Hypothesis Generation
spacering-net/codeg
Structured hypothesis formulation from observations. An agent skill from spacering-net/codeg.
Design or review identification strategy for the sewage-house-prices project.
Install Identify
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill identify -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills identify --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/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/identify .claude/skills/identify && 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 "identify" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/identify into .claude/skills/identify/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "identify", 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/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/identifyType 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 identify -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills identify --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/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/identify .agents/skills/identify && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "identify" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/identify into .agents/skills/identify/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "identify", 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 identify -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills identify --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/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/identify .cursor/skills/identify && 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 "identify" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/identify into .cursor/skills/identify/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "identify", 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/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/identify--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 identify -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills identify --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/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/identify .gemini/skills/identify && 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 "identify" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/identify into .gemini/skills/identify/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "identify", 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 identifyInstalls 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 identify -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/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/identify .github/skills/identify && 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 "identify" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/identify into .github/skills/identify/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "identify", 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 identify -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 identify --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/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/identify .opencode/skills/identify && 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 "identify" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/identify into .opencode/skills/identify/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "identify", 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
identify- GitHub stars
- 4.5k
- Token cost
- ~1.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 440 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 364
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Design or review identification strategy for the sewage-house-prices project.
- Works in 4 steps: Context Gathering → Strategy Development → Strategy Review → …
- Research & Science work in your project
- SKILL.md covers Project-Specific Context, Workflow and Principles
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Identify is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Design or review identification strategy for the sewage-house-prices project. Produces strategy memos with estimand, assumptions, pseudo-code, robustness plan, falsification tests, and referee objection anticipation. This skill should be used when asked to "design the strategy", "identify the effect", "write a strategy memo", or "think through identification".
Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k 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. 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
- Research & Science work in your project
Example prompts
- “design the strategy”
- “identify the effect”
- “write a strategy memo”
- “/identify”
Requirements
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Agent
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Context Gathering
- Strategy Development
- Strategy Review
- Present Results
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:
ReadGrepGlobWriteAgent
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
Identify loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 93 tokens; SKILL.md has 440 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 440 words (~1,263 tokens).
“Design or review an identification strategy for the sewage-house-prices project.”
- name
- identify
- allowed-tools
- Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Agent
- argument-hint
- [research question, approach name, or 'review existing']
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/identify of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
Compare with similar skills
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identify this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Hypothesis Generationspacering-net/codeg | 3.8k | 15 repos | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| GitHub Deep Researchbytedance/deer-flow | 83k | 5 repos | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Nature Paper CardYuan1z0825/nature-skills | 46k | 2 repos | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Read arXiv Paperkarpathy/nanochat | 58k | 2 repos | ~494 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Content Research Writerweapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss | 1.9k | 25 repos | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Identify
What does Identify do?
Design or review identification strategy for the sewage-house-prices project. Identify is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Design or review identification strategy for the sewage-house-prices project.
When should I use Identify?
Identify fits situations like: research & Science work in your project.
How do I install Identify in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill identify -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/identify in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/identify in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Identify in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill identify -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/identify in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/identify in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Identify 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 identify -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/identify, .gemini/skills/identify, .github/skills/identify and .opencode/skills/identify in your project.
What does Identify need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Identify is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Agent.
Does Identify 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 Identify 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 Identify use?
Identify 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 Identify use?
About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.1k 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 Identify?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Identify: Hypothesis Generation (spacering-net/codeg, 3.8k stars), GitHub Deep Research (bytedance/deer-flow, 83k stars), Nature Paper Card (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 46k stars) and Read arXiv Paper (karpathy/nanochat, 58k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Identify?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,529 GitHub stars. The repository holds 364 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.