Agent skill

Psci Theory And Hypotheses

by franklee16 in franklee16/academic-research-skills

A skill your agent uses when stating the theory and hypotheses for a Psychological Science manuscript.

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Install Psci Theory And Hypotheses

skills CLI
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill psci-theory-and-hypotheses -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills psci-theory-and-hypotheses --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/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Psychological-Science-Skills/skills/psci-theory-and-hypotheses .claude/skills/psci-theory-and-hypotheses && 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
psci-theory-and-hypotheses
GitHub stars
223
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~766 tokens
SKILL.md length
294 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,617
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when stating the theory and hypotheses for a Psychological Science manuscript.

  • Works in 5 steps: State the theory. What mechanism or… → Derive directional hypotheses. Translate… → Mark hypothesis status. Separate… → …
  • Stating the theory and hypotheses for a Psychological Science manuscript
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Build the argument, Avoiding HARKing… and Anti-patterns, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Psci Theory And Hypotheses is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when stating the theory and hypotheses for a Psychological Science manuscript. The journal's credibility norms require a clear separation of confirmatory (preregistered) from exploratory analyses and theory stated before results. Structures the argument; it does not run analyses.

Its SKILL.md is about 770 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

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

  • Stating the theory and hypotheses for a Psychological Science manuscript

Example prompts

  • “/psci-theory-and-hypotheses”

Workflow steps

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

  1. State the theory. What mechanism or principle predicts the effect, and why. Keep it crisp —
  2. Derive directional hypotheses. Translate the theory into specific, testable predictions
  3. Mark hypothesis status. Separate confirmatory (preregistered, predicted in advance) from
  4. Specify what would disconfirm. Say which results would count against the theory; this is what
  5. Match to the right format. If the theory is best tested prospectively and confirmatorily, a

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

Psci Theory And Hypotheses loads about 766 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 78 tokens; SKILL.md has 294 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~78
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~766

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 294 words (~766 tokens).

“Psychological Science rewards a clear theoretical claim and honest hypothesis status. Because preregistration quality is weighed and a Research Transparency Statement is required, the cardinal rule is: state theory and confirmatory hypotheses before the data, and label exploratory results as…”

— opening of SKILL.md by franklee16
name
psci-theory-and-hypotheses

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Psychological-Science-Skills/skills/psci-theory-and-hypotheses 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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Questions about Psci Theory And Hypotheses

What does Psci Theory And Hypotheses do?

A skill your agent uses when stating the theory and hypotheses for a Psychological Science manuscript. Psci Theory And Hypotheses is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when stating the theory and hypotheses for a Psychological Science manuscript.

When should I use Psci Theory And Hypotheses?

Psci Theory And Hypotheses fits situations like: stating the theory and hypotheses for a Psychological Science manuscript.

How do I install Psci Theory And Hypotheses in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill psci-theory-and-hypotheses -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Psychological-Science-Skills/skills/psci-theory-and-hypotheses in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .claude/skills/psci-theory-and-hypotheses in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Psci Theory And Hypotheses in Codex?

Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill psci-theory-and-hypotheses -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Psychological-Science-Skills/skills/psci-theory-and-hypotheses in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .agents/skills/psci-theory-and-hypotheses in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Psci Theory And Hypotheses 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 psci-theory-and-hypotheses -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/psci-theory-and-hypotheses, .gemini/skills/psci-theory-and-hypotheses, .github/skills/psci-theory-and-hypotheses and .opencode/skills/psci-theory-and-hypotheses in your project.

What does Psci Theory And Hypotheses need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Psci Theory And Hypotheses is instructions for the agent only.

Does Psci Theory And Hypotheses 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 Psci Theory And Hypotheses 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 Psci Theory And Hypotheses use?

No licence was found for Psci Theory And Hypotheses or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Psci Theory And Hypotheses use?

About 766 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Psci Theory And Hypotheses?

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.