needs to build a paper or Beamer deck, summarize warnings, rerun bibliography steps, or verify that a manuscript target compiles cleanly before review or submission.

Summarize current session state and preserved project context. Use when Codex needs to report what files and plans capture the current state, identify what will survive a long session boundary, or point the user to the latest durable artifacts on disk.

Prepare data and code materials for deposit or archival handoff. Use when Codex needs to check repository contents against deposit requirements, organize metadata, verify provenance notes, or prepare deposit-facing documentation without changing the scientific content.

Deploy or publish project artifacts safely. Use when Codex needs to prepare a site, service, documentation artifact, or generated output for release, confirm prerequisites, and outline the reproducible deployment steps without skipping verification.

Implement or review econometrics workflows in Julia. Use when Codex needs to write Julia estimation code, check design-to-code alignment, structure reproducible Julia scripts, or adapt an empirical workflow into Julia while preserving the project's numbered analysis conventions.

Implement or review econometrics workflows in R. Use when Codex needs to write R estimation scripts, translate an empirical design into R code, enforce reproducible R execution through `nix-shell`, or review R analysis output against project conventions.

Find and assess datasets for a research question. Use when Codex needs to identify candidate data sources, compare coverage and access constraints, evaluate whether data can support an empirical design, or turn a project idea into a concrete data-sourcing memo.

Structure, build, or explain general equilibrium model workflows. Use when Codex needs to organize model equations, calibration steps, computational routines, or manuscript exposition for a GE model without losing track of assumptions and outputs.

Design or audit an empirical identification strategy for economics and applied social-science work. Use when Codex needs to translate a research question into an estimand and design, compare DiD or IV or RDD or event-study options, draft a pre-analysis plan, or review whether a manuscript's causal claims match the evidence.

Elicit and sharpen a research idea through guided questioning. Use when Codex needs to interview the user about a topic, uncover the real question and constraints, or turn a vague project idea into a tractable next-step memo or workflow choice.

Draft or update a project research journal. Use when Codex needs to turn a work session into durable notes, record decisions and dead ends, or maintain a running log of what changed and why across a research project.

Typeset economics model notation cleanly in LaTeX. Use when Codex needs to express equations, propositions, dynamic systems, or model objects in consistent notation for papers or slides without drifting from the surrounding manuscript style.

Capture reusable lessons from project work. Use when Codex needs to turn a mistake, correction, or new process discovery into a short durable rule in project memory rather than leaving it implicit in chat history.

Review economics and related social-science literature. Use when Codex needs to survey papers on a topic, build an annotated bibliography, compare a draft to prior work, identify contribution gaps, or turn notes and citations into a literature positioning memo.

Draft or revise economics paper sections from existing notes, code output, and strategy documents. Use when Codex needs to write introductions, literature reviews, data or methods sections, results prose, referee responses, or section rewrites while keeping notation and claims aligned with the actual evidence.

Work on manuscript workflows built with Quarto. Use when Codex needs to structure or revise a Quarto paper, align source files and rendered output, handle citations and figure embedding, or troubleshoot paper-generation tasks in a Quarto-based project.

Implement build and analysis work inside this replication template. Use when Codex needs to create or revise scripts under `code/build/` or `code/analysis/`, construct datasets, run estimators, generate tables or figures, or keep outputs aligned with the numbered issue-folder workflow.

Audit this repository as a replication package. Use when Codex needs to verify script execution, LaTeX compilation, file integrity, output freshness, dependency documentation, and AEA-style submission readiness before sharing, archiving, or submitting a paper.

Set up a project from this replication template for Codex. Use when cloning or customizing the template, wiring Dropbox symlinks, preparing the nix or rix environment, replacing placeholder project metadata, or checking that the issue-numbered folder layout is ready for research work.

Review research code for reproducibility, correctness risk, and professional polish. Use when Codex needs to review R, Stata, Python, Julia, or shell scripts that build datasets, estimate models, or generate paper outputs, especially before commits, PRs, or sharing results.

