A skill your agent uses when assembling the AEA Data and Code Availability deposit for an AER, AER:Insights, or AEJ acceptance, writing the README, or auditing a replication package before the AEA…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Aer Replication

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills aer-replication --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/50-brycewang-aer-skills/skills/aer-replication .claude/skills/aer-replication && 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
aer-replication
GitHub stars
4.6k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~2.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,229 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when assembling the AEA Data and Code Availability deposit for an AER, AER:Insights, or AEJ acceptance, writing the README, or auditing a replication package before the AEA…

  • Works in 7 steps: Overview → Data Availability and Provenance Statement → Dataset List → …
  • Assembling the AEA Data and Code Availability deposit for an AER
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use, Current AEA Data and Code… and Repository Structure, plus 9 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Aer Replication is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Use when assembling the AEA Data and Code Availability deposit for an AER, AER:Insights, or AEJ acceptance, writing the README, or auditing a replication package before the AEA Data Editor review. Implements the current AEA policy, including the February 2026 Data and Code Availability Policy.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml` and `references/aea-package-checklist.md`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Econometrics and empirical research, Database administration and Technical documentation. 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

  • Assembling the AEA Data and Code Availability deposit for an AER
  • Writing the README
  • Auditing a replication package before the AEA Data Editor review

Example prompts

  • “/aer-replication”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Overview
  2. Data Availability and Provenance Statement
  3. Dataset List
  4. Computational Requirements
  5. Description of Programs / Code
  6. Instructions to Replicators
  7. List of Tables and Programs

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.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • openicpsr.org

    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

Aer Replication loads about 2.8k tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 78 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,229 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~78
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.8k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~6.1k

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 1,229 words (~2,816 tokens).

“Prior to acceptance, every empirical, simulation, or experimental paper submitted to an AEA journal must provide data, code, and a complete README sufficient for an independent researcher to reproduce every reported result. The AEA Data Editor's Office now performs a…”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
aer-replication

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/50-brycewang-aer-skills/skills/aer-replication of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • references/aea-package-checklist.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Aer Replication

What does Aer Replication do?

A skill your agent uses when assembling the AEA Data and Code Availability deposit for an AER, AER:Insights, or AEJ acceptance, writing the README, or auditing a replication package before the AEA…. Aer Replication is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Use when assembling the AEA Data and Code Availability deposit for an AER, AER:Insights, or AEJ acceptance, writing the README, or auditing a replication package before the AEA Data Editor review.

When should I use Aer Replication?

Aer Replication fits situations like: assembling the AEA Data and Code Availability deposit for an AER; writing the README; auditing a replication package before the AEA Data Editor review.

How do I install Aer Replication in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill aer-replication -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/50-brycewang-aer-skills/skills/aer-replication in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/aer-replication in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Aer Replication in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill aer-replication -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/50-brycewang-aer-skills/skills/aer-replication in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/aer-replication in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

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

What does Aer Replication need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Aer Replication is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Aer Replication access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: openicpsr.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Aer Replication 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 Aer Replication use?

Aer Replication 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 Aer Replication use?

About 2.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 11k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 3.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Aer Replication?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Aer Replication: Eer Replication Package (brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, 1.2k stars), Mw Replication (franklee16/academic-research-skills, 223 stars), Qe Replication And Data Policy (franklee16/academic-research-skills, 223 stars) and Jle Replication Package (brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, 1.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Aer Replication?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,556 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.