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Agent skill
Fiscal Briefing
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
Public finances briefing. An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Custom licenceAuto-check: notes
Install Fiscal Briefing
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill fiscal-briefing -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills fiscal-briefing --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/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/fiscal-briefing .claude/skills/fiscal-briefing && 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 "fiscal-briefing" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/fiscal-briefing into .claude/skills/fiscal-briefing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "fiscal-briefing", 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/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/fiscal-briefingType 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 fiscal-briefing -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills fiscal-briefing --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/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/fiscal-briefing .agents/skills/fiscal-briefing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "fiscal-briefing" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/fiscal-briefing into .agents/skills/fiscal-briefing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "fiscal-briefing", 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 fiscal-briefing -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills fiscal-briefing --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/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/fiscal-briefing .cursor/skills/fiscal-briefing && 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 "fiscal-briefing" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/fiscal-briefing into .cursor/skills/fiscal-briefing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "fiscal-briefing", 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/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/fiscal-briefing--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 fiscal-briefing -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills fiscal-briefing --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/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/fiscal-briefing .gemini/skills/fiscal-briefing && 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 "fiscal-briefing" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/fiscal-briefing into .gemini/skills/fiscal-briefing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "fiscal-briefing", 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 fiscal-briefingInstalls 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 fiscal-briefing -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/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/fiscal-briefing .github/skills/fiscal-briefing && 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 "fiscal-briefing" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/fiscal-briefing into .github/skills/fiscal-briefing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "fiscal-briefing", 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 fiscal-briefing -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 fiscal-briefing --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/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/fiscal-briefing .opencode/skills/fiscal-briefing && 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 "fiscal-briefing" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/fiscal-briefing into .opencode/skills/fiscal-briefing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "fiscal-briefing", 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
fiscal-briefing- GitHub stars
- 4.6k
- Token cost
- ~4.7k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,967 words
- Files
- 8
- Skills in repo
- 383
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Public finances briefing. An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
- Works in 5 steps: Detect country and focus → Fetch data (silent) → Build the briefing (silent) → …
- SKILL.md covers Arguments, Supported countries, Instructions and Output formats, plus 5 more sections
- Calls git; reaches github.com
What it does
Fiscal Briefing is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Public finances briefing. Supports UK, US, and Australia. Produces a single compact briefing on borrowing, debt, receipts, spending, and fiscal rules. Optional debt sustainability analysis via the debtkit R package. User-selectable sub-components and multi-format export.
Its SKILL.md is about 4.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files (for example `facts/README.md`, `facts/benefit_uprating.md` and `facts/debt_definitions_uk.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…
Example prompts
- “/fiscal-briefing”
Requirements
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, Read, Write, Glob, AskUserQuestion, Skill
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Detect country and focus
- Fetch data (silent)
- Build the briefing (silent)
- Debt sustainability analysis (optional, if --dsa)
- Write the output
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:
BashReadWriteGlobAskUserQuestionSkill
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
git
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
github.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
Fiscal Briefing loads about 4.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,967 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: notes
The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.
- NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write, Glob, AskUserQuestion, Skill
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 1,967 words (~4,731 tokens).
“Only stop to ask the user when: the country is ambiguous or a non-standard fiscal indicator is requested. Never stop to ask about: data sources (use official sources), section selection, fiscal rule definitions, or output filename.”
- name
- fiscal-briefing
- allowed-tools
- Bash, Read, Write, Glob, AskUserQuestion, Skill
Files
SKILL.md and 7 other files in skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/fiscal-briefing of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
- SKILL.md
- SKILL.tmpl
- facts/README.md
- facts/benefit_uprating.md
- facts/debt_definitions_uk.md
- facts/fiscal_rules_uk.md
- facts/ons_classification.md
- facts/triple_lock.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
Compare with similar skills
Fiscal Briefing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiscal Briefing this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.6k | — | ~4.7k | Automated safety check: Notes | Custom licence | |
| Briefalirezarezvani/claude-skills | 28k | — | ~967 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Briefdavepoon/buildwithclaude | 3.6k | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Financejjyaoao/HelloAgents | 3.2k | 1 repos | ~602 | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Finance Skillsalirezarezvani/claude-skills | 28k | — | ~513 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Review Briefevery-app/open-seo | 23k | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Fiscal Briefing
What does Fiscal Briefing do?
Public finances briefing. An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Fiscal Briefing is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Public finances briefing.
How do I install Fiscal Briefing in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill fiscal-briefing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/fiscal-briefing in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/fiscal-briefing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Fiscal Briefing in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill fiscal-briefing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/fiscal-briefing in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/fiscal-briefing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Fiscal Briefing 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 fiscal-briefing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/fiscal-briefing, .gemini/skills/fiscal-briefing, .github/skills/fiscal-briefing and .opencode/skills/fiscal-briefing in your project.
What does Fiscal Briefing need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Fiscal Briefing needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash, Read, Write, Glob, AskUserQuestion, Skill.
Does Fiscal Briefing access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: github.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Fiscal Briefing safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Fiscal Briefing use?
Fiscal Briefing 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 Fiscal Briefing 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.
What are the alternatives to Fiscal Briefing?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Fiscal Briefing: Brief (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars), Brief (davepoon/buildwithclaude, 3.6k stars), Finance (jjyaoao/HelloAgents, 3.2k stars) and Finance Skills (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Fiscal Briefing?
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.