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Abstract

by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills

Reads the manuscript and notebooks to generate a structured abstract.

Custom licenceAuto-check: notes

Install Abstract

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill abstract -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills abstract --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ 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/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/abstract .claude/skills/abstract && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
abstract
GitHub stars
4.5k
Token cost
~495 tokens
SKILL.md length
240 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Reads the manuscript and notebooks to generate a structured abstract.

  • Works in 7 steps: Parse the target word count from… → Read index.qmd in full → Read the registered notebooks to extract… → …
  • Updating the abstract
  • SKILL.md covers Arguments, Steps and Error handling
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Abstract is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Reads the manuscript and notebooks to generate a structured abstract. Use when writing or updating the abstract.

Its SKILL.md is about 500 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

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

  • Updating the abstract

Example prompts

  • “Use the abstract skill to read the manuscript and notebooks to generate a structured abstract”
  • “/abstract”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Parse the target word count from arguments (default 150 if not specified).
  2. Read index.qmd in full
  3. Read the registered notebooks to extract key quantitative findings
  4. Draft a structured abstract with these components
  5. Verify the word count is within ±10% of the target. Adjust if needed.
  6. Present the draft to the user for review.
  7. On approval, update the abstract: field in the YAML front matter of index.qmd

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 these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Bash
    • Read
    • Write
    • Edit
    • Glob
    • Grep

    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 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

Abstract loads about 495 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 30 tokens; SKILL.md has 240 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~30
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~495

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep

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 240 words (~495 tokens).

“Read the manuscript and generate a structured abstract.”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
abstract
allowed-tools
Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep
argument-hint
[word count]

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/abstract of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Jupyter Notebookmicrosoft/ai-agents-for-beginners77k8 repos~1kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
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Questions about Abstract

What does Abstract do?

Reads the manuscript and notebooks to generate a structured abstract. Abstract is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Reads the manuscript and notebooks to generate a structured abstract.

When should I use Abstract?

Abstract fits situations like: updating the abstract.

How do I install Abstract in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill abstract -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/abstract in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/abstract in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Abstract in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill abstract -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/abstract in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/abstract in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Abstract 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 abstract -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/abstract, .gemini/skills/abstract, .github/skills/abstract and .opencode/skills/abstract in your project.

What does Abstract need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Abstract is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep.

Does Abstract 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 Abstract safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Abstract use?

Abstract 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 Abstract use?

About 495 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k 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 Abstract?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Abstract: Jupyter Notebook (microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners, 77k stars), Jupyter Notebook (microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners, 77k stars), Jupyter Notebook (microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners, 77k stars) and Jupyter Notebook (microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners, 77k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Abstract?

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.