agent-authoring
Guide for creating DAAF agent definition files. Covers 12-section template, hook registration, skills-in-frontmatter, integration checklist. Use when adding or revising agents. For SKILL.md files, use skill-authoring instead.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill agent-authoring --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.
# Agent Authoring Guide for creating new DAAF agent definition files with full ecosystem integration. Covers the 12-section agent template, cross-agent consistency standards, per-agent hook registration, skills-in-frontmatter assignment, and the complete integration checklist for wiring new agents into documentation. Use when adding a new specialized agent, revising agent structure, configuring pe
What does the agent-authoring skill do?
Guide for creating DAAF agent definition files. Covers 12-section template, hook registration, skills-in-frontmatter, integration checklist. Use when adding or revising agents. For SKILL.md files, use skill-authoring instead.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill agent-authoring --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.