Install the "data-science" agent skill from https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/tree/main/skills/ai-ml/data-science-absolutelyskilled-absolutelyskilled into .claude/skills/data-science/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "data-science", 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.
Type 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.
skills CLI
$ npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill data-science -a codex
Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
Install the "data-science" agent skill from https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/tree/main/skills/ai-ml/data-science-absolutelyskilled-absolutelyskilled into .agents/skills/data-science/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "data-science", 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.
skills CLI
$ npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill data-science -a cursor
Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
Install the "data-science" agent skill from https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/tree/main/skills/ai-ml/data-science-absolutelyskilled-absolutelyskilled into .cursor/skills/data-science/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "data-science", 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.
--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
skills CLI
$ npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill data-science -a gemini-cli
Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
Install the "data-science" agent skill from https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/tree/main/skills/ai-ml/data-science-absolutelyskilled-absolutelyskilled into .gemini/skills/data-science/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "data-science", 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.
Installs 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).
skills CLI
$ npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill data-science -a github-copilot
Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
Install the "data-science" agent skill from https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/tree/main/skills/ai-ml/data-science-absolutelyskilled-absolutelyskilled into .github/skills/data-science/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "data-science", 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.
skills CLI
$ npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill data-science -a opencode
OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
Install the "data-science" agent skill from https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/tree/main/skills/ai-ml/data-science-absolutelyskilled-absolutelyskilled into .opencode/skills/data-science/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "data-science", 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
data-science
GitHub stars
666
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~4.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,285 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
971
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when performing exploratory data analysis, statistical testing, data visualization, or building predictive models.
Works in 5 steps: Visualize before modeling - Plot every… → Check your assumptions - Every… → Correlation is not causation - A strong… → …
Performing exploratory data analysis
SKILL.md covers When to use this skill, Key principles, Core concepts and Common tasks, plus 4 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Data Science is an agent skill from majiayu000/claude-skill-registry. Use this skill when performing exploratory data analysis, statistical testing, data visualization, or building predictive models. Triggers on EDA, pandas, matplotlib, seaborn, hypothesis testing, A/B test analysis, correlation, regression, feature engineering, and any task requiring data analysis or statistical inference.
Its SKILL.md is about 4.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `metadata.json`).
It sits in Data & Analytics, covering Data visualization, Data analysis and A/B testing. It works with Matplotlib, pandas and Seaborn. The repository describes itself as: Searchable Claude Code skills catalog with source-linked guides and generated registry artifacts. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
Performing exploratory data analysis
Statistical testing
Data visualization
Building predictive models
Example prompts
“/data-science”
Requirements
Python 3
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
1Visualize before modeling - Plot every variable before fitting anything.
2Check your assumptions - Every statistical test has assumptions (normality,
3Correlation is not causation - A strong correlation between X and Y might
4Validate on holdout data - Any model evaluated on the same data it was trained
5Reproducible notebooks - Set random seeds (np.random.seed, random_state),
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 000116a. 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 (its code samples are 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
Data Science loads about 4.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 84 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,285 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Always· name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~84
When it runs· the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.3k
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.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/data-science/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
data-science
description
Use this skill when performing exploratory data analysis, statistical testing, data visualization, or building predictive models. Triggers on EDA, pandas, matplotlib, seaborn, hypothesis testing, A/B test analysis, correlation, regression, feature engineering, and any task requiring data analysis or statistical inference.
When this skill is activated, always start your first response with the 🧢 emoji.
Data Science
A practitioner's guide for exploratory data analysis, statistical inference, and
predictive modeling. Covers the full analytical workflow - from raw data to
reproducible conclusions - with an emphasis on when to apply each technique, not
just how. Designed for engineers and analysts who can code but need opinionated
guidance on statistical rigor and common traps.
