Figure Style
aipoch/open-science
Publication-grade correctness and legibility rules for final-deliverable scientific figures, not exploratory plots.
Design and format publication-quality tables: column order, row grouping, notes, precision, reproducibility.
Install Tables
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill tables -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills tables --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/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/tables .claude/skills/tables && 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 "tables" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/tables into .claude/skills/tables/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tables", 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/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/tablesType 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 tables -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills tables --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/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/tables .agents/skills/tables && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "tables" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/tables into .agents/skills/tables/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tables", 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 tables -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills tables --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/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/tables .cursor/skills/tables && 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 "tables" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/tables into .cursor/skills/tables/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tables", 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/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/tables--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 tables -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills tables --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/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/tables .gemini/skills/tables && 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 "tables" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/tables into .gemini/skills/tables/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tables", 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 tablesInstalls 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 tables -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/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/tables .github/skills/tables && 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 "tables" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/tables into .github/skills/tables/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tables", 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 tables -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 tables --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/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/tables .opencode/skills/tables && 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 "tables" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/tables into .opencode/skills/tables/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tables", 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
tables- GitHub stars
- 4.5k
- Token cost
- ~2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,045 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 383
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Design and format publication-quality tables: column order, row grouping, notes, precision, reproducibility.
- Works in 8 steps: Decide whether the result belongs in a… → State the comparison and the estimand… → Choose column order to match the argument → …
- Tasks that involve Reproducible research
- SKILL.md covers Heritage and scope, Instructions, Output and Quality checks
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Tables is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Design and format publication-quality tables: column order, row grouping, notes, precision, reproducibility.
Its SKILL.md is about 2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Research & Science, covering Reproducible research and Data visualization. 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 Reproducible research
- Tasks that involve Data visualization
Example prompts
- “/tables”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
8 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Decide whether the result belongs in a table at all
- State the comparison and the estimand before laying out the table
- Choose column order to match the argument
- Group rows and structure panels
- Pick precision and uncertainty conventions and stick to them
- Write self-contained titles and notes
- Generate tables from code, not by hand
- Production sanity
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
Tables loads about 2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 29 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,045 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 1,045 words (~2,032 tokens).
“This is an original Open Science Skills workflow for table production in social-science manuscripts. It is general — apply to descriptive tables, regression tables, balance tables, and summary tables across any method. For tables whose interpretation depends on method-specific standards…”
- name
- tables
- argument-hint
- [describe the table you are building, the model or data, the claim it supports, and the target venue]
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/tables of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
Compare with similar skills
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tables this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Figure Styleaipoch/open-science | 5.5k | — | ~5.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Math Modeling Code and Figuresjihe520/MathModelAgent | 6.2k | — | ~444 | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| Nature-Style Scientific FiguresYuan1z0825/nature-skills | 47k | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| CHARLS Paper Reproduction Guidexjtulyc/MedgeClaw | 617 | 1 repos | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Engineering Figure Agentheyu-233/engineering-figure-agent | 305 | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Tables
What does Tables do?
Design and format publication-quality tables: column order, row grouping, notes, precision, reproducibility. Tables is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Design and format publication-quality tables: column order, row grouping, notes, precision, reproducibility.
When should I use Tables?
Tables fits situations like: tasks that involve Reproducible research; tasks that involve Data visualization.
How do I install Tables in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill tables -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/tables in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/tables in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Tables in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill tables -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/tables in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/tables in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Tables 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 tables -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/tables, .gemini/skills/tables, .github/skills/tables and .opencode/skills/tables in your project.
What does Tables need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Tables is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Tables 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 Tables 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 Tables use?
Tables 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 Tables use?
About 2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.1k 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 Tables?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Tables: Figure Style (aipoch/open-science, 5.5k stars), Math Modeling Code and Figures (jihe520/MathModelAgent, 6.2k stars), Nature-Style Scientific Figures (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 47k stars) and CHARLS Paper Reproduction Guide (xjtulyc/MedgeClaw, 617 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Tables?
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.