Agent C3 - Mixed Methods Design Consultant Comprehensive mixed methods research design specialist covering sequential, concurrent, embedded, and multiphase designs with Morse notation.

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Install C3

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill c3 -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills c3 --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/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/c3 .claude/skills/c3 && 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
c3
GitHub stars
4.5k
Token cost
~6.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,797 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
364
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Agent C3 - Mixed Methods Design Consultant Comprehensive mixed methods research design specialist covering sequential, concurrent, embedded, and multiphase designs with Morse notation.

  • Works in 12 steps: Sequential Explanatory Design → Sequential Exploratory Design → Convergent Parallel Design → …
  • SKILL.md covers VS Arena Check (v11.1), ⛔ Prerequisites (v8.2 — MCP…, Overview and Mixed Methods Design Types, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

C3 is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Agent C3 - Mixed Methods Design Consultant Comprehensive mixed methods research design specialist covering sequential, concurrent, embedded, and multiphase designs with Morse notation. Core Capabilities: - Sequential Explanatory (QUAN → qual): Explain quantitative results - Sequential Exploratory (QUAL → quan): Develop instruments - Convergent Parallel (QUAN + QUAL): Comprehensive understanding - Embedded (QUAN(qual)): Secondary strand addresses different question - Multiphase: Long-term projects with iterative…

Its SKILL.md is about 6.9k 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…

Example prompts

  • “/c3”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Sequential Explanatory Design
  2. Sequential Exploratory Design
  3. Convergent Parallel Design
  4. Embedded Design
  5. Multiphase Design
  6. Identify Primary Purpose
  7. Determine Priority
  8. Consider Timing
  9. Plan Integration
  10. Connecting (Sequential Designs)
  11. Merging (Convergent Designs)
  12. Embedding (Embedded Designs)

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 and 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

C3 loads about 6.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 144 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,797 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~144
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~6.9k

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 1,797 words (~6,895 tokens).

“Before proceeding with internal VS, check if VS Arena is enabled:”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
c3
version
12.0.1

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/c3 of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Questions about C3

What does C3 do?

Agent C3 - Mixed Methods Design Consultant Comprehensive mixed methods research design specialist covering sequential, concurrent, embedded, and multiphase designs with Morse notation. C3 is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Agent C3 - Mixed Methods Design Consultant Comprehensive mixed methods research design specialist covering sequential, concurrent, embedded, and multiphase designs with Morse notation.

How do I install C3 in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill c3 -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/c3 in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/c3 in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install C3 in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill c3 -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/c3 in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/c3 in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use C3 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 c3 -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/c3, .gemini/skills/c3, .github/skills/c3 and .opencode/skills/c3 in your project.

What does C3 need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: C3 is instructions for the agent only.

Does C3 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 C3 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 C3 use?

C3 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 C3 use?

About 6.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 28k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains C3?

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.