When to use this skill
Trigger this skill when the user:
Loads a new dataset and wants to understand its structure and distributions
Needs to clean, reshape, or impute missing data in a pandas DataFrame
Runs a hypothesis test (t-test, chi-square, ANOVA, Mann-Whitney)
Analyzes an A/B test or experiment result for statistical significance
Builds a correlation matrix or investigates feature relationships
Plots distributions, trends, or model diagnostics with matplotlib or seaborn
Engineers features for a machine learning model
Fits a linear or logistic regression and needs to interpret coefficients
Calculates confidence intervals, p-values, or effect sizes
Needs to choose the right statistical test for their data type
Do NOT trigger this skill for:
Deep learning / neural network architecture (use an ML engineering skill)
Data engineering pipelines, ETL, or streaming (use a data engineering skill)
Key principles
Visualize before modeling - Plot every variable before fitting anything.
Distributions, outliers, and relationships invisible in summary statistics leap
out in charts. A histogram takes 2 seconds; debugging a model trained on bad
assumptions takes days.
Check your assumptions - Every statistical test has assumptions (normality,
equal variance, independence). Violating them silently produces misleading results.
Run the assumption check first, then choose the test.
Correlation is not causation - A strong correlation between X and Y might
mean X causes Y, Y causes X, a third variable Z causes both, or pure coincidence.
Never state causation from observational data without a causal framework.
Validate on holdout data - Any model evaluated on the same data it was trained
on is measuring memorization, not learning. Always split before fitting; never
peek at the test set to tune parameters.
Reproducible notebooks - Set random seeds (np.random.seed, random_state),
pin library versions, and document every data transformation in order. A result
you cannot reproduce is not a result.
Core concepts
Distributions describe how values are spread: normal (bell curve), skewed,
bimodal, uniform. Knowing the shape tells you which statistics are meaningful
(mean vs. median) and which tests are valid.
Central Limit Theorem - the mean of a large enough sample is approximately
normally distributed regardless of the population distribution. This is why t-tests
work on non-normal data with n > 30.
p-values measure the probability of observing your data (or more extreme) if
the null hypothesis were true. They do NOT measure the probability the null is true,
the effect size, or practical significance. A p-value < 0.05 is a threshold, not a
truth detector.
Confidence intervals give the range of plausible values for a parameter. A 95%
CI means: if you repeated the experiment 100 times, ~95 intervals would contain the
true value. Always report CIs alongside p-values - a significant result with a CI
spanning near-zero means the effect is tiny.
Bias-variance tradeoff - underfitting (high bias) means the model is too simple
to capture the signal; overfitting (high variance) means it captures noise too.
Cross-validation is the primary tool for diagnosing which problem you have.
Common tasks
EDA workflow
Load data and profile it systematically before any analysis:
python
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns
df = pd.read_csv("data.csv")
# Shape, types, missing values
print(df.shape)
print(df.dtypes)
print(df.isnull().sum().sort_values(ascending=False))
# Numeric summary
print(df.describe())
# Categorical value counts
for col in df.select_dtypes("object"):
print(f"\n{col}:\n{df[col].value_counts().head(10)}")
# Distribution of each numeric feature
df.hist(bins=30, figsize=(14, 10))
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
# Correlation heatmap
plt.figure(figsize=(10, 8))
sns.heatmap(
df.select_dtypes("number").corr(),
annot=True, fmt=".2f", cmap="coolwarm", center=0
)
plt.show()
Always check df.duplicated().sum() and df.dtypes - columns that should be
numeric but are object type signal parsing issues or mixed data.
Data cleaning pipeline
Build a repeatable cleaning function rather than inline mutations:
Never peek at results mid-experiment to decide whether to stop. This inflates
the false positive rate. Use sequential testing (e.g., alpha spending) if you
need early stopping.
