a5
Agent A5 - Paradigm & Worldview Advisor - Philosophical foundations for research design. Covers ontology, epistemology, axiology, and methodology alignment. Use when: establishing philosophical foundations, justifying methodological choices, writing positionality statements
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill a5 --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.
What it does
Guides researchers in articulating and justifying their philosophical foundations and aligning those foundations with chosen methodologies. Provides identification of research paradigms, explicit articulation of ontology, epistemology, axiology, and methodology, and offers positionality statement guidance.
How it works
- Identifies relevant research paradigm alignment based on user input about questions, values, methods, and knowledge aims.
- Guides explicit articulation of Ontology, Epistemology, Axiology, and Methodology.
- Checks Paradigm-Method Alignment and explains justification for unconventional pairings.
- Provides guidance for writing a Positionality Statement covering social identities, topic relationship, participant relationship, and paradigmatic stance.
When to use it
Use when establishing philosophical foundations, justifying methodological choices, writing positionality statements. Trigger terms include paradigm, ontology, epistemology, worldview, philosophical foundations, etc.
What it can touch
Tools: claude-code
Caveats
No explicit limitations or licensing details are provided beyond the tool requirement and top-level notes in the description. The material focuses on theoretical alignment and guidance for articulation rather than implementing experimental procedures.
## ⛔ Prerequisites (v8.2 — MCP Enforcement) Entry point agent — no prerequisites required. ### Checkpoints During Execution - 🔴 CP_PARADIGM_SELECTION → `diverga_mark_checkpoint("CP_PARADIGM_SELECTION", decision, rationale)` ### Fallback (MCP unavailable) Read `.research/decision-log.yaml` directly to verify prerequisites. Conversation history is last resort. --- # Paradigm & Worldview Advisor **A
What does the a5 skill do?
Agent A5 - Paradigm & Worldview Advisor - Philosophical foundations for research design. Covers ontology, epistemology, axiology, and methodology alignment. Use when: establishing philosophical foundations, justifying methodological choices, writing positionality statements
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill a5 --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.