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Test Skill

  • 23 installs
  • 3.2k repo stars
  • Updated August 4, 2026
  • brycewang-stanford/awesome-agent-skills-for-empirical-research

test-skill is the root router skill for the Auto-Empirical Research Skills catalog, choosing and loading the right vendored empirical-research skill when the whole repo is installed as one skill.

About

A router skill (named auto-empirical-research-skills) used when the full AERS repository is installed as one skill folder. It classifies an empirical-research request by stage, then loads only the matching vendored child skill for causal inference, econometrics, replication, manuscript writing, citation checking, or de-AIGC editing. It directs the agent to the catalog and taxonomy files instead of reading the whole repository at once.

  • Root router for the Auto-Empirical Research Skills (AERS) catalog
  • Classifies a request by stage and loads only the matching child skill
  • Points to catalog/skills.json and docs/TAXONOMY.md instead of reading the whole repo

Test Skill by the numbers

  • 23 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • Ranked #442 of 782 Skill Development skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
At a glance

test-skill capabilities & compatibility

Capabilities
skill routing
Use cases
orchestration · research
From the docs

What test-skill says it does

Route empirical-research requests through the Auto-Empirical Research Skills catalog when this whole repository is installed as one skill
SKILL.md
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`.
SKILL.md
Read only the selected child skill's `SKILL.md`, then follow its progressive-disclosure instructions
SKILL.md
npx skills add https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/awesome-agent-skills-for-empirical-research --skill test-skill

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Last updatedAugust 4, 2026
Repositorybrycewang-stanford/awesome-agent-skills-for-empirical-research

What it does

Route an empirical-research request to the right vendored skill when the whole AERS repo is installed as one skill.

Who is it for?

Routing to the correct empirical-research child skill when the whole AERS repo is installed as one skill.

Skip if: Doing the empirical analysis itself; it dispatches to child skills.

When should I use this skill?

The full AERS repository is installed as a single skill folder and you need to choose the right child skill.

What you get

The single matching child skill is selected and loaded via progressive disclosure.

  • selected child skill
  • routing decision

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

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

1. 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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FAQ

What does this root skill do?

It acts as a router and catalog, classifying the task by stage and loading only the matching vendored child skill rather than the whole repository.

Where are the catalog files?

catalog/skills.json is the machine-readable list, docs/SKILL_CATALOG.md is the human-readable index, and docs/TAXONOMY.md is the method taxonomy.

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