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zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude
Translates every clause of a contract from legalese into clear, plain English with flags for deliberately confusing or misleading language
Agent skill
Science Communication
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
Translating technical findings for non-technical audiences. An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Install Science Communication
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill science-communication -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills science-communication --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/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/science-communication .claude/skills/science-communication && 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 "science-communication" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/science-communication into .claude/skills/science-communication/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "science-communication", 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/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/science-communicationType 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 science-communication -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills science-communication --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/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/science-communication .agents/skills/science-communication && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "science-communication" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/science-communication into .agents/skills/science-communication/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "science-communication", 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 science-communication -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills science-communication --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/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/science-communication .cursor/skills/science-communication && 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 "science-communication" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/science-communication into .cursor/skills/science-communication/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "science-communication", 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/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/science-communication--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 science-communication -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills science-communication --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/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/science-communication .gemini/skills/science-communication && 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 "science-communication" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/science-communication into .gemini/skills/science-communication/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "science-communication", 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 science-communicationInstalls 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 science-communication -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/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/science-communication .github/skills/science-communication && 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 "science-communication" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/science-communication into .github/skills/science-communication/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "science-communication", 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 science-communication -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 science-communication --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/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/science-communication .opencode/skills/science-communication && 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 "science-communication" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/science-communication into .opencode/skills/science-communication/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "science-communication", 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
science-communication- GitHub stars
- 4.6k
- Token cost
- ~3.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 863 words
- Files
- 7 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 383
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Translating technical findings for non-technical audiences. An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
- Works in 4 steps: Writing a report or brief? Start with… → Translating technical findings? Read… → Reviewing a draft? Go straight to… → …
- Presenting to stakeholders
- SKILL.md covers How to Use This Skill, Quick Decision Trees, The Communication Gap and Core Principles, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Science Communication is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Translating technical findings for non-technical audiences. Narrative frameworks (Pyramid Principle, SCQA), plain-language translation, executive summaries, policy briefs, causal language. Use when presenting to stakeholders or reviewing deliverables
Its SKILL.md is about 3.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including reference files (for example `references/accessibility-equity.md`, `references/audience-analysis.md` and `references/communication-review.md`).
It sits in Writing & Content, covering Translation, Plain language and style rules and Summarization. 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
- Presenting to stakeholders
- Reviewing deliverables
Example prompts
- “/science-communication”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Writing a report or brief? Start with audience-analysis.md, then narrative-frameworks.md, then deliverable-templates.md
- Translating technical findings? Read plain-language.md first
- Reviewing a draft? Go straight to communication-review.md
- Concerned about equity or accessibility? Read accessibility-equity.md
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.
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
Science Communication loads about 3.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~31k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 68 tokens; SKILL.md has 863 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 863 words (~3,078 tokens).
“Translating technical data science findings for non-technical audiences. Covers audience analysis, narrative frameworks (Pyramid Principle, SCQA, AIDA), plain-language translation, executive summaries, policy briefs, causal language guidance, hedging and uncertainty communication, and accessibility standards. Complements data-scientist visualization references — handles what…”
- name
- science-communication
- metadata.audience
- research-writers
- metadata.domain
- research-communication
Files
SKILL.md and 6 other files (references) in skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/science-communication of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
- SKILL.md
- references/accessibility-equity.md
- references/audience-analysis.md
- references/communication-review.md
- references/deliverable-templates.md
- references/narrative-frameworks.md
- references/plain-language.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
Compare with similar skills
Science Communication next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science Communication this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.6k | — | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Plain English Translationzubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude | 1.8k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Noob Modegithub/awesome-copilot | 40k | 1 repos | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Reminddavidondrej/skills | 4.1k | — | ~266 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Omh Content Operatorrlaope/oh-my-hermes | 3.2k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Reportkv0906/pm-kit | 138 | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT |
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Questions about Science Communication
What does Science Communication do?
Translating technical findings for non-technical audiences. An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Science Communication is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Translating technical findings for non-technical audiences.
When should I use Science Communication?
Science Communication fits situations like: presenting to stakeholders; reviewing deliverables.
How do I install Science Communication in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill science-communication -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/science-communication in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/science-communication in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Science Communication in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill science-communication -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/science-communication in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/science-communication in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Science Communication 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 science-communication -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/science-communication, .gemini/skills/science-communication, .github/skills/science-communication and .opencode/skills/science-communication in your project.
What does Science Communication need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Science Communication is instructions for the agent only.
Does Science Communication 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 Science Communication 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 Science Communication use?
Science Communication 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 Science Communication use?
About 3.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k 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 28k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Science Communication?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Science Communication: Plain English Translation (zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude, 1.8k stars), Noob Mode (github/awesome-copilot, 40k stars), Remind (davidondrej/skills, 4.1k stars) and Omh Content Operator (rlaope/oh-my-hermes, 3.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Science Communication?
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.