Interview Me
pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow
Interactive interview that formalizes a fuzzy research idea into a structured spec (RQ, hypotheses, identification, data needs, empirical strategy).
Discovery phase combining research interviews, literature search, data discovery, and ideation.
Install Discover
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill discover -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills discover --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/16-hsantanna88-clo-author/dot-claude/skills/discover .claude/skills/discover && 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 "discover" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/16-hsantanna88-clo-author/dot-claude/skills/discover into .claude/skills/discover/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "discover", 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/16-hsantanna88-clo-author/dot-claude/skills/discoverType 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 discover -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills discover --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/16-hsantanna88-clo-author/dot-claude/skills/discover .agents/skills/discover && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "discover" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/16-hsantanna88-clo-author/dot-claude/skills/discover into .agents/skills/discover/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "discover", 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 discover -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills discover --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/16-hsantanna88-clo-author/dot-claude/skills/discover .cursor/skills/discover && 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 "discover" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/16-hsantanna88-clo-author/dot-claude/skills/discover into .cursor/skills/discover/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "discover", 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/16-hsantanna88-clo-author/dot-claude/skills/discover--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 discover -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills discover --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/16-hsantanna88-clo-author/dot-claude/skills/discover .gemini/skills/discover && 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 "discover" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/16-hsantanna88-clo-author/dot-claude/skills/discover into .gemini/skills/discover/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "discover", 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 discoverInstalls 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 discover -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/16-hsantanna88-clo-author/dot-claude/skills/discover .github/skills/discover && 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 "discover" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/16-hsantanna88-clo-author/dot-claude/skills/discover into .github/skills/discover/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "discover", 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 discover -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 discover --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/16-hsantanna88-clo-author/dot-claude/skills/discover .opencode/skills/discover && 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 "discover" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/16-hsantanna88-clo-author/dot-claude/skills/discover into .opencode/skills/discover/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "discover", 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
discover- GitHub stars
- 4.5k
- Token cost
- ~2.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 930 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 383
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Discovery phase combining research interviews, literature search, data discovery, and ideation.
- Works in 6 steps: Big Picture (1-2 questions): "What… → Theoretical Motivation (1-2 questions):… → Data and Setting (1-2 questions): "What… → …
- Tasks that involve Brainstorming
- SKILL.md covers Modes and Principles
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Discover is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Discovery phase combining research interviews, literature search, data discovery, and ideation. Routes to appropriate agents based on arguments. Replaces /interview-me, /lit-review, /find-data, /research-ideation.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.2k 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 Agent Workflows, covering Brainstorming, Literature review and Requirements gathering. 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
- Tasks that involve Brainstorming
- Tasks that involve Literature review
- Tasks that involve Requirements gathering
Example prompts
- “/discover”
Requirements
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Edit, WebSearch, WebFetch, Task
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Big Picture (1-2 questions): "What phenomenon are you trying to understand?" "Why does this matter?"
- Theoretical Motivation (1-2 questions): "What's your intuition for why X happens?" "What would standard theory predict?"
- Data and Setting (1-2 questions): "What data do you have access to?" "Is there a specific institutional setting?"
- Identification (1-2 questions): "Is there a natural experiment or policy change you can exploit?" "What's the biggest threat to causal…
- Expected Results (1-2 questions): "What would you expect to find?" "What would surprise you?"
- Contribution (1 question): "How does this differ from what's been done? What gap are you filling?"
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:
ReadGrepGlobWriteEditWebSearchWebFetchTask
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
Discover loads about 2.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 930 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 930 words (~2,193 tokens).
“Launch the Discovery phase of research. Routes to the appropriate agents based on the mode specified.”
- name
- discover
- allowed-tools
- Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Edit, WebSearch, WebFetch, Task
- argument-hint
- [mode: interview | lit | data | ideate] [topic or query]
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/16-hsantanna88-clo-author/dot-claude/skills/discover of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
Compare with similar skills
Discover 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discover this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Interview Mepedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow | 1.7k | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Research Ideationpedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow | 1.7k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Research IdeationGalaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar | 5.7k | 2 repos | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Research Writing AssistantNorman-bury/research-writing-skill | 3.4k | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Scholar Ideationcatlog22/maestro-flow | 564 | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Notes | None |
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Questions about Discover
What does Discover do?
Discovery phase combining research interviews, literature search, data discovery, and ideation. Discover is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Discovery phase combining research interviews, literature search, data discovery, and ideation.
When should I use Discover?
Discover fits situations like: tasks that involve Brainstorming; tasks that involve Literature review; tasks that involve Requirements gathering.
How do I install Discover in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill discover -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/16-hsantanna88-clo-author/dot-claude/skills/discover in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/discover in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Discover in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill discover -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/16-hsantanna88-clo-author/dot-claude/skills/discover in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/discover in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Discover 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 discover -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/discover, .gemini/skills/discover, .github/skills/discover and .opencode/skills/discover in your project.
What does Discover need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Discover is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Edit, WebSearch, WebFetch, Task.
Does Discover 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 Discover 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 Discover use?
Discover 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 Discover use?
About 2.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.8k 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 Discover?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Discover: Interview Me (pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow, 1.7k stars), Research Ideation (pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow, 1.7k stars), Research Ideation (Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar, 5.7k stars) and Research Writing Assistant (Norman-bury/research-writing-skill, 3.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Discover?
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.