Scaffolds a method-specific analysis notebook (DiD, IV, RDD, LASSO, Panel FE) with boilerplate.

Custom licenceAuto-check: notesResearch & Science

Install New Analysis

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills new-analysis --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/new-analysis .claude/skills/new-analysis && 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
new-analysis
GitHub stars
4.5k
Token cost
~764 tokens
SKILL.md length
300 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Scaffolds a method-specific analysis notebook (DiD, IV, RDD, LASSO, Panel FE) with boilerplate.

  • Works in 7 steps: Parse the method from the arguments.… → Follow the same notebook creation… → Add method-specific sections as markdown… → …
  • Starting a new econometric analysis
  • SKILL.md covers Arguments and Steps
  • Calls uv

What it does

New Analysis is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Scaffolds a method-specific analysis notebook (DiD, IV, RDD, LASSO, Panel FE) with boilerplate. Use when starting a new econometric analysis.

Its SKILL.md is about 760 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, covering Project scaffolding and 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

  • Starting a new econometric analysis
  • Tasks that involve Project scaffolding
  • Tasks that involve Econometrics and empirical research

Example prompts

  • “Use the new-analysis skill to scaffold a method-specific analysis notebook (DiD, IV, RDD, LASSO, Panel FE) with boilerplate”
  • “/new-analysis”

Requirements

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

Workflow steps

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

  1. Parse the method from the arguments. Recognized methods
  2. Follow the same notebook creation conventions as /project:new-notebook
  3. Add method-specific sections as markdown and code cells
  4. Create the Jupytext .md pair
  5. Register in _quarto.yml under manuscript.notebooks
  6. Confirm the notebook renders: quarto render notebooks/.ipynb
  7. Report the file path and list the embed-ready cell labels created.

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:

    • uv

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use uv, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

New Analysis loads about 764 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 39 tokens; SKILL.md has 300 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~39
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~764

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 300 words (~764 tokens).

“Create a new notebook pre-populated with method-specific boilerplate for a common econometric technique.”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
new-analysis
allowed-tools
Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep
argument-hint
<method> [title]

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

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

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Questions about New Analysis

What does New Analysis do?

Scaffolds a method-specific analysis notebook (DiD, IV, RDD, LASSO, Panel FE) with boilerplate. New Analysis is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Scaffolds a method-specific analysis notebook (DiD, IV, RDD, LASSO, Panel FE) with boilerplate.

When should I use New Analysis?

New Analysis fits situations like: starting a new econometric analysis; tasks that involve Project scaffolding; tasks that involve Econometrics and empirical research.

How do I install New Analysis in Claude Code?

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

How do I install New Analysis in Codex?

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

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

What does New Analysis need to run?

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

Does New Analysis access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use uv, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is New Analysis 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 New Analysis use?

New Analysis 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 New Analysis use?

About 764 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k 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 New Analysis?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with New Analysis: Complexa Design (NVIDIA-BioNeMo/bionemo-agent-toolkit, 478 stars), Gtd (scunning1975/MixtapeTools, 473 stars), Rfdiffusion (PKU-YuanGroup/OpenAI4S, 620 stars) and Diagnose (pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow, 1.7k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains New Analysis?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,542 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.