Activate when users mention Stata commands, .do files, regressions, econometrics, stored results, graphs, dataset inspection, replication, or Stata errors.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Stata Toolkit

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills stata-toolkit --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/64-tmonk-mcp-stata/skills/stata-toolkit .claude/skills/stata-toolkit && 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
stata-toolkit
GitHub stars
4.6k
Token cost
~332 tokens
SKILL.md length
98 words
Files
6 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Activate when users mention Stata commands, .do files, regressions, econometrics, stored results, graphs, dataset inspection, replication, or Stata errors.

  • Works in 4 steps: Confirm the mcp-stata MCP server is… → Route quick tasks to the direct… → Route research workflows to the… → …
  • S mention Stata commands
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Dataset inspection

What it does

Stata Toolkit is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Activate when users mention Stata commands, .do files, regressions, econometrics, stored results, graphs, dataset inspection, replication, or Stata errors. Route the task through mcp-stata tools and the specialized research skills instead of treating it as plain text coding.

Its SKILL.md is about 330 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`, `manifest.json` and `references/error-handling.md`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Econometrics and empirical research. It works with Model Context Protocol. 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

  • S mention Stata commands
  • Dataset inspection

Example prompts

  • “/stata-toolkit”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Confirm the mcp-stata MCP server is available.
  2. Route quick tasks to the direct slash-style skills
  3. Route research workflows to the specialized skills
  4. Use the MCP tools directly when the user needs ad hoc Stata execution or a mixed workflow.

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

Stata Toolkit loads about 332 tokens when it runs, and up to ~780 if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 98 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~72
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~332
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~780

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 98 words (~332 tokens).

“Use this skill as the default router for Stata work.”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
stata-toolkit

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 5 other files (references) in skills/64-tmonk-mcp-stata/skills/stata-toolkit of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • manifest.json
  • references/error-handling.md
  • references/research-workflows.md
  • references/tool-reference.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Questions about Stata Toolkit

What does Stata Toolkit do?

Activate when users mention Stata commands, .do files, regressions, econometrics, stored results, graphs, dataset inspection, replication, or Stata errors. Stata Toolkit is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.do files, regressions, econometrics, stored results, graphs, dataset inspection, replication, or Stata errors.

When should I use Stata Toolkit?

Stata Toolkit fits situations like: S mention Stata commands; dataset inspection.

How do I install Stata Toolkit in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill stata-toolkit -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/64-tmonk-mcp-stata/skills/stata-toolkit in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/stata-toolkit in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Stata Toolkit in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill stata-toolkit -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/64-tmonk-mcp-stata/skills/stata-toolkit in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/stata-toolkit in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

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

What does Stata Toolkit need to run?

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

Does Stata Toolkit 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 Stata Toolkit 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 Stata Toolkit use?

Stata Toolkit 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 Stata Toolkit use?

About 332 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.3k 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 448 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Stata Toolkit?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Stata Toolkit: Stata Audit (SepineTam/mcp-for-stata, 264 stars), Diagnostic Dofile (SepineTam/mcp-for-stata, 264 stars), Stata Discover (SepineTam/mcp-for-stata, 264 stars) and Rfc Impl Generator (SepineTam/mcp-for-stata, 264 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Stata Toolkit?

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.