Hypothesis Generation
spacering-net/codeg
Structured hypothesis formulation from observations. An agent skill from spacering-net/codeg.
VS-Enhanced Research Question Refiner - Prevents Mode Collapse and derives differentiated research questions Enhanced VS 3-Phase process: Modal question avoidance, alternatives presentation…
Install A1
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill a1 -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills a1 --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/a1 .claude/skills/a1 && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "a1" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/a1 into .claude/skills/a1/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "a1", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/a1Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill a1 -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills a1 --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/a1 .agents/skills/a1 && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "a1" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/a1 into .agents/skills/a1/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "a1", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill a1 -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills a1 --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/a1 .cursor/skills/a1 && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "a1" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/a1 into .cursor/skills/a1/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "a1", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git --path skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/a1--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill a1 -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills a1 --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/a1 .gemini/skills/a1 && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "a1" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/a1 into .gemini/skills/a1/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "a1", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills a1Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill a1 -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/a1 .github/skills/a1 && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "a1" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/a1 into .github/skills/a1/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "a1", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill a1 -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills a1 --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/a1 .opencode/skills/a1 && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "a1" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/a1 into .opencode/skills/a1/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "a1", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
a1- GitHub stars
- 4.5k
- Token cost
- ~2.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 383 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 383
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
VS-Enhanced Research Question Refiner - Prevents Mode Collapse and derives differentiated research questions Enhanced VS 3-Phase process: Modal question avoidance, alternatives presentation…
- Works in 3 steps: Modal Research Question Identification → Alternative Research Questions → Recommendation Execution
- : refining research ideas
- SKILL.md covers ⛔ Prerequisites (v8.2 — MCP…, Overview, VS-Research 3-Phase Process… and Research Question Typicality…, plus 8 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
A1 is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. VS-Enhanced Research Question Refiner - Prevents Mode Collapse and derives differentiated research questions Enhanced VS 3-Phase process: Modal question avoidance, alternatives presentation, differentiated RQ recommendation Use when: refining research ideas, formulating research questions, clarifying scope Triggers: research question, 연구 질문, PICO, SPIDER, research idea
Its SKILL.md is about 2.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Research & Science, covering Hypothesis generation. The repository describes itself as: 🔬 A curated collection of 23,000+ agent skills for empirical research across 8 social science disciplines. | 精选 23,000+ AI Agent 技能库，覆盖8大社会科学学科的实证研究。CoPaper.AI…
When your agent uses it
- : refining research ideas
- Formulating research questions
- Clarifying scope Triggers: research question
Example prompts
- “/a1”
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Modal Research Question Identification
- Alternative Research Questions
- Recommendation Execution
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9fa87d8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown and yaml).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
A1 loads about 2.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 94 tokens; SKILL.md has 383 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 383 words (~2,425 tokens).
“Entry point agent — no prerequisites required.”
- name
- a1
- version
- 12.0.1
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/a1 of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
Compare with similar skills
A1 next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Hypothesis Generationspacering-net/codeg | 3.9k | 14 repos | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Nature Paper CardYuan1z0825/nature-skills | 47k | 2 repos | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Hypothesis GenerationK-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer | 2.4k | 2 repos | ~3.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Good QuestionRimagination/good-question | 305 | 1 repos | ~4.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| High Stakes Analytics Decision Lablimingrui679-design/high-stakes-analytics-decision-lab | 1k | — | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
Similar skills
Nature Paper Card
Yuan1z0825/nature-skills
Builds a structured deep-reading card for one scientific paper, covering methods, how experiments support claims, limitations and research ideas, with a script to prepare the source.
Hypothesis Generation
K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer
Formulate evidence-bounded scientific questions, candidate hypotheses, rival explanations, causal or associational claims, discriminating predictions, measurements, and preregistration-ready…
Good Question
Rimagination/good-question
A skill your agent uses when a researcher is choosing, framing, refining, or stress-testing a research question, hypothesis, thesis topic, project idea, grant direction, paper angle, or stalled…
High Stakes Analytics Decision Lab
limingrui679-design/high-stakes-analytics-decision-lab
Build or review source-backed descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analysis for consequential decisions.
Claim-Driven Experiment Planner
zjYao36/Auto-Research-Refine
Turns a refined research proposal into a claim-to-evidence-to-run-order roadmap instead of a sprawling benchmark wishlist.
More from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
All 383 skills in this repoAer Consistency
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
A skill your agent uses when auditing a finished or near-finished AER, AER:Insights, or AEJ manuscript for internal consistency: headline numbers across abstract, introduction, results, and tables…
Latex Paper En
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
English LaTeX academic paper assistant for existing .tex projects.
Bayesian Workflow
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
Opinionated Bayesian modeling workflow with PyMC and ArviZ. An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Daily Paper Generator
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
A skill your agent uses when the user asks to "generate daily paper", "search arXiv for EEG papers", "find EEG decoding papers", "review brain-computer interface papers", or wants to create paper…
Five Questions
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
Deeply analyze any empirical economics PDF using the five-question framework (五问框架): research question, identification strategy, core estimand, robustness logic, and scholarly contribution.
Kaggle Research
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
A skill your agent uses when a research task needs reproducible Kaggle discovery, metadata inspection, bounded public-data downloads, competition or kernel discovery, model discovery, or an…
Related
Categories
Questions about A1
What does A1 do?
VS-Enhanced Research Question Refiner - Prevents Mode Collapse and derives differentiated research questions Enhanced VS 3-Phase process: Modal question avoidance, alternatives presentation…. A1 is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
When should I use A1?
A1 fits situations like: : refining research ideas; formulating research questions; clarifying scope Triggers: research question.
How do I install A1 in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill a1 -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/a1 in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/a1 in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install A1 in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill a1 -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/a1 in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/a1 in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use A1 in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill a1 -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/a1, .gemini/skills/a1, .github/skills/a1 and .opencode/skills/a1 in your project.
What does A1 need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: A1 is instructions for the agent only.
Does A1 access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is A1 safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does A1 use?
A1 has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does A1 use?
About 2.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to A1?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with A1: Hypothesis Generation (spacering-net/codeg, 3.9k stars), Nature Paper Card (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 47k stars), Hypothesis Generation (K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer, 2.4k stars) and Good Question (Rimagination/good-question, 305 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains A1?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,542 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.
Source: brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.