Visualization best practices
python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns
# Set a consistent style once at the top of the notebook
sns.set_theme(style="whitegrid", palette="muted", font_scale=1.1)
# Distribution comparison - violin > box when showing distribution shape
fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(12, 5))
sns.violinplot(data=df, x="group", y="value", ax=axes[0])
axes[0].set_title("Distribution by Group")
# Scatter with regression line - always show the uncertainty band
sns.regplot(data=df, x="feature", y="target", scatter_kws={"alpha": 0.3}, ax=axes[1])
axes[1].set_title("Feature vs Target")
plt.tight_layout()
# Time series - always label axes and use ISO date format
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(12, 4))
ax.plot(df["date"], df["metric"], color="steelblue", linewidth=1.5)
ax.fill_between(df["date"], df["lower_ci"], df["upper_ci"], alpha=0.2)
ax.set_xlabel("Date")
ax.set_ylabel("Metric")
ax.set_title("Metric Over Time with 95% CI")
plt.xticks(rotation=45)
plt.tight_layout()
Use alpha=0.3 on scatter plots when n > 1000 - overplotting hides the real
density. For very large datasets use sns.kdeplot or hexbin instead.
Feature engineering
python
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler, LabelEncoder
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
# 1. Split first - to prevent leakage
X = df.drop("target", axis=1)
y = df["target"]
X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(
X, y, test_size=0.2, random_state=42, stratify=y
)
# 2. Numeric features - fit scaler on train, transform both
scaler = StandardScaler()
num_cols = X_train.select_dtypes("number").columns
X_train[num_cols] = scaler.fit_transform(X_train[num_cols])
X_test[num_cols] = scaler.transform(X_test[num_cols]) # transform only, no fit
# 3. Date features
df["hour"] = pd.to_datetime(df["timestamp"]).dt.hour
df["day_of_week"] = pd.to_datetime(df["timestamp"]).dt.dayofweek
df["is_weekend"] = df["day_of_week"].isin([5, 6]).astype(int)
# 4. Interaction features (only when domain knowledge suggests it)
df["price_per_sqft"] = df["price"] / df["sqft"].replace(0, np.nan)
# 5. Target encoding (use cross-val folds to prevent leakage)
from category_encoders import TargetEncoder
encoder = TargetEncoder(smoothing=10)
X_train["cat_encoded"] = encoder.fit_transform(X_train["category"], y_train)
X_test["cat_encoded"] = encoder.transform(X_test["category"])
Feature leakage - fitting a scaler or encoder on the full dataset before
splitting - is the single most common modeling mistake. Always split first.
Linear and logistic regression
python
from sklearn.linear_model import LinearRegression, LogisticRegression
from sklearn.metrics import (
mean_squared_error, r2_score,
classification_report, roc_auc_score
)
import statsmodels.api as sm
# Linear regression with statistical output (p-values, CIs)
X_with_const = sm.add_constant(X_train[["feature_1", "feature_2"]])
ols_model = sm.OLS(y_train, X_with_const).fit()
print(ols_model.summary()) # Shows coefficients, p-values, R-squared
# Sklearn for prediction pipeline
lr = LinearRegression()
lr.fit(X_train[num_cols], y_train)
y_pred = lr.predict(X_test[num_cols])
print(f"RMSE: {mean_squared_error(y_test, y_pred, squared=False):.4f}")
print(f"R2: {r2_score(y_test, y_pred):.4f}")
# Logistic regression
clf = LogisticRegression(max_iter=1000, random_state=42)
clf.fit(X_train[num_cols], y_train)
y_prob = clf.predict_proba(X_test[num_cols])[:, 1]
print(classification_report(y_test, clf.predict(X_test[num_cols])))
print(f"ROC-AUC: {roc_auc_score(y_test, y_prob):.4f}")
Use statsmodels when you need p-values and confidence intervals for
coefficients (inference). Use sklearn when you need prediction pipelines,
cross-validation, and integration with other estimators.
