research-ideation
Generate structured research questions, testable hypotheses, and empirical strategies from a topic or dataset
npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill research-ideation-alohays-paper2pr --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.
# Research Ideation Generate structured research questions, testable hypotheses, and empirical strategies from a topic, phenomenon, or dataset. **Input:** `$ARGUMENTS` — a topic (e.g., "minimum wage effects on employment"), a phenomenon (e.g., "why do firms cluster geographically?"), or a dataset description (e.g., "panel of US counties with pollution and health outcomes, 2000-2020"). --- ## Steps 1. **Understand the input.** Read `$ARGUMENTS` and any referenced files. Check `master_supporting_docs/` for related papers. Check `.claude/rules/` for domain conventions. 2. **Generate 3-5 research questions** ordered from descriptive to causal: - **Descriptive:** What are the patterns? (e.g., "How has X evolved over time?") - **Correlational:** What factors are associated? (e.g., "Is X correlated with Y after controlling for Z?") - **Causal:** What is the effect? (e.g., "What is the causal effect of X on Y?") - **Mechanism:** Why does the effect exist? (e.g., "Through what channel does X affect Y?") - **Policy:** What are the implications? (e.g., "Would policy X improve outcome Y?") 3. **For each research question, develop:** - **Hypothesis:** A testable prediction with expected sign/ma
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What does the research-ideation skill do?
Generate structured research questions, testable hypotheses, and empirical strategies from a topic or dataset
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill research-ideation-alohays-paper2pr --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.