robustness-checks
Use when a main specification has produced a result, when preparing a paper appendix, when a reviewer requests robustness, or before declaring any empirical finding