data-collection
Use when collecting data for a research project, downloading time series, building a dataset, accessing economic or social data APIs, or scraping data from a non-API source. Handles source discovery, respectful collection, local caching, and manifest documentation.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill data-collection --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.
# Data Collection ## Overview This skill guides data collection from the research question to a versionable artifact in `data/raw/`. It is field-agnostic and open-ended about sources — the `references/common-sources.md` file is a starting point, not a boundary. For any research question, the skill uses web search to find appropriate sources beyond the common list. ## When to Use - "I need data on
What does the data-collection skill do?
Use when collecting data for a research project, downloading time series, building a dataset, accessing economic or social data APIs, or scraping data from a non-API source. Handles source discovery, respectful collection, local caching, and manifest documentation.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill data-collection --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.