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APSA style checker for Quarto (.qmd) files. An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Install Apsa Style
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill apsa-style -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills apsa-style --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/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-style .claude/skills/apsa-style && 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 "apsa-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-style into .claude/skills/apsa-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "apsa-style", 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/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-styleType 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 apsa-style -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills apsa-style --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/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-style .agents/skills/apsa-style && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "apsa-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-style into .agents/skills/apsa-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "apsa-style", 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 apsa-style -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills apsa-style --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/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-style .cursor/skills/apsa-style && 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 "apsa-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-style into .cursor/skills/apsa-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "apsa-style", 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/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-style--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 apsa-style -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills apsa-style --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/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-style .gemini/skills/apsa-style && 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 "apsa-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-style into .gemini/skills/apsa-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "apsa-style", 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 apsa-styleInstalls 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 apsa-style -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/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-style .github/skills/apsa-style && 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 "apsa-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-style into .github/skills/apsa-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "apsa-style", 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 apsa-style -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 apsa-style --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/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-style .opencode/skills/apsa-style && 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 "apsa-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-style into .opencode/skills/apsa-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "apsa-style", 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
apsa-style- GitHub stars
- 4.5k
- Token cost
- ~3.6k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,636 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 383
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
APSA style checker for Quarto (.qmd) files. An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
- Works in 7 steps: NUMBERS → CAPITALIZATION → ABBREVIATIONS → …
- Asked to check APSA style
- SKILL.md covers Input Arguments, Scope, What to Check and Step-by-Step Workflow, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Apsa Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. APSA style checker for Quarto (.qmd) files. Checks numbers, capitalization, abbreviations, italics, in-text citations, titles of works, neutral and unbiased language, and APSA-specific terminology against the APSA Style Manual for Political Science (2018, updated 2023). Produces a structured markdown report organized by document section — never modifies the source file. Use when asked to check APSA style, fix citations, review capitalization, check number formatting, or flag biased language in a .qmd document…
Its SKILL.md is about 3.6k 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 Writing & Content, covering Copy editing and proofreading and Citation management. 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
- Asked to check APSA style
- Review capitalization
- Check number formatting
- Flag biased language in a .qmd document
Example prompts
- “/apsa-style”
Workflow steps
7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- NUMBERS
- CAPITALIZATION
- ABBREVIATIONS
- ITALICS
- IN-TEXT CITATIONS
- NEUTRAL AND UNBIASED LANGUAGE
- APSA COMMONLY USED TERMS
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).
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
Apsa Style loads about 3.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 179 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,636 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 1,636 words (~3,602 tokens).
“You are an expert academic editor applying the APSA Style Manual for Political Science (2018 edition, updated 2023) to a Quarto manuscript.”
- name
- apsa-style
- metadata.author
- Christopher T. Kenny
- metadata.version
- 1
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-style of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
Compare with similar skills
Apsa Style 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apsa Style this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| English 120 WritingEpicenterHQ/epicenter | 4.8k | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| AI Antislopagent-skills-hub/agent-skills-hub | 111 | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Review PaperIngar30/reviewer | 222 | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Nature-Style Academic PolishingYuan1z0825/nature-skills | 47k | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Audit AI Writingjxnl/personal-monorepo-template | 563 | — | ~887 | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about Apsa Style
What does Apsa Style do?
APSA style checker for Quarto (.qmd) files. An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Apsa Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.qmd) files.
When should I use Apsa Style?
Apsa Style fits situations like: asked to check APSA style; review capitalization; check number formatting; flag biased language in a .qmd document.
How do I install Apsa Style in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill apsa-style -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-style in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/apsa-style in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Apsa Style in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill apsa-style -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/apsa-style in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/apsa-style in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Apsa Style 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 apsa-style -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/apsa-style, .gemini/skills/apsa-style, .github/skills/apsa-style and .opencode/skills/apsa-style in your project.
What does Apsa Style need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Apsa Style is instructions for the agent only.
Does Apsa Style 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 Apsa Style 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 Apsa Style use?
Apsa Style 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 Apsa Style use?
About 3.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 14k 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 Apsa Style?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Apsa Style: English 120 Writing (EpicenterHQ/epicenter, 4.8k stars), AI Antislop (agent-skills-hub/agent-skills-hub, 111 stars), Review Paper (Ingar30/reviewer, 222 stars) and Nature-Style Academic Polishing (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Apsa Style?
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.