This skill covers game-theoretic methods in structural econometrics and industrial organization.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Game Theory

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills game-theory --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/11-James-Traina-compound-science/skills/game-theory .claude/skills/game-theory && 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
game-theory
GitHub stars
4.6k
Token cost
~3.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,401 words
Files
7 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

This skill covers game-theoretic methods in structural econometrics and industrial organization.

  • Works in 4 steps: Do players have private information? →… → Is the game sequential? → Yes: SPE… → Is the game repeated? → Yes: folk… → …
  • The user is working with strategic interactions
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use This Skill, Where to Start, Quick Start: Nash Equilibrium… and Equilibrium Concept Routing, plus 7 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Game Theory is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. This skill covers game-theoretic methods in structural econometrics and industrial organization. Use when the user is working with strategic interactions, equilibrium analysis, or game-theoretic structural models — including entry games, conduct testing, auction models with strategic bidding, bargaining, or matching markets. Triggers on "Nash equilibrium", "subgame perfect", "best response", "strategic interaction", "entry game", "conduct testing", "auction", "mechanism design", "matching market", "bargaining"…

Its SKILL.md is about 3.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including reference files (for example `references/equilibrium-computation.md`, `references/equilibrium-concepts.md` and `references/estimation-diagnostics.md`).

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

  • The user is working with strategic interactions
  • Equilibrium analysis
  • Game-theoretic structural models — including entry games
  • Conduct testing

Example prompts

  • “Nash equilibrium”
  • “subgame perfect”
  • “best response”
  • “/game-theory”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Do players have private information? → Yes: BNE framework. No: Nash/SPE.
  2. Is the game sequential? → Yes: SPE (backward induction) or MPE (dynamic states). No: simultaneous Nash.
  3. Is the game repeated? → Yes: folk theorem applies; collusion may be sustainable.
  4. Are there multiple equilibria? → See Multiple Equilibria 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 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

Game Theory loads about 3.7k tokens when it runs, and up to ~15k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 213 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,401 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~213
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.7k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~15k

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 1,401 words (~3,687 tokens).

“Reference for game-theoretic methods in applied structural econometrics and industrial organization. Covers equilibrium concepts, computational methods, structural IO applications, and the identification challenges unique to game-theoretic models.”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
game-theory
argument-hint
<equilibrium concept or game type>

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 6 other files (references) in skills/11-James-Traina-compound-science/skills/game-theory of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/equilibrium-computation.md
  • references/equilibrium-concepts.md
  • references/estimation-diagnostics.md
  • references/identification-in-games.md
  • references/io-applications.md
  • references/multiple-equilibria.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Questions about Game Theory

What does Game Theory do?

This skill covers game-theoretic methods in structural econometrics and industrial organization. Game Theory is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. This skill covers game-theoretic methods in structural econometrics and industrial organization.

When should I use Game Theory?

Game Theory fits situations like: the user is working with strategic interactions; equilibrium analysis; game-theoretic structural models — including entry games; conduct testing.

How do I install Game Theory in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill game-theory -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/11-James-Traina-compound-science/skills/game-theory in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/game-theory in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Game Theory in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill game-theory -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/11-James-Traina-compound-science/skills/game-theory in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/game-theory in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

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

What does Game Theory need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Game Theory is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Game Theory 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 Game Theory 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 Game Theory use?

Game Theory 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 Game Theory use?

About 3.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 15k 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 11k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Game Theory?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Game Theory: 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 Game Theory?

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.