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VS-Enhanced Research Question Refiner - Prevents Mode Collapse and derives differentiated research questions Enhanced VS 3-Phase process: Modal question avoidance, alternatives presentation, differentiated RQ recommendation Use when: refining research ideas, formulating research questions, clarifying scope
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill a1 --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
## ⛔ Prerequisites (v8.2 — MCP Enforcement) Entry point agent — no prerequisites required. ### Checkpoints During Execution - 🔴 CP_RESEARCH_DIRECTION → `diverga_mark_checkpoint("CP_RESEARCH_DIRECTION", decision, rationale)` - 🔴 CP_VS_001 → `diverga_mark_checkpoint("CP_VS_001", decision, rationale)` - 🔴 CP_VS_003 → `diverga_mark_checkpoint("CP_VS_003", decision, rationale)` ### Fallback (MCP una
What does the a1 skill do?
VS-Enhanced Research Question Refiner - Prevents Mode Collapse and derives differentiated research questions Enhanced VS 3-Phase process: Modal question avoidance, alternatives presentation, differentiated RQ recommendation Use when: refining research ideas, formulating research questions, clarifying scope
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill a1 --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, a repository with 3,244 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.