Scientific Critical Thinking
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A skill your agent uses when defending the research design of an American Political Science Review (APSR) manuscript — causal identification for quantitative work, case selection and process tracing…
Install Apsr Research Design
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill apsr-research-design -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills apsr-research-design --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/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/American-Political-Science-Review-Skills/skills/apsr-research-design .claude/skills/apsr-research-design && 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 "apsr-research-design" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/American-Political-Science-Review-Skills/skills/apsr-research-design into .claude/skills/apsr-research-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "apsr-research-design", 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/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/American-Political-Science-Review-Skills/skills/apsr-research-designType 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 franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill apsr-research-design -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills apsr-research-design --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/American-Political-Science-Review-Skills/skills/apsr-research-design .agents/skills/apsr-research-design && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "apsr-research-design" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/American-Political-Science-Review-Skills/skills/apsr-research-design into .agents/skills/apsr-research-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "apsr-research-design", 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 franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill apsr-research-design -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills apsr-research-design --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/American-Political-Science-Review-Skills/skills/apsr-research-design .cursor/skills/apsr-research-design && 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 "apsr-research-design" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/American-Political-Science-Review-Skills/skills/apsr-research-design into .cursor/skills/apsr-research-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "apsr-research-design", 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/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git --path Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/American-Political-Science-Review-Skills/skills/apsr-research-design--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 franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill apsr-research-design -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills apsr-research-design --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/American-Political-Science-Review-Skills/skills/apsr-research-design .gemini/skills/apsr-research-design && 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 "apsr-research-design" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/American-Political-Science-Review-Skills/skills/apsr-research-design into .gemini/skills/apsr-research-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "apsr-research-design", 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 franklee16/academic-research-skills apsr-research-designInstalls 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 franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill apsr-research-design -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/American-Political-Science-Review-Skills/skills/apsr-research-design .github/skills/apsr-research-design && 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 "apsr-research-design" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/American-Political-Science-Review-Skills/skills/apsr-research-design into .github/skills/apsr-research-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "apsr-research-design", 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 franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill apsr-research-design -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills apsr-research-design --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/American-Political-Science-Review-Skills/skills/apsr-research-design .opencode/skills/apsr-research-design && 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 "apsr-research-design" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/American-Political-Science-Review-Skills/skills/apsr-research-design into .opencode/skills/apsr-research-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "apsr-research-design", 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
apsr-research-design- GitHub stars
- 223
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 391 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,617
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when defending the research design of an American Political Science Review (APSR) manuscript — causal identification for quantitative work, case selection and process tracing…
- Defending the research design of an American Political Science Review (APSR) manuscript — causal identification for quantitative work
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Quantitative / causal inference, Qualitative / case-based and Experiments (lab / survey /…, plus 5 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Case selection and process tracing for qualitative work
What it does
Apsr Research Design is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when defending the research design of an American Political Science Review (APSR) manuscript — causal identification for quantitative work, case selection and process tracing for qualitative work, experimental and survey-experimental design, or formal-empirical linkage. APSR judges each tradition on its own terms. Strengthens the design; it does not write code.
Its SKILL.md is about 1k 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 Experimental design. The repository describes itself as: Comprehensive collection of Claude Code skills for academic research in economics, finance, and social sciences.
When your agent uses it
- Defending the research design of an American Political Science Review (APSR) manuscript — causal identification for quantitative work
- Case selection and process tracing for qualitative work
- Experimental and survey-experimental design
- Formal-empirical linkage
Example prompts
- “/apsr-research-design”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9a4b2db. 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
Apsr Research Design loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 97 tokens; SKILL.md has 391 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
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 391 words (~1,029 tokens).
“APSR accepts many methodologies but is demanding about each. The design must credibly connect the argument (apsr-theory-building) to evidence. This skill is mode-aware: pick the section that matches your work and defend it against the strongest alternative explanation.”
- name
- apsr-research-design
Files
Just SKILL.md in Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/American-Political-Science-Review-Skills/skills/apsr-research-design of franklee16/academic-research-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9a4b2db
Used in 1 other repository
We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in franklee16/academic-research-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apsr Research Design this skillfranklee16/academic-research-skills | 223 | 1 repos | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Scientific Critical Thinkingweapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss | 1.9k | 22 repos | ~5.9k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Benchmark Paper TemplateHKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills | 8.8k | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | CC-BY-4.0 | |
| Claim-Driven Experiment PlannerzjYao36/Auto-Research-Refine | 128 | 6 repos | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| Research Refine PipelinezjYao36/Auto-Research-Refine | 128 | 5 repos | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| Metabolic Study Planneraiming-lab/AutoResearchClaw | 15k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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What does Apsr Research Design do?
A skill your agent uses when defending the research design of an American Political Science Review (APSR) manuscript — causal identification for quantitative work, case selection and process tracing…. Apsr Research Design is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when defending the research design of an American Political Science Review (APSR) manuscript — causal identification for quantitative work, case selection and process tracing for qualitative work, experimental and survey-experimental design, or formal-empirical linkage.
When should I use Apsr Research Design?
Apsr Research Design fits situations like: defending the research design of an American Political Science Review (APSR) manuscript — causal identification for quantitative work; case selection and process tracing for qualitative work; experimental and survey-experimental design; formal-empirical linkage.
How do I install Apsr Research Design in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill apsr-research-design -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/American-Political-Science-Review-Skills/skills/apsr-research-design in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .claude/skills/apsr-research-design in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Apsr Research Design in Codex?
Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill apsr-research-design -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/American-Political-Science-Review-Skills/skills/apsr-research-design in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .agents/skills/apsr-research-design in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Apsr Research Design 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 franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill apsr-research-design -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/apsr-research-design, .gemini/skills/apsr-research-design, .github/skills/apsr-research-design and .opencode/skills/apsr-research-design in your project.
What does Apsr Research Design need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Apsr Research Design is instructions for the agent only.
Does Apsr Research Design 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 Apsr Research Design 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 Apsr Research Design use?
No licence was found for Apsr Research Design or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Apsr Research Design use?
About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k 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 Apsr Research Design?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Apsr Research Design: Scientific Critical Thinking (weapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss, 1.9k stars), Benchmark Paper Template (HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills, 8.8k stars), Claim-Driven Experiment Planner (zjYao36/Auto-Research-Refine, 128 stars) and Research Refine Pipeline (zjYao36/Auto-Research-Refine, 128 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Apsr Research Design?
franklee16 (a GitHub user) maintains it in franklee16/academic-research-skills, which has 223 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,617 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 18, 2026.
Source: franklee16/academic-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.