init
Fills all [FILL:] placeholders across the template to initialize a new research project. Use when setting up a freshly cloned project.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill init --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.
# Initialize Project Fill in all `[FILL:]` placeholders across the template to set up a new research project. ## Steps 1. Scan all tracked files for `[FILL:` patterns and group them by file: ```bash grep -rn "\[FILL:" --include="*.md" --include="*.qmd" --include="*.toml" --include="*.tex" --include="*.yml" . ``` Report how many placeholders exist and in which files. 2. Ask the user for project inf
What does the init skill do?
Fills all [FILL:] placeholders across the template to initialize a new research project. Use when setting up a freshly cloned project.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill init --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.