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Agent skill
Search Procedures
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
Model how a specification universe is actually walked, rather than assuming it is enumerated.
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Install Search Procedures
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill search-procedures -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills search-procedures --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/73-brycewang-p-hacking-skills/skills/09-search-procedures .claude/skills/search-procedures && 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 "search-procedures" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/73-brycewang-p-hacking-skills/skills/09-search-procedures into .claude/skills/search-procedures/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "search-procedures", 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/73-brycewang-p-hacking-skills/skills/09-search-proceduresType 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 search-procedures -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills search-procedures --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/73-brycewang-p-hacking-skills/skills/09-search-procedures .agents/skills/search-procedures && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "search-procedures" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/73-brycewang-p-hacking-skills/skills/09-search-procedures into .agents/skills/search-procedures/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "search-procedures", 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 search-procedures -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills search-procedures --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/73-brycewang-p-hacking-skills/skills/09-search-procedures .cursor/skills/search-procedures && 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 "search-procedures" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/73-brycewang-p-hacking-skills/skills/09-search-procedures into .cursor/skills/search-procedures/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "search-procedures", 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/73-brycewang-p-hacking-skills/skills/09-search-procedures--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 search-procedures -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills search-procedures --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/73-brycewang-p-hacking-skills/skills/09-search-procedures .gemini/skills/search-procedures && 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 "search-procedures" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/73-brycewang-p-hacking-skills/skills/09-search-procedures into .gemini/skills/search-procedures/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "search-procedures", 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 search-proceduresInstalls 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 search-procedures -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/73-brycewang-p-hacking-skills/skills/09-search-procedures .github/skills/search-procedures && 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 "search-procedures" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/73-brycewang-p-hacking-skills/skills/09-search-procedures into .github/skills/search-procedures/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "search-procedures", 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 search-procedures -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 search-procedures --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/73-brycewang-p-hacking-skills/skills/09-search-procedures .opencode/skills/search-procedures && 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 "search-procedures" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/73-brycewang-p-hacking-skills/skills/09-search-procedures into .opencode/skills/search-procedures/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "search-procedures", 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
search-procedures- GitHub stars
- 4.6k
- Token cost
- ~3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,411 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 383
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Model how a specification universe is actually walked, rather than assuming it is enumerated.
- Asked what a realistic p-hacking session looks like
- SKILL.md covers Why the procedure matters, The procedures, Running and The stopwatch: phack race, plus 4 more sections
- Calls python
- How likely a given way of searching is to manufacture significance on a specific design
What it does
Search Procedures is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Model how a specification universe is actually walked, rather than assuming it is enumerated. Implements the search procedures a p-hacker or a pressured agent uses (first-significant stopping, random trial within a budget, greedy coordinate descent from the pre-registered analysis, random hill-climbing, and the two-stage split-sample walk with an optional continuation rule, after Adda, Decker and Ottaviani 2020), replays each on null data to measure its false-positive rate and the inflation of what it reports…
Its SKILL.md is about 3k 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
- Asked what a realistic p-hacking session looks like
- How likely a given way of searching is to manufacture significance on a specific design
- How to calibrate a result that came from a sequential rather than exhaustive search
- Simulate an agents search behaviour on known-null data
Example prompts
- “/search-procedures”
Requirements
- Python 3
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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python
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
Search Procedures loads about 3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 224 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,411 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 1,411 words (~3,044 tokens).
“Exhaustive enumeration is what a multiverse analysis does. It is not what a p-hacker does, and it is not what an agent under significance pressure does. They walk sequentially, with a stopping rule, along a path shaped by which knobs…”
- name
- search-procedures
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/73-brycewang-p-hacking-skills/skills/09-search-procedures of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
Compare with similar skills
Search Procedures 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Search Procedures this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.6k | — | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Agent Specificationruvnet/ruflo | 74k | 2 repos | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Canvas Procedural Animationcalesthio/OpenMontage | 66k | — | ~323 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Specificity Managementthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist | 74k | — | ~477 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Create Specificationgithub/awesome-copilot | 40k | 1 repos | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Update Specificationgithub/awesome-copilot | 40k | 1 repos | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Search Procedures
What does Search Procedures do?
Model how a specification universe is actually walked, rather than assuming it is enumerated. Search Procedures is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Model how a specification universe is actually walked, rather than assuming it is enumerated.
When should I use Search Procedures?
Search Procedures fits situations like: asked what a realistic p-hacking session looks like; how likely a given way of searching is to manufacture significance on a specific design; how to calibrate a result that came from a sequential rather than exhaustive search; simulate an agents search behaviour on known-null data.
How do I install Search Procedures in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill search-procedures -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/73-brycewang-p-hacking-skills/skills/09-search-procedures in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/search-procedures in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Search Procedures in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill search-procedures -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/73-brycewang-p-hacking-skills/skills/09-search-procedures in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/search-procedures in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Search Procedures 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 search-procedures -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/search-procedures, .gemini/skills/search-procedures, .github/skills/search-procedures and .opencode/skills/search-procedures in your project.
What does Search Procedures need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Search Procedures needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Search Procedures 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 Search Procedures 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 Search Procedures use?
Search Procedures 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 Search Procedures use?
About 3k 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.
What are the alternatives to Search Procedures?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Search Procedures: Agent Specification (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars), Canvas Procedural Animation (calesthio/OpenMontage, 66k stars), Specificity Management (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars) and Create Specification (github/awesome-copilot, 40k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Search Procedures?
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.