Agent skill

Education Data Source Nhgis

by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills

NHGIS — census geography crosswalks via Portal: links schools (ncessch) and colleges (unitid) to tracts, block groups, CBSAs (1990-2020).

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Install Education Data Source Nhgis

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill education-data-source-nhgis -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills education-data-source-nhgis --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/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/education-data-source-nhgis .claude/skills/education-data-source-nhgis && 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
education-data-source-nhgis
GitHub stars
4.6k
Token cost
~4.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,692 words
Files
7 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

NHGIS — census geography crosswalks via Portal: links schools (ncessch) and colleges (unitid) to tracts, block groups, CBSAs (1990-2020).

  • Linking education data to census geography
  • SKILL.md covers What is NHGIS?, Reference File Structure, Decision Trees and Quick Reference: Geographic…, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Education Data Source Nhgis is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. NHGIS — census geography crosswalks via Portal: links schools (ncessch) and colleges (unitid) to tracts, block groups, CBSAs (1990-2020). Census demographics NOT in Portal — access NHGIS directly. Use for linking education data to census geography.

Its SKILL.md is about 4.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including reference files (for example `references/boundary-changes.md`, `references/data-access.md` and `references/geographic-units.md`).

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

  • Linking education data to census geography

Example prompts

  • “/education-data-source-nhgis”

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 python).

    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

Education Data Source Nhgis loads about 4.7k tokens when it runs, and up to ~21k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 69 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,692 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~69
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.7k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~21k

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 1,692 words (~4,678 tokens).

“IPUMS NHGIS — census geography crosswalks and demographic data for education research. Via the Education Data Portal: geographic crosswalk tables linking K-12 schools (ncessch) and colleges (unitid) to census tracts, block groups, CBSAs, and regions (census 1990-2020). Census demographic variables…”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
education-data-source-nhgis
metadata.audience
any-agent
metadata.domain
data-source
metadata.skill-authored
2026-02-09
metadata.skill-last-updated
2026-02-09

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 6 other files (references) in skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/education-data-source-nhgis of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/boundary-changes.md
  • references/data-access.md
  • references/geographic-units.md
  • references/school-geography-links.md
  • references/time-series.md
  • references/variable-catalog.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Questions about Education Data Source Nhgis

What does Education Data Source Nhgis do?

NHGIS — census geography crosswalks via Portal: links schools (ncessch) and colleges (unitid) to tracts, block groups, CBSAs (1990-2020). Education Data Source Nhgis is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. NHGIS — census geography crosswalks via Portal: links schools (ncessch) and colleges (unitid) to tracts, block groups, CBSAs (1990-2020).

When should I use Education Data Source Nhgis?

Education Data Source Nhgis fits situations like: linking education data to census geography.

How do I install Education Data Source Nhgis in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill education-data-source-nhgis -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/education-data-source-nhgis in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/education-data-source-nhgis in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Education Data Source Nhgis in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill education-data-source-nhgis -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/education-data-source-nhgis in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/education-data-source-nhgis in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Education Data Source Nhgis 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 education-data-source-nhgis -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/education-data-source-nhgis, .gemini/skills/education-data-source-nhgis, .github/skills/education-data-source-nhgis and .opencode/skills/education-data-source-nhgis in your project.

What does Education Data Source Nhgis need to run?

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

Does Education Data Source Nhgis 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 Education Data Source Nhgis 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 Education Data Source Nhgis use?

Education Data Source Nhgis 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 Education Data Source Nhgis use?

About 4.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 19k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 17k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Education Data Source Nhgis?

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Who maintains Education Data Source Nhgis?

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.