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Agent skill
Numerical Methods
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
Numerical algorithms and computational techniques for statistics
Install Numerical Methods
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill numerical-methods -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills numerical-methods --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/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/implementation/numerical-methods .claude/skills/numerical-methods && 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 "numerical-methods" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/implementation/numerical-methods into .claude/skills/numerical-methods/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "numerical-methods", 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/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/implementation/numerical-methodsType 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 numerical-methods -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills numerical-methods --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/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/implementation/numerical-methods .agents/skills/numerical-methods && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "numerical-methods" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/implementation/numerical-methods into .agents/skills/numerical-methods/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "numerical-methods", 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 numerical-methods -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills numerical-methods --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/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/implementation/numerical-methods .cursor/skills/numerical-methods && 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 "numerical-methods" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/implementation/numerical-methods into .cursor/skills/numerical-methods/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "numerical-methods", 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/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/implementation/numerical-methods--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 numerical-methods -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills numerical-methods --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/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/implementation/numerical-methods .gemini/skills/numerical-methods && 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 "numerical-methods" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/implementation/numerical-methods into .gemini/skills/numerical-methods/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "numerical-methods", 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 numerical-methodsInstalls 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 numerical-methods -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/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/implementation/numerical-methods .github/skills/numerical-methods && 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 "numerical-methods" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/implementation/numerical-methods into .github/skills/numerical-methods/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "numerical-methods", 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 numerical-methods -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 numerical-methods --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/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/implementation/numerical-methods .opencode/skills/numerical-methods && 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 "numerical-methods" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/implementation/numerical-methods into .opencode/skills/numerical-methods/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "numerical-methods", 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
numerical-methods- GitHub stars
- 4.5k
- Token cost
- ~1.9k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 283 words
- Files
- 2
- Skills in repo
- 369
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Numerical algorithms and computational techniques for statistics
- Works in 4 steps: Catastrophic Cancellation → Overflow/Underflow → Log-Sum-Exp Trick → …
- Tasks that involve Math and symbolic computation
- SKILL.md covers Floating-Point Fundamentals, Common Numerical Issues, Matrix Computations and Optimization Stability, plus 4 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Numerical Methods is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Numerical algorithms and computational techniques for statistics
Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `.backups/SKILL-2025-12-09T03-53-59-609Z.md`).
It sits in Research & Science, covering Math and symbolic computation and Statistics. 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
- Tasks that involve Math and symbolic computation
- Tasks that involve Statistics
Example prompts
- “/numerical-methods”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Catastrophic Cancellation
- Overflow/Underflow
- Log-Sum-Exp Trick
- Softmax Stability
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 r).
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
Numerical Methods loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 21 tokens; SKILL.md has 283 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 283 words (~1,923 tokens).
“You are an expert in numerical stability and computational aspects of statistical methods.”
- name
- numerical-methods
Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/implementation/numerical-methods of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
- SKILL.md
- .backups/SKILL-2025-12-09T03-53-59-609Z.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
Compare with similar skills
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| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numerical Methods this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Discover Mathrand/cc-polymath | 181 | — | ~547 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Math SolverFerroxLabs/wayland | 608 | — | ~4.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Math Toolsananddtyagi/cc-marketplace | 687 | 2 repos | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Manuscript Statistics AuditYuan1z0825/nature-skills | 46k | 2 repos | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Math Modeling SolverLupynow/math-modeling-skills | 416 | — | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Numerical Methods
What does Numerical Methods do?
Numerical algorithms and computational techniques for statistics. Numerical Methods is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
When should I use Numerical Methods?
Numerical Methods fits situations like: tasks that involve Math and symbolic computation; tasks that involve Statistics.
How do I install Numerical Methods in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill numerical-methods -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/implementation/numerical-methods in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/numerical-methods in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Numerical Methods in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill numerical-methods -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/implementation/numerical-methods in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/numerical-methods in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Numerical Methods 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 numerical-methods -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/numerical-methods, .gemini/skills/numerical-methods, .github/skills/numerical-methods and .opencode/skills/numerical-methods in your project.
What does Numerical Methods need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Numerical Methods is instructions for the agent only.
Does Numerical Methods 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 Numerical Methods 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 Numerical Methods use?
Numerical Methods 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 Numerical Methods use?
About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.7k 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 Numerical Methods?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Numerical Methods: Discover Math (rand/cc-polymath, 181 stars), Math Solver (FerroxLabs/wayland, 608 stars), Math Tools (ananddtyagi/cc-marketplace, 687 stars) and Manuscript Statistics Audit (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 46k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Numerical Methods?
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.