Sensitivity analysis frameworks and assumption-testing methods

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Install Sensitivity Analyst

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills sensitivity-analyst --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/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/research/sensitivity-analyst .claude/skills/sensitivity-analyst && 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
sensitivity-analyst
GitHub stars
4.5k
Token cost
~4.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
754 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Sensitivity analysis frameworks and assumption-testing methods

  • Works in 4 steps: Functional form: Linear when true… → Omitted variables: Missing important… → Incorrect distribution: Wrong error… → …
  • SKILL.md covers Unmeasured Confounding, E-Values, Tipping Point Analysis and Measurement Error Sensitivity, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Sensitivity Analyst is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Sensitivity analysis frameworks and assumption-testing methods

Its SKILL.md is about 4.7k 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…

Example prompts

  • “/sensitivity-analyst”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Functional form: Linear when true relationship is nonlinear
  2. Omitted variables: Missing important confounders
  3. Incorrect distribution: Wrong error distribution assumed
  4. Heterogeneity: Ignoring effect modification

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 and markdown).

    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

Sensitivity Analyst loads about 4.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 21 tokens; SKILL.md has 754 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~21
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.7k

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 754 words (~4,724 tokens).

“Comprehensive sensitivity analysis frameworks for causal inference and mediation studies”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
sensitivity-analyst

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/research/sensitivity-analyst of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Questions about Sensitivity Analyst

What does Sensitivity Analyst do?

Sensitivity analysis frameworks and assumption-testing methods. Sensitivity Analyst is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

How do I install Sensitivity Analyst in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill sensitivity-analyst -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/research/sensitivity-analyst in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/sensitivity-analyst in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Sensitivity Analyst in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill sensitivity-analyst -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/research/sensitivity-analyst in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/sensitivity-analyst in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

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

What does Sensitivity Analyst need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Sensitivity Analyst is instructions for the agent only.

Does Sensitivity Analyst 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 Sensitivity Analyst 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 Sensitivity Analyst use?

Sensitivity Analyst 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 Sensitivity Analyst use?

About 4.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 19k 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 Sensitivity Analyst?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Sensitivity Analyst: Santa Method (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars), Santa Method (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars), Santa Method (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars) and Prioritize Assumptions (phuryn/pm-skills, 27k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Sensitivity Analyst?

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.