Agent skill

Preregistering Analysis

by K-Dense-AI in K-Dense-AI/science-superpowers

Use before running any confirmatory analysis or looking at outcome data, when testing a hypothesis, computing a p-value, or about to claim an effect - locks predictions and decision rules before…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedData & Analytics

Install Preregistering Analysis

skills CLI
$ npx skills add K-Dense-AI/science-superpowers --skill preregistering-analysis -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/science-superpowers preregistering-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/K-Dense-AI/science-superpowers.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/preregistering-analysis .claude/skills/preregistering-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
preregistering-analysis
GitHub stars
349
Token cost
~3.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,517 words
Files
3
Skills in repo
13
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Use before running any confirmatory analysis or looking at outcome data, when testing a hypothesis, computing a p-value, or about to claim an effect - locks predictions and decision rules before…

  • Tasks that involve Statistics
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, The Iron Law, When to Use and Don't Register Over Runs That…, plus 9 more sections
  • Runs Shell scripts from its folder

What it does

Preregistering Analysis is an agent skill from K-Dense-AI/science-superpowers. Use before running any confirmatory analysis or looking at outcome data, when testing a hypothesis, computing a p-value, or about to claim an effect - locks predictions and decision rules before results are seen

Its SKILL.md is about 3.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `prereg.sh` and `statistical-fallacies.md`).

It sits in Data & Analytics, covering Statistics. The repository describes itself as: Composable computational-science methodology skills for AI research agents — pre-registration over TDD. A science-domain reimplementation of Superpowers.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Statistics

Example prompts

  • “/preregistering-analysis”

Requirements

  • A Bash shell

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0374bdf. 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

    Ships script files (Shell), which the agent can run.

    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

Preregistering Analysis loads about 3.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 59 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,517 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~59
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.3k

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 1,517 words (~3,347 tokens).

“Write down the hypotheses, the exact analysis, the directional predictions, and the decision rules — and freeze them — before you look at the outcomes. Then run exactly that.”

— opening of SKILL.md by K-Dense-AI, Custom licence
name
preregistering-analysis

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files in skills/preregistering-analysis of K-Dense-AI/science-superpowers.

  • SKILL.md
  • prereg.sh
  • statistical-fallacies.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0374bdf

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Questions about Preregistering Analysis

What does Preregistering Analysis do?

Use before running any confirmatory analysis or looking at outcome data, when testing a hypothesis, computing a p-value, or about to claim an effect - locks predictions and decision rules before…. Preregistering Analysis is an agent skill from K-Dense-AI/science-superpowers.

When should I use Preregistering Analysis?

Preregistering Analysis fits situations like: tasks that involve Statistics.

How do I install Preregistering Analysis in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add K-Dense-AI/science-superpowers --skill preregistering-analysis -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/preregistering-analysis in K-Dense-AI/science-superpowers) into .claude/skills/preregistering-analysis in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Preregistering Analysis in Codex?

Run `npx skills add K-Dense-AI/science-superpowers --skill preregistering-analysis -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/preregistering-analysis in K-Dense-AI/science-superpowers) into .agents/skills/preregistering-analysis in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Preregistering 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 K-Dense-AI/science-superpowers --skill preregistering-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/preregistering-analysis, .gemini/skills/preregistering-analysis, .github/skills/preregistering-analysis and .opencode/skills/preregistering-analysis in your project.

What does Preregistering Analysis need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Preregistering Analysis needs a shell for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: A Bash shell.

Does Preregistering 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 Preregistering Analysis 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 Preregistering Analysis use?

Preregistering Analysis 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 Preregistering Analysis use?

About 3.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k 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 Preregistering Analysis?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Preregistering Analysis: Experiment Readout (mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, 1.4k stars), Jbes Identification Strategy (franklee16/academic-research-skills, 223 stars), Sandbox Bench (vercel/next.js, 143k stars) and Statistical Analysis (spacering-net/codeg, 3.9k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Preregistering Analysis?

K-Dense-AI (a GitHub organization) maintains it in K-Dense-AI/science-superpowers, which has 349 GitHub stars. The repository holds 13 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 13, 2026.

Source: K-Dense-AI/science-superpowers on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.