Skill Manager
seasonedcc/remix-forms
Create, manage, and debug Claude Code Agent Skills. An agent skill from seasonedcc/remix-forms.
Agent skill
Skill Authoring
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
Guide for creating and auditing DAAF skills (SKILL.md). An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Install Skill Authoring
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill skill-authoring -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills skill-authoring --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/skill-authoring .claude/skills/skill-authoring && 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 "skill-authoring" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/skill-authoring into .claude/skills/skill-authoring/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "skill-authoring", 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/skill-authoringType 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 skill-authoring -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills skill-authoring --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/skill-authoring .agents/skills/skill-authoring && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "skill-authoring" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/skill-authoring into .agents/skills/skill-authoring/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "skill-authoring", 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 skill-authoring -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills skill-authoring --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/skill-authoring .cursor/skills/skill-authoring && 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 "skill-authoring" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/skill-authoring into .cursor/skills/skill-authoring/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "skill-authoring", 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/skill-authoring--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 skill-authoring -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills skill-authoring --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/skill-authoring .gemini/skills/skill-authoring && 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 "skill-authoring" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/skill-authoring into .gemini/skills/skill-authoring/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "skill-authoring", 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 skill-authoringInstalls 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 skill-authoring -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/skill-authoring .github/skills/skill-authoring && 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 "skill-authoring" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/skill-authoring into .github/skills/skill-authoring/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "skill-authoring", 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 skill-authoring -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 skill-authoring --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/skill-authoring .opencode/skills/skill-authoring && 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 "skill-authoring" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/skill-authoring into .opencode/skills/skill-authoring/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "skill-authoring", 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
skill-authoring- GitHub stars
- 4.5k
- Token cost
- ~3.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,074 words
- Files
- 8 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 383
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Guide for creating and auditing DAAF skills (SKILL.md). An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
- Works in 5 steps: Creating a skill? Start with… → Structuring content? Read structure.md… → Adding resources? See… → …
- Debugging skill loading
- SKILL.md covers What is a Skill?, How to Use This Skill, Quick Decision Trees and Quick Reference, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Skill Authoring is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Guide for creating and auditing DAAF skills (SKILL.md). Covers frontmatter, metadata vocabulary, progressive disclosure, decision trees, reference files. Use when creating, reviewing, or debugging skill loading. For agent files, use agent-authoring.
Its SKILL.md is about 3.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including reference files (for example `references/frontmatter.md`, `references/gotchas.md` and `references/progressive-disclosure.md`).
It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Skill authoring and Debugging. 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
- Debugging skill loading
- Tasks that involve Skill authoring
- Tasks that involve Debugging
Example prompts
- “/skill-authoring”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Creating a skill? Start with quickstart.md then frontmatter.md
- Structuring content? Read structure.md then progressive-disclosure.md
- Adding resources? See references-resources.md
- Testing and improving? See testing-iteration.md
- Having issues? Check gotchas.md first
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 yaml 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
Skill Authoring loads about 3.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~19k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 66 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,074 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 1,074 words (~3,210 tokens).
“Guide for creating and auditing DAAF agent skills. Covers SKILL.md format, frontmatter requirements and validation rules, controlled vocabulary for metadata, progressive disclosure patterns, decision trees, reference files, and bundled resource organization. Use when creating a new skill, reviewing or auditing…”
- name
- skill-authoring
- metadata.audience
- any-agent
- metadata.domain
- skill-development
Files
SKILL.md and 7 other files (references) in skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/skill-authoring of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
- SKILL.md
- references/frontmatter.md
- references/gotchas.md
- references/progressive-disclosure.md
- references/quickstart.md
- references/references-resources.md
- references/structure.md
- references/testing-iteration.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skill Authoring this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~3.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Skill Managerseasonedcc/remix-forms | 514 | — | ~6.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Writing SkillsMicrock/ordinary-claude-skills | 404 | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Pstack Skillfabricioctelles/skills | 106 | — | ~5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Skill CreatorAzure/azqr | 795 | 89 repos | ~8.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Diagnosing Superpowers Sessionsobra/superpowers | 297k | 3 repos | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Skill Authoring
What does Skill Authoring do?
Guide for creating and auditing DAAF skills (SKILL.md). An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Skill Authoring is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.md).
When should I use Skill Authoring?
Skill Authoring fits situations like: debugging skill loading; tasks that involve Skill authoring; tasks that involve Debugging.
How do I install Skill Authoring in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill skill-authoring -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/skill-authoring in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/skill-authoring in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Skill Authoring in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill skill-authoring -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/skill-authoring in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/skill-authoring in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Skill Authoring 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 skill-authoring -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/skill-authoring, .gemini/skills/skill-authoring, .github/skills/skill-authoring and .opencode/skills/skill-authoring in your project.
What does Skill Authoring need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Skill Authoring is instructions for the agent only.
Does Skill Authoring 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 Skill Authoring 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 Skill Authoring use?
Skill Authoring 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 Skill Authoring use?
About 3.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k 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 16k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Skill Authoring?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Skill Authoring: Skill Manager (seasonedcc/remix-forms, 514 stars), Writing Skills (Microck/ordinary-claude-skills, 404 stars), Pstack Skill (fabricioctelles/skills, 106 stars) and Skill Creator (Azure/azqr, 795 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Skill Authoring?
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.