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Agent skill

Init

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

Fills all [FILL:] placeholders across the template to initialize a new research project.

Custom licenceAuto-check: notes

Install Init

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills init --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/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/init .claude/skills/init && 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
init
GitHub stars
4.5k
Token cost
~596 tokens
SKILL.md length
217 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
369
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Fills all [FILL:] placeholders across the template to initialize a new research project.

  • Works in 6 steps: Scan all tracked files for [FILL:… → Ask the user for project information → Apply the values to each file → …
  • Setting up a freshly cloned project
  • Calls bash

What it does

Init is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Fills all [FILL:] placeholders across the template to initialize a new research project. Use when setting up a freshly cloned project.

Its SKILL.md is about 600 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

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

  • Setting up a freshly cloned project

Example prompts

  • “Use the init skill to fill all [FILL:] placeholders across the template to initialize a new research project”
  • “/init”

Requirements

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

Workflow steps

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

  1. Scan all tracked files for [FILL: patterns and group them by file
  2. Ask the user for project information
  3. Apply the values to each file
  4. After applying all values, re-scan for remaining [FILL:] placeholders
  5. Run bash scripts/render.sh to regenerate latex/index.tex with the real content.
  6. Report a summary: files updated, placeholders filled, placeholders remaining, render status.

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:

    • Bash
    • Read
    • Write
    • Edit
    • Glob
    • Grep

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • bash

    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

Init loads about 596 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 35 tokens; SKILL.md has 217 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~35
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~596

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, Edit, Glob, Grep

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 217 words (~596 tokens).

“Fill in all [FILL:] placeholders across the template to set up a new research project.”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
init
allowed-tools
Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep
disable-model-invocation
true

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/init of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Form Fillingasgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks69k—~400Automated safety check: PassCC0-1.0

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Questions about Init

What does Init do?

Fills all [FILL:] placeholders across the template to initialize a new research project. Init is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Fills all [FILL:] placeholders across the template to initialize a new research project.

When should I use Init?

Init fits situations like: setting up a freshly cloned project.

How do I install Init in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill init -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/init in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/init in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Init in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill init -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/init in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/init in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

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

What does Init need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Init needs the command-line tools its instructions call (bash). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep.

Does Init 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 Init 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 Init use?

Init 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 Init use?

About 596 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.4k 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 Init?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Init: Init (asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks, 69k stars), Init (asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks, 69k stars), Swarm Init (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars) and Federation Init (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Init?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,517 GitHub stars. The repository holds 369 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.