economist-data-skill
Guide economists to authoritative data sources with explicit, confirmed data specifications before retrieval; interfaces with Playwright MCP to navigate portals and extract real data, not articles about data.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill economist-data-skill --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.
# Economist Data Skill ## Overview A Claude skill for economists that ensures rigorous data decisions and directs users only to authoritative sources. Interfaces with Playwright MCP for web data retrieval. **Tagline:** *Real data, not articles about data.* --- ## Core Principle **This skill ensures users make conscious, explicit decisions about data specifications before any data is retrieved. It
What does the economist-data-skill skill do?
Guide economists to authoritative data sources with explicit, confirmed data specifications before retrieval; interfaces with Playwright MCP to navigate portals and extract real data, not articles about data.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill economist-data-skill --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.