Generate and sharpen research ideas. Use when Codex needs to brainstorm empirical questions, mechanism-based extensions, or designable project ideas, then narrow them into tractable next steps rather than leaving them as broad themes.

Draft point-by-point responses to referee or editor comments. Use when Codex needs to classify reviewer requests, plan revisions, draft diplomatic responses, flag disagreements that need human judgment, or turn reports and paper diffs into a structured response letter.

Simulate a referee-style review of a manuscript, paper draft, or empirical memo. Use when Codex needs to act like a journal referee, assess contribution and identification and evidence and writing, produce major and minor comments, or generate a structured peer-review memo before submission.

Prepare a project for journal submission. Use when Codex needs to run the final pre-submission gate, combine review and replication checks, assemble submission-facing materials, or identify blockers that must be resolved before sending the paper out.

Turn an existing paper, memo, or results package into a talk outline and slide plan. Use when Codex needs to shape a seminar, job-market, short, or lightning talk, decide what to cut, map paper content into slides, or review whether a deck is faithful to the manuscript.

Recommend target journals for a paper draft or project memo. Use when Codex needs to assess journal fit, rank submission options, compare reach versus field journals, estimate desk-rejection risk, or turn a draft into a submission strategy.

Check project citations against bibliography entries. Use when Codex needs to scan `.tex` or `.qmd` files for citation keys, find missing bibliography entries, detect unused or malformed references, or produce a bibliography cleanup report before compilation or submission.

Audit slide or paper visuals for layout problems. Use when Codex needs to review a deck or rendered paper for overflow, inconsistent sizing, unreadable tables, figure crowding, or other presentational issues that will survive compilation but look bad to humans.

End-to-end data analysis dispatching the Coder agent for implementation and Debugger agent for code review. Supports R, Stata, Python, and Julia. Produces scripts, tables, figures, and results summary.

Prepare AEA Data Editor compliant replication package by dispatching the Coder agent for package assembly and Verifier agent for validation. Generates README, master script, numbered script order, and deposit checklist.

Render Quarto slides and sync to docs/ for GitHub Pages deployment. Use when deploying lecture slides after making changes.

Draft academic economics papers by dispatching the Writer agent. Handles section drafting, notation protocol, anti-hedging, and humanizer pass. Use when asked to "draft the paper", "write up the results", or "write the intro".

Causal inference design audit. Dispatches the Econometrician agent in standalone mode for 4-phase review (claim, design validity, inference, polish). Covers DiD, IV, RDD, Synthetic Control, and Event Studies. Use when working on empirical papers, strategy memos, or R scripts with causal estimators.

Julia-based econometric and structural estimation for computationally intensive tasks. Use for structural models, maximum likelihood, GMM, numerical optimization, simulations, and high-performance computing. Covers DataFrames.jl, FixedEffectModels.jl, Optim.jl, and performance optimization.

Multi-agent paper review dispatching Econometrician, Debugger, Proofreader, and Verifier in parallel. Computes weighted aggregate score per scoring-protocol.md. Use for comprehensive quality check before submission or major milestones.

Initialize new economics research projects with standardized structure. Use when starting a new research project to create folder structure, configuration files, and boilerplate code. Sets up git, rix environment, Makefile, and connects to Dropbox/Overleaf.

Academic paper writing using Quarto with AEA-style formatting. Use when creating, editing, or rendering economics papers in Quarto (.qmd). Covers the hchulkim/econ-paper-template, citations, cross-references, figure/table embedding, and LaTeX output.

Create reproducible replication packages using rix/nix for R projects. Use when setting up project environments, preparing code for journal submission, or ensuring computational reproducibility. Covers rix, nix-shell, Makefile pipelines, and DCAS-compliant documentation.

Structure point-by-point referee responses using the revision-protocol routing. Classifies comments (NEW ANALYSIS / CLARIFICATION / DISAGREE / MINOR), dispatches appropriate agents, and tracks revisions. Use when asked to "respond to referees" or "draft revision".