Brief
alirezarezvani/claude-skills
/cs:brief <topic — Generate a one-page strategy brief from an office-hours intake.
Structured policy briefing note (1-2 pages). An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Custom licenceAuto-check: notes
Install Briefing Note
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill briefing-note -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills briefing-note --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/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/briefing-note .claude/skills/briefing-note && 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 "briefing-note" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/briefing-note into .claude/skills/briefing-note/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "briefing-note", 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/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/briefing-noteType 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 briefing-note -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills briefing-note --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/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/briefing-note .agents/skills/briefing-note && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "briefing-note" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/briefing-note into .agents/skills/briefing-note/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "briefing-note", 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 briefing-note -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills briefing-note --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/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/briefing-note .cursor/skills/briefing-note && 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 "briefing-note" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/briefing-note into .cursor/skills/briefing-note/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "briefing-note", 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/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/briefing-note--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 briefing-note -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills briefing-note --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/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/briefing-note .gemini/skills/briefing-note && 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 "briefing-note" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/briefing-note into .gemini/skills/briefing-note/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "briefing-note", 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 briefing-noteInstalls 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 briefing-note -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/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/briefing-note .github/skills/briefing-note && 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 "briefing-note" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/briefing-note into .github/skills/briefing-note/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "briefing-note", 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 briefing-note -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 briefing-note --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/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/briefing-note .opencode/skills/briefing-note && 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 "briefing-note" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/briefing-note into .opencode/skills/briefing-note/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "briefing-note", 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
briefing-note- GitHub stars
- 4.5k
- Token cost
- ~4.5k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,846 words
- Files
- 2
- Skills in repo
- 364
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Structured policy briefing note (1-2 pages). An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
- Works in 6 steps: Parse the request → Confirm the framing → Gather data (if --data or if topic is… → …
- SKILL.md covers Arguments, Templates, Instructions and Output formats, plus 4 more sections
- Calls git
What it does
Briefing Note is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Structured policy briefing note (1-2 pages). Issue, background, analysis, options, recommendation. UK GES, Australian Treasury, consulting formats. Auto-populates from econstack data skills.
Its SKILL.md is about 4.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file.
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…
Example prompts
- “/briefing-note”
Requirements
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, Read, Write, Glob, Grep, AskUserQuestion, Skill, WebSearch, WebFetch
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Parse the request
- Confirm the framing
- Gather data (if --data or if topic is data-dependent)
- Write the briefing note
- Generate the KEY NUMBERS block
- Output
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:
BashReadWriteGlobGrepAskUserQuestionSkillWebSearchWebFetch
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
git
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
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
Briefing Note loads about 4.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 51 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,846 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: 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, Glob, Grep, AskUserQuestion, Skill, WebSearch, WebFetch
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 1,846 words (~4,512 tokens).
“Only stop to ask the user when: the policy issue is unclear, the audience is ambiguous, or multiple conflicting options exist and the user needs to choose a framing. Never stop to ask about: format (use the detected template), section…”
- name
- briefing-note
- allowed-tools
- Bash, Read, Write, Glob, Grep, AskUserQuestion, Skill, WebSearch, WebFetch
Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/briefing-note of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
- SKILL.md
- SKILL.tmpl
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
Compare with similar skills
Briefing Note 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briefing Note this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~4.5k | Automated safety check: Notes | Custom licence | |
| Briefalirezarezvani/claude-skills | 28k | — | ~967 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Implementing Policy As Code With Open Policy Agentmukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills | 34k | — | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Notes | Apache-2.0 | |
| Briefing Notemohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills | 1.4k | — | ~791 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Meeting Notesoutline/outline | 41k | — | ~551 | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Policy Acknowledgementsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~3.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Briefing Note
What does Briefing Note do?
Structured policy briefing note (1-2 pages). An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Briefing Note is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Structured policy briefing note (1-2 pages).
How do I install Briefing Note in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill briefing-note -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/briefing-note in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/briefing-note in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Briefing Note in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill briefing-note -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/briefing-note in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/briefing-note in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Briefing Note 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 briefing-note -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/briefing-note, .gemini/skills/briefing-note, .github/skills/briefing-note and .opencode/skills/briefing-note in your project.
What does Briefing Note need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Briefing Note needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash, Read, Write, Glob, Grep, AskUserQuestion, Skill, WebSearch, WebFetch.
Does Briefing Note access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Briefing Note 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 Briefing Note use?
Briefing Note 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 Briefing Note use?
About 4.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 18k 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 Briefing Note?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Briefing Note: Brief (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars), Implementing Policy As Code With Open Policy Agent (mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills, 34k stars), Briefing Note (mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, 1.4k stars) and Meeting Notes (outline/outline, 41k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Briefing Note?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,529 GitHub stars. The repository holds 364 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.