Robustness
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
Checklist of empirical robustness tests for finance/economics papers
A skill your agent uses when the main results of a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript exist but referee-anticipating checks — robustness, heterogeneity, mechanism, placebo…
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Install Restud Robustness
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill restud-robustness -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills restud-robustness --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/Review-of-Economic-Studies-Skills/skills/restud-robustness .claude/skills/restud-robustness && 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 "restud-robustness" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Review-of-Economic-Studies-Skills/skills/restud-robustness into .claude/skills/restud-robustness/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "restud-robustness", 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/Review-of-Economic-Studies-Skills/skills/restud-robustnessType 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 restud-robustness -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills restud-robustness --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/Review-of-Economic-Studies-Skills/skills/restud-robustness .agents/skills/restud-robustness && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "restud-robustness" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Review-of-Economic-Studies-Skills/skills/restud-robustness into .agents/skills/restud-robustness/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "restud-robustness", 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 restud-robustness -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills restud-robustness --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/Review-of-Economic-Studies-Skills/skills/restud-robustness .cursor/skills/restud-robustness && 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 "restud-robustness" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Review-of-Economic-Studies-Skills/skills/restud-robustness into .cursor/skills/restud-robustness/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "restud-robustness", 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/Review-of-Economic-Studies-Skills/skills/restud-robustness--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 restud-robustness -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills restud-robustness --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/Review-of-Economic-Studies-Skills/skills/restud-robustness .gemini/skills/restud-robustness && 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 "restud-robustness" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Review-of-Economic-Studies-Skills/skills/restud-robustness into .gemini/skills/restud-robustness/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "restud-robustness", 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 restud-robustnessInstalls 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 restud-robustness -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/Review-of-Economic-Studies-Skills/skills/restud-robustness .github/skills/restud-robustness && 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 "restud-robustness" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Review-of-Economic-Studies-Skills/skills/restud-robustness into .github/skills/restud-robustness/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "restud-robustness", 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 restud-robustness -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 restud-robustness --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/Review-of-Economic-Studies-Skills/skills/restud-robustness .opencode/skills/restud-robustness && 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 "restud-robustness" agent skill from https://github.com/franklee16/academic-research-skills/tree/master/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Review-of-Economic-Studies-Skills/skills/restud-robustness into .opencode/skills/restud-robustness/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "restud-robustness", 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
restud-robustness- GitHub stars
- 223
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 685 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,617
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when the main results of a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript exist but referee-anticipating checks — robustness, heterogeneity, mechanism, placebo…
- Works in 6 steps: Specification robustness. Vary fixed… → Placebo / falsification. A test where… → Inference robustness. Re-cluster at… → …
- The main results of a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript exist but referee-anticipating checks — robustness
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, The REStud standard, Priority of checks and Calibrating effort, plus 5 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Restud Robustness is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when the main results of a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript exist but referee-anticipating checks — robustness, heterogeneity, mechanism, placebo, alternative specifications — are missing or fragile. Hardens the result against demanding referees; does not redesign identification.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k 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
- The main results of a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript exist but referee-anticipating checks — robustness
- Alternative specifications — are missing
Example prompts
- “/restud-robustness”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Specification robustness. Vary fixed effects, controls, functional form, and sample windows. The headline magnitude should be stable, not…
- Placebo / falsification. A test where the effect should be absent (placebo outcome, placebo timing, placebo population). A clean placebo…
- Inference robustness. Re-cluster at alternative levels; wild-cluster bootstrap if clusters are few; randomization inference for designs…
- Mechanism. Show evidence consistent with the proposed channel — auxiliary outcomes, subgroup patterns the theory predicts. Mechanism…
- Heterogeneity. Effects where theory predicts them to be larger/smaller. Pre-specify the cuts; do not data-mine subgroups and report the…
- Selection / attrition / measurement. For panels and experiments: differential attrition, measurement-error bounds, sample-selection…
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
Restud Robustness loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 80 tokens; SKILL.md has 685 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 685 words (~1,428 tokens).
“REStud referees are demanding and the journal is known for developing strong papers across rounds. A robust REStud result is one that does not hinge on one fragile specification. The goal of this stage is to find the weak point…”
- name
- restud-robustness
Files
Just SKILL.md in Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Review-of-Economic-Studies-Skills/skills/restud-robustness 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.
Compare with similar skills
Restud Robustness next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restud Robustness this skillfranklee16/academic-research-skills | 223 | 1 repos | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Robustnessbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Study Plananthropics/claude-for-legal | 9.6k | 3 repos | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Study BuddyLeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills | 2.2k | — | ~5.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Landmark One Mainthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist | 74k | — | ~442 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Update From Upstream Mainremotion-dev/remotion | 63k | — | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence |
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Questions about Restud Robustness
What does Restud Robustness do?
A skill your agent uses when the main results of a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript exist but referee-anticipating checks — robustness, heterogeneity, mechanism, placebo…. Restud Robustness is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when the main results of a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript exist but referee-anticipating checks — robustness, heterogeneity, mechanism, placebo, alternative specifications — are missing or fragile.
When should I use Restud Robustness?
Restud Robustness fits situations like: the main results of a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript exist but referee-anticipating checks — robustness; alternative specifications — are missing.
How do I install Restud Robustness in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill restud-robustness -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Review-of-Economic-Studies-Skills/skills/restud-robustness in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .claude/skills/restud-robustness in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Restud Robustness in Codex?
Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill restud-robustness -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Review-of-Economic-Studies-Skills/skills/restud-robustness in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .agents/skills/restud-robustness in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Restud Robustness 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 restud-robustness -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/restud-robustness, .gemini/skills/restud-robustness, .github/skills/restud-robustness and .opencode/skills/restud-robustness in your project.
What does Restud Robustness need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Restud Robustness is instructions for the agent only.
Does Restud Robustness 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 Restud Robustness 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 Restud Robustness use?
No licence was found for Restud Robustness or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Restud Robustness use?
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.7k 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 Restud Robustness?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Restud Robustness: Robustness (brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, 4.5k stars), Study Plan (anthropics/claude-for-legal, 9.6k stars), Study Buddy (LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills, 2.2k stars) and Landmark One Main (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Restud Robustness?
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.