econ-audit
Audit economic analysis outputs (fiscal briefings, macro briefings, market research, longlists, and other quantitative economic documents) against methodology standards, academic literature, and common errors. Runs structured checks across core categories including counterfactual, additionality, discounting, double counting, distributional analysis, Aqua Book RIGOUR, and Flyvbjerg-style strategic misrepresentation detection. Returns a RAG scorecard with issues ranked by severity.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill econ-audit --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 document type is unrecognised, or fix confirmation is needed under `--fix` mode. **Never stop to ask about:** which checks to run (all applicable ones), grading methodology, or output filename. <!-- preamble: update check --> Before starting, run this silently. If it outputs UPDATE_AVAILABLE, tell the user: "A new version of econstack is available. Run `cd ~
What does the econ-audit skill do?
Audit economic analysis outputs (fiscal briefings, macro briefings, market research, longlists, and other quantitative economic documents) against methodology standards, academic literature, and common errors. Runs structured checks across core categories including counterfactual, additionality, discounting, double counting, distributional analysis, Aqua Book RIGOUR, and Flyvbjerg-style strategic misrepresentation detection. Returns a RAG scorecard with issues ranked by severity.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill econ-audit --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.