Run IV, DiD, and RDD analyses in R with proper diagnostics. An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Causal Inference R

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills causal-inference-r --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/14-luischanci-claude-code-research-starter/dot-claude/skills/causal-inference-r .claude/skills/causal-inference-r && 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
causal-inference-r
GitHub stars
4.6k
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
384 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Run IV, DiD, and RDD analyses in R with proper diagnostics. An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

  • Works in 4 steps: Understand the Research Design → Generate Analysis Code → Structure the Output → …
  • Implementing causal inference methods
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, When to Use, Instructions and Example Prompts, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Causal Inference R is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Run IV, DiD, and RDD analyses in R with proper diagnostics. Use when implementing causal inference methods, event studies, or treatment effect estimation.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k 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 Research & Science, covering Econometrics and empirical research. 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

  • Implementing causal inference methods
  • Treatment effect estimation

Example prompts

  • “/causal-inference-r”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Understand the Research Design
  2. Generate Analysis Code
  3. Structure the Output
  4. Add Documentation

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 r).

    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):

    • lrberge.github.io
    • mixtape.scunning.com
    • mostlyharmlesseconometrics.com

    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

Causal Inference R loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 43 tokens; SKILL.md has 384 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~43
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k

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 384 words (~1,301 tokens).

“This skill helps economists run rigorous econometric analyses in R, including Instrumental Variables (IV), Difference-in-Differences (DiD), and Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD). It generates publication-ready code with proper diagnostics and robust standard errors.”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
causal-inference-r

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/14-luischanci-claude-code-research-starter/dot-claude/skills/causal-inference-r of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Questions about Causal Inference R

What does Causal Inference R do?

Run IV, DiD, and RDD analyses in R with proper diagnostics. An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Causal Inference R is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Run IV, DiD, and RDD analyses in R with proper diagnostics.

When should I use Causal Inference R?

Causal Inference R fits situations like: implementing causal inference methods; treatment effect estimation.

How do I install Causal Inference R in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill causal-inference-r -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/14-luischanci-claude-code-research-starter/dot-claude/skills/causal-inference-r in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/causal-inference-r in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Causal Inference R in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill causal-inference-r -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/14-luischanci-claude-code-research-starter/dot-claude/skills/causal-inference-r in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/causal-inference-r in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

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

What does Causal Inference R need to run?

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

Does Causal Inference R access the network?

SKILL.md names 3 domains. As links in the text: lrberge.github.io, mixtape.scunning.com and mostlyharmlesseconometrics.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Causal Inference R 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 Causal Inference R use?

Causal Inference R 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 Causal Inference R use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.2k 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 Causal Inference R?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Causal Inference R: Stata (dylantmoore/stata-skill, 291 stars), Stata C Plugins (dylantmoore/stata-skill, 291 stars), Example Datasets (pymc-labs/CausalPy, 1.2k stars) and Stata Audit (SepineTam/mcp-for-stata, 264 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Causal Inference R?

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.