Causal inference design audit for the sewage-house-prices project.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Econometrics Check

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills econometrics-check --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/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/econometrics-check .claude/skills/econometrics-check && 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
econometrics-check
GitHub stars
4.6k
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
538 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Causal inference design audit for the sewage-house-prices project.

  • Works in 4 steps: Parse Input → Context Gathering → Run 4-Phase Review → …
  • Tasks that involve Econometrics and empirical research
  • SKILL.md covers Project-Specific Context, Workflow and Principles
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Econometrics Check is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Causal inference design audit for the sewage-house-prices project. Runs a 4-phase review (claim identification, design validity, inference, polish) covering hedonic pricing, repeat sales, long difference, DiD/event studies, upstream/downstream, and dry spill strategies. This skill should be used when asked to "check the econometrics", "audit the identification", "review the strategy", or when verifying that code matches the stated design.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k 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 and Design review and critique. 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 Econometrics and empirical research
  • Tasks that involve Design review and critique

Example prompts

  • “check the econometrics”
  • “audit the identification”
  • “review the strategy”
  • “/econometrics-check”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Agent

Workflow steps

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

  1. Parse Input
  2. Context Gathering
  3. Run 4-Phase Review
  4. Present Summary

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:

    • Read
    • Grep
    • Glob
    • Write
    • Agent

    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

Econometrics Check loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 115 tokens; SKILL.md has 538 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~115
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.5k

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 538 words (~1,455 tokens).

“Run a 4-phase causal inference audit on the target file(s) for the sewage-house-prices project.”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
econometrics-check
allowed-tools
Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Agent
argument-hint
[.tex section, .R script, directory path, or 'all']

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/econometrics-check of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Questions about Econometrics Check

What does Econometrics Check do?

Causal inference design audit for the sewage-house-prices project. Econometrics Check is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Causal inference design audit for the sewage-house-prices project.

When should I use Econometrics Check?

Econometrics Check fits situations like: tasks that involve Econometrics and empirical research; tasks that involve Design review and critique.

How do I install Econometrics Check in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill econometrics-check -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/econometrics-check in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/econometrics-check in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Econometrics Check in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill econometrics-check -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/econometrics-check in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/econometrics-check in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

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

What does Econometrics Check need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Econometrics Check is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Agent.

Does Econometrics Check 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 Econometrics Check 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 Econometrics Check use?

Econometrics Check 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 Econometrics Check use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.8k 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 Econometrics Check?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Econometrics Check: 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 Econometrics Check?

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.