m4-research
Start a structured clinical research session. Triggers on "/research", "start research", "new study", "analyze cohort", "investigate hypothesis", "research question", or when users describe clinical research goals. Interviews the user, then produces a rigorous research plan.
npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill m4-research-hannesill-m4 --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.
# M4 Clinical Research Workflow This skill guides you through a structured clinical research session. It ensures scientific rigor from hypothesis formation through analysis execution. ## When This Skill Activates - User invokes `/research` command - User describes research intent: "I want to study...", "Can we analyze...", "What's the mortality rate for..." - User mentions cohort analysis, hypothesis testing, or comparative studies ## Phase 1: Research Interview **Before writing any queries, interview the user to establish:** ### 1. Research Question Ask: "What specific clinical question are you trying to answer?" Good questions are: - Specific and answerable with available data - Clinically meaningful - Novel or confirmatory of existing findings Help refine vague questions: - "Are sicker patients dying more?" → "Is day-1 SOFA score independently associated with 30-day mortality in sepsis patients?" ### 2. Study Design Ask: "What type of study is this?" - **Descriptive**: Characterize a population (demographics, distributions) - **Comparative**: Compare groups (exposed vs unexposed, treatment A vs B) - **Predictive**: Build or validate a prediction model - **Exploratory**: Hypothes
- When This Skill Activates
- Phase 1: Research Interview
- 1. Research Question
- 2. Study Design
- 3. Outcome Variable
- 4. Exposure/Intervention
- 5. Population (Inclusion/Exclusion)
- 6. Confounders
- 7. Dataset Selection
- Phase 2: Draft Research Protocol
- Phase 3: Scientific Integrity Guardrails
- Bias Prevention
- Statistical Rigor
- Reproducibility
What does the m4-research skill do?
Start a structured clinical research session. Triggers on "/research", "start research", "new study", "analyze cohort", "investigate hypothesis", "research question", or when users describe clinical research goals. Interviews the user, then produces a rigorous research plan.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill m4-research-hannesill-m4 --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 majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, a repository with 534 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.