Guideline-driven spatial analysis skill. An agent skill from GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.

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Install Spatial Analysis

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skills CLI
$ npx skills add GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill spatial-analysis -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent spatial-analysis --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/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/spatial-analysis .claude/skills/spatial-analysis && 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
spatial-analysis
GitHub stars
106
Token cost
~8.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
3,546 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
19
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Guideline-driven spatial analysis skill. An agent skill from GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.

  • Works in 11 steps: Research Question Classification → Data Readiness Guidelines → Spatial Weights Selection Guide → …
  • User says spatial analysis
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, Constants, 1. Research Question… and 2. Data Readiness Guidelines, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Spatial Analysis is an agent skill from GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent. Guideline-driven spatial analysis skill. Given a research question and data context, provides decision frameworks for selecting appropriate spatial methods, diagnostics, and interpretation strategies. Adapts to available data, spatial units, and analytical objectives — Claude Code determines the optimal workflow. Use when user says "spatial analysis", "analyze spatial data", "run spatial regression", "check for clustering", "map this", or needs to go from a research question to a complete spatial analysis.

Its SKILL.md is about 8.1k 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 Data & Analytics, covering Geospatial analysis and Hypothesis generation. The repository describes itself as: Fully automatic AI research agent for Geoscientists, Remote Sensing researchers, and GIScientists. Features harness engineering, GeoBenchmark (OLS/GWR/MGWR), journal templates…

When your agent uses it

  • User says spatial analysis
  • Analyze spatial data
  • Run spatial regression
  • Check for clustering

Example prompts

  • “spatial analysis”
  • “analyze spatial data”
  • “run spatial regression”
  • “/spatial-analysis”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Agent

Workflow steps

11 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Research Question Classification
  2. Data Readiness Guidelines
  3. Spatial Weights Selection Guide
  4. Analytical Approach Guidelines
  5. Diagnostics and Robustness Guidelines
  6. Visualization Guidelines
  7. Interpretation and Reporting
  8. Guardrails Summary
  9. Outputs
  10. Key Principles
  11. Composing with Other Skills

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5f7a246. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Bash(*)
    • Read
    • Write
    • Edit
    • Grep
    • Glob
    • Agent

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown and python).

    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

Spatial Analysis loads about 8.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 132 tokens; SKILL.md has 3,546 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~132
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~8.1k

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: warnings

The automated check found patterns that need a careful read before installing.

  • WarningTells the agent its actions are pre-authorized / not to stop for confirmationSKILL.md:540
    try using Bash (`cat << 'EOF' > file`). Do not ask permission — just do it.
  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Agent

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 3,546 words (~8,144 tokens).

name
spatial-analysis
allowed-tools
Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Agent
argument-hint
research-question-or-analysis-goal

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/spatial-analysis of GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5f7a246

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Rs Paper Pipelinethinson/RS-PaperClaw227—~319Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Spatial Analysis

What does Spatial Analysis do?

Guideline-driven spatial analysis skill. An agent skill from GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent. Spatial Analysis is an agent skill from GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent. Guideline-driven spatial analysis skill.

When should I use Spatial Analysis?

Spatial Analysis fits situations like: user says spatial analysis; analyze spatial data; run spatial regression; check for clustering.

How do I install Spatial Analysis in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill spatial-analysis -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/spatial-analysis in GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent) into .claude/skills/spatial-analysis in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Spatial Analysis in Codex?

Run `npx skills add GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill spatial-analysis -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/spatial-analysis in GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent) into .agents/skills/spatial-analysis in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Spatial Analysis 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 GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill spatial-analysis -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/spatial-analysis, .gemini/skills/spatial-analysis, .github/skills/spatial-analysis and .opencode/skills/spatial-analysis in your project.

What does Spatial Analysis need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Spatial Analysis is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Agent.

Does Spatial Analysis 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 Spatial Analysis safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md flagged 1 warning(s): tells the agent its actions are pre-authorized / not to stop for confirmation. Read the flagged lines before installing; the check is not a guarantee either way.

What licence does Spatial Analysis use?

No licence was found for Spatial Analysis or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Spatial Analysis use?

About 8.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 33k 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 Spatial Analysis?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Spatial Analysis: Antv L7 (antvis/L7, 4.1k stars), Geo Sleuth (Oldcircle/geo-sleuth, 1.3k stars), Portaljs Add Geo (datopian/portaljs, 2.4k stars) and Thematic Map (zzhonglei/GeoCode-Release, 187 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Spatial Analysis?

GRIND-Lab-Core (a GitHub organization) maintains it in GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent, which has 106 GitHub stars. The repository holds 19 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 6, 2026.

Source: GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.