A skill your agent uses when deciding which AER-skills sub-skill to use next, before choosing a specialized skill or after a user asks how to sequence manuscript work from topic selection through…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Aer Workflow

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills aer-workflow --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-workflow .claude/skills/aer-workflow && 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-workflow
GitHub stars
4.5k
Token cost
~2.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,337 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 deciding which AER-skills sub-skill to use next, before choosing a specialized skill or after a user asks how to sequence manuscript work from topic selection through…

  • Works in 12 steps: aer-topic-selection — fix the… → aer-literature — map the 3-6 closest… → aer-identification — stress-test the… → …
  • Deciding which AER-skills sub-skill to use next
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use, Routing Map and Default Sequence, plus 7 more sections
  • Calls python3 and make

What it does

Aer Workflow is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Use when deciding which AER-skills sub-skill to use next, before choosing a specialized skill or after a user asks how to sequence manuscript work from topic selection through rebuttal for AER, AER:Insights, or AEJ journals. Routes — does not replace — the specialized skills.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.6k 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/gate-map.md`).

It sits in Testing & QA. 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

  • Deciding which AER-skills sub-skill to use next
  • Before choosing a specialized skill
  • After a user asks how to sequence manuscript work from topic selection through rebuttal for AER

Example prompts

  • “/aer-workflow”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. aer-topic-selection — fix the contribution sentence and the target venue before anything else
  2. aer-literature — map the 3-6 closest papers; kill the project now if it is scooped
  3. aer-identification — stress-test the design; if it fails here, no later skill saves the paper
  4. aer-robustness — anticipate the three robustness checks the median referee will demand (run the empirics via templates/ or aer-statspai)
  5. aer-paper-body — draft background, data, strategy, results, mechanisms, conclusion
  6. aer-introduction — only now write the five-paragraph intro and the 100-word abstract, summarizing a body that exists
  7. aer-tables-figures — finalize the main exhibits in AER house style
  8. aer-consistency — the integrity audit; every number, reference, and citation must reconcile
  9. aer-referee-sim — adversarial internal review; loop back to the routed fix skill until the verdict is at least major R&R on a fresh run
  10. aer-replication — assemble the deposit package while results are still fresh in code
  11. aer-submission — final preflight: length, format, cover letter, COI
  12. aer-rebuttal — after external review, revise manuscript first, then write the letter against the revised version

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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python3
    • make

    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

Aer Workflow loads about 2.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,337 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~72
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.7k

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 1,337 words (~2,605 tokens).

“This is the router. It does not replace any specialized skill. It tells you which one to use next, and in what order.”

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

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

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

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • references/gate-map.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Questions about Aer Workflow

What does Aer Workflow do?

A skill your agent uses when deciding which AER-skills sub-skill to use next, before choosing a specialized skill or after a user asks how to sequence manuscript work from topic selection through…. Aer Workflow is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Use when deciding which AER-skills sub-skill to use next, before choosing a specialized skill or after a user asks how to sequence manuscript work from topic selection through rebuttal for AER, AER:Insights, or AEJ journals.

When should I use Aer Workflow?

Aer Workflow fits situations like: deciding which AER-skills sub-skill to use next; before choosing a specialized skill; after a user asks how to sequence manuscript work from topic selection through rebuttal for AER.

How do I install Aer Workflow in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Aer Workflow in Codex?

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

Can I use Aer Workflow 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-workflow -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-workflow, .gemini/skills/aer-workflow, .github/skills/aer-workflow and .opencode/skills/aer-workflow in your project.

What does Aer Workflow need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Aer Workflow needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python3 and make). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Aer Workflow 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 Aer Workflow 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 Workflow use?

Aer Workflow 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 Workflow use?

About 2.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 10k 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 2.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Aer Workflow?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Aer Workflow: Early Experience Data (OSU-NLP-Group/EarlyExperience, 102 stars), Get Available Resources (K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, 48k stars), What If Oracle (LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills, 943 stars) and Generating Synthea Data (maziyarpanahi/openmed, 5.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Aer Workflow?

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.