Abstract
brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
Reads the manuscript and notebooks to generate a structured abstract.
Move a scientific object up/down in abstraction or narrow/broaden selected scope dimensions (population, mechanism, context, outcome, timeframe, system boundary) until the representation has useful…
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Install Adjust Abstraction Scope
$ npx skills add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine --skill adjust-abstraction-scope -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine adjust-abstraction-scope --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/yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope .claude/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope && 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 "adjust-abstraction-scope" agent skill from https://github.com/yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine/tree/main/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope into .claude/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "adjust-abstraction-scope", 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/yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine/tree/main/skills/adjust-abstraction-scopeType 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 yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine --skill adjust-abstraction-scope -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine adjust-abstraction-scope --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope .agents/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "adjust-abstraction-scope" agent skill from https://github.com/yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine/tree/main/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope into .agents/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "adjust-abstraction-scope", 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 yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine --skill adjust-abstraction-scope -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine adjust-abstraction-scope --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope .cursor/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope && 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 "adjust-abstraction-scope" agent skill from https://github.com/yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine/tree/main/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope into .cursor/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "adjust-abstraction-scope", 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/yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine.git --path skills/adjust-abstraction-scope--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 yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine --skill adjust-abstraction-scope -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine adjust-abstraction-scope --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope .gemini/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope && 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 "adjust-abstraction-scope" agent skill from https://github.com/yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine/tree/main/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope into .gemini/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "adjust-abstraction-scope", 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 yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine adjust-abstraction-scopeInstalls 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 yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine --skill adjust-abstraction-scope -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope .github/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope && 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 "adjust-abstraction-scope" agent skill from https://github.com/yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine/tree/main/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope into .github/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "adjust-abstraction-scope", 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 yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine --skill adjust-abstraction-scope -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine adjust-abstraction-scope --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope .opencode/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope && 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 "adjust-abstraction-scope" agent skill from https://github.com/yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine/tree/main/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope into .opencode/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "adjust-abstraction-scope", 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
adjust-abstraction-scope- GitHub stars
- 505
- Token cost
- ~584 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 200 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 12
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
At a glance
Move a scientific object up/down in abstraction or narrow/broaden selected scope dimensions (population, mechanism, context, outcome, timeframe, system boundary) until the representation has useful…
- Works in 4 steps: Record object, current level, and scope… → Generate at least one upward and one… → For each candidate, state what is… → …
- SKILL.md covers Purpose, Input contract, Procedure and Output contract, plus 5 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Adjust Abstraction Scope is an agent skill from yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine. Move a scientific object up/down in abstraction or narrow/broaden selected scope dimensions (population, mechanism, context, outcome, timeframe, system boundary) until the representation has useful explanatory and experimental leverage.
Its SKILL.md is about 580 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: A 267-skill research graph in pure markdown — 51 research operations built from 216 single-purpose steps, composed in any order with explicit backtracking. One npx install, no… The licence is Apache-2.0.
Example prompts
- “/adjust-abstraction-scope”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Record object, current level, and scope dimensions (population, mechanism, context, outcome, timeframe, boundary).
- Generate at least one upward and one downward abstraction candidate when leverage is unclear.
- For each candidate, state what is gained, lost, and newly testable.
- Select the narrowest or broadest level that supports the caller's stated use and record rationale.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit bdb3524. 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 yaml).
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
Adjust Abstraction Scope loads about 584 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 65 tokens; SKILL.md has 200 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
The full file from yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine at commit bdb3524, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© yogsoth-ai). 200 words, ~584 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- adjust-abstraction-scope
- description
- Move a scientific object up/down in abstraction or narrow/broaden selected scope dimensions (population, mechanism, context, outcome, timeframe, system boundary) until the representation has useful explanatory and experimental leverage.
adjust-abstraction-scope
Purpose
Move a scientific object up or down in abstraction, or narrow/broaden scope dimensions, until explanatory and experimental leverage improve.
Input contract
required: [research_object, current_scope, leverage_failure]
optional: [candidate_levels, context_constraints, target_use]
constraints: [retain object identity; change representation or declared scope explicitly]Procedure
- Record object, current level, and scope dimensions (population, mechanism, context, outcome, timeframe, boundary).
- Generate at least one upward and one downward abstraction candidate when leverage is unclear.
- For each candidate, state what is gained, lost, and newly testable.
- Select the narrowest or broadest level that supports the caller's stated use and record rationale.
Output contract
produces: [scoped_representations, selected_scope, leverage_rationale]
delta_fields: [findings, decisions, uncertainties]Quality gates
- Object identity is invariant across representations.
- Every changed dimension is named with before/after values.
- Selected scope has an explicit explanatory or experimental leverage claim.
Parameterization
Caller supplies object schema, allowed abstraction dimensions, admissible scope bounds, target use, and selection rule.
Failure and counterexamples
Reject a level that changes the object while appearing to change only scope; reject scope changes with no stated leverage test.
Provenance map
- resolved: abstraction-laddering
- resolved: scope-assessment
- resolved: question-reformulation
- resolved: scope-calibration
- intermediate: Pass8/shift-abstraction-level
- intermediate: Pass8/adjust-question-scope
Preserved source criteria ledger
| source | criterion |
|---|---|
| scope-assessment | Input must contain at least 1 fully stated research question. |
| scope-assessment | Too broad requires a book/multiple papers; appropriate is answerable by one paper; too narrow is self-evident or lacks contribution. |
© yogsoth-ai, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/adjust-abstraction-scope of yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit bdb3524
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| Adjust Abstraction Scope this skillyogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine | 505 | — | ~584 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Abstractbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~495 | Automated safety check: Notes | Custom licence | |
| Scientific VisualizationK-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills | 48k | 1 repos | ~3.9k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Object Altthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist | 74k | — | ~429 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Scientific SchematicsK-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills | 48k | 1 repos | ~5.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Scientific SlidesK-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills | 48k | 1 repos | ~5.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT |
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Questions about Adjust Abstraction Scope
What does Adjust Abstraction Scope do?
Move a scientific object up/down in abstraction or narrow/broaden selected scope dimensions (population, mechanism, context, outcome, timeframe, system boundary) until the representation has useful…. Adjust Abstraction Scope is an agent skill from yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine. Move a scientific object up/down in abstraction or narrow/broaden selected scope dimensions (population, mechanism, context, outcome, timeframe, system boundary) until the representation has useful explanatory and experimental leverage.
How do I install Adjust Abstraction Scope in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine --skill adjust-abstraction-scope -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/adjust-abstraction-scope in yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine) into .claude/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Adjust Abstraction Scope in Codex?
Run `npx skills add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine --skill adjust-abstraction-scope -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/adjust-abstraction-scope in yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine) into .agents/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Adjust Abstraction Scope 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 yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine --skill adjust-abstraction-scope -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope, .gemini/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope, .github/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope and .opencode/skills/adjust-abstraction-scope in your project.
What does Adjust Abstraction Scope need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Adjust Abstraction Scope is instructions for the agent only.
Does Adjust Abstraction Scope 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 Adjust Abstraction Scope 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 Adjust Abstraction Scope use?
Adjust Abstraction Scope is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Adjust Abstraction Scope use?
About 584 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.3k 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 Adjust Abstraction Scope?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Adjust Abstraction Scope: Abstract (brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, 4.5k stars), Scientific Visualization (K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, 48k stars), Object Alt (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars) and Scientific Schematics (K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, 48k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Adjust Abstraction Scope?
yogsoth-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine, which has 505 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 29, 2026.
Source: yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.