Design and implementation of comprehensive simulation studies

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDatabases

Install Simulation Architect

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills simulation-architect --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/implementation/simulation-architect .claude/skills/simulation-architect && 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
simulation-architect
GitHub stars
4.5k
Token cost
~2.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
540 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
364
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Design and implementation of comprehensive simulation studies

  • Works in 5 steps: Aims: What question does the simulation… → Data-generating mechanisms: How is data… → Estimands: What is being estimated? → …
  • Tasks that involve Database administration
  • SKILL.md covers Morris et al Guidelines, Replication Counts, R Code Templates and Core Principles (Morris et…, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Simulation Architect is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Design and implementation of comprehensive simulation studies

Its SKILL.md is about 2.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `.backups/SKILL-2025-12-09T03-53-59-608Z.md`).

It sits in Databases, covering Database administration. 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 Database administration

Example prompts

  • “/simulation-architect”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Aims: What question does the simulation answer?
  2. Data-generating mechanisms: How is data simulated?
  3. Estimands: What is being estimated?
  4. Methods: What estimators are compared?
  5. Performance measures: How is performance assessed?

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

Simulation Architect loads about 2.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 21 tokens; SKILL.md has 540 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
~2.7k

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 540 words (~2,743 tokens).

“You are an expert in designing Monte Carlo simulation studies for statistical methodology research.”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
simulation-architect

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/26-Data-Wise-scholar/skills/implementation/simulation-architect of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • .backups/SKILL-2025-12-09T03-53-59-608Z.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Categories

Questions about Simulation Architect

What does Simulation Architect do?

Design and implementation of comprehensive simulation studies. Simulation Architect is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

When should I use Simulation Architect?

Simulation Architect fits situations like: tasks that involve Database administration.

How do I install Simulation Architect in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Simulation Architect in Codex?

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

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

What does Simulation Architect need to run?

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

Does Simulation Architect 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 Simulation Architect 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 Simulation Architect use?

Simulation Architect 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 Simulation Architect use?

About 2.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 11k 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 Simulation Architect?

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Who maintains Simulation Architect?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,529 GitHub stars. The repository holds 364 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.