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Anti-patterns / common mistakes
Mistake
Why it's wrong
What to do instead
Analyzing the test set before the experiment is over
Inflates false positive rate (p-hacking)
Pre-register sample size, run full duration, analyze once
Fitting scaler/encoder on full dataset before splitting
Test set leaks into training, inflates evaluation metrics
Always train_test_split first, then fit_transform train only
Reporting p-value without effect size
A tiny effect with huge n produces p < 0.05; means nothing practical
Always report Cohen's d, odds ratio, or relative lift alongside p
Using mean on skewed distributions
Mean is pulled by outliers; misrepresents the typical value
Report median and IQR for skewed data; log-transform for modeling
Imputing after splitting
Future information leaks from test to train set
Split first, impute train separately, apply same transform to test
Dropping all rows with missing data
Loses information, can introduce bias if not MCAR
Use median/mode imputation or model-based imputation (IterativeImputer)
Gotchas
Feature leakage from fitting transformers before splitting - Fitting a StandardScaler, LabelEncoder, or imputer on the full dataset before train_test_split leaks test set statistics into training. The model then appears to generalize well but fails in production. Always split first, then fit_transform on train only, and transform on test.
Peeking at results mid-experiment inflates false positive rate - Running a significance test daily and stopping as soon as p < 0.05 is reached is p-hacking. The actual false positive rate can reach 30%+ instead of the nominal 5%. Pre-register your sample size, run the full duration, and analyze once. Use sequential testing (alpha spending) if early stopping is a genuine business requirement.
Shapiro-Wilk normality test unreliable above n=5000 - With large samples, Shapiro-Wilk becomes so sensitive it rejects normality for trivially small deviations that don't matter practically. For n > 5000, use visual diagnostics (Q-Q plot, histogram) instead of the test, and prefer non-parametric tests (Mann-Whitney U) or rely on the Central Limit Theorem for means.
df.copy() omission causes silent SettingWithCopyWarning mutations - Chained indexing on a pandas slice (df[mask]["col"] = value) silently fails to modify the original DataFrame. Always call .copy() when creating a subset DataFrame you intend to modify. Pandas 2.0+ converts this from a warning to an error, so existing code that worked may break on upgrade.
Outlier removal before splitting contaminates the test set - Applying IQR outlier removal to the full dataset before splitting removes some test set rows based on information from the training distribution. This is a subtle form of data leakage. Apply outlier handling only within the training fold during cross-validation or after splitting.
References
For deeper guidance on specific topics, load the relevant references file:
references/statistical-tests.md - decision tree for choosing the right test,
assumption checks, and non-parametric alternatives
Only load references files when the current task requires them - they are detailed
and will consume context.
Companion check
On first activation of this skill in a conversation: check which companion skills are installed by running ls ~/.claude/skills/ ~/.agent/skills/ ~/.agents/skills/ .claude/skills/ .agent/skills/ .agents/skills/ 2>/dev/null. Compare the results against the recommended_skills field in this file's frontmatter. For any that are missing, mention them once and offer to install:
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 majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
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A skill your agent uses when performing exploratory data analysis, statistical testing, data visualization, or building predictive models. Data Science is an agent skill from majiayu000/claude-skill-registry. Use this skill when performing exploratory data analysis, statistical testing, data visualization, or building predictive models.
When should I use Data Science?
Data Science fits situations like: performing exploratory data analysis; statistical testing; data visualization; building predictive models.
How do I install Data Science in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill data-science -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ai-ml/data-science-absolutelyskilled-absolutelyskilled in majiayu000/claude-skill-registry) into .claude/skills/data-science in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Data Science in Codex?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill data-science -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ai-ml/data-science-absolutelyskilled-absolutelyskilled in majiayu000/claude-skill-registry) into .agents/skills/data-science in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Data Science 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 majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill data-science -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/data-science, .gemini/skills/data-science, .github/skills/data-science and .opencode/skills/data-science in your project.
What does Data Science need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Data Science is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Data Science 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 Data Science 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 Data Science use?
Data Science is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Data Science use?
About 4.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 17k 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 Data Science?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Data Science: Analytics Data Analysis (Mindrally/skills, 267 stars), Seaborn (aipoch/medical-research-skills, 2k stars), Plot ML Figure (probabl-ai/skills, 135 stars) and Python Executor (cortega26/chile-hub, 113 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Data Science?
majiayu000 (a GitHub user) maintains it in majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, which has 666 GitHub stars. The repository holds 971 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.