repository-harvesting-guide
Harvest metadata from open repositories using OAI-PMH protocol
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill repository-harvesting-guide --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.
# Repository Harvesting Guide A skill for harvesting metadata from open access repositories using the OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) protocol. Covers protocol fundamentals, building harvesters in Python, handling resumption tokens for large collections, metadata format parsing (Dublin Core, MARC, METS), selective harvesting by date and set, and integrating harv
What does the repository-harvesting-guide skill do?
Harvest metadata from open repositories using OAI-PMH protocol
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill repository-harvesting-guide --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.