briefing-note
Structured policy briefing note (1-2 pages). Issue, background, analysis, options, recommendation. UK GES, Australian Treasury, consulting formats. Auto-populates from econstack data skills.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill briefing-note --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.
**Only stop to ask the user when:** the policy issue is unclear, the audience is ambiguous, or multiple conflicting options exist and the user needs to choose a framing. **Never stop to ask about:** format (use the detected template), section ordering, data sources (use the best available), or citation style. <!-- preamble: update check --> Before starting, run this silently. If it outputs UPDATE_
What does the briefing-note skill do?
Structured policy briefing note (1-2 pages). Issue, background, analysis, options, recommendation. UK GES, Australian Treasury, consulting formats. Auto-populates from econstack data skills.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill briefing-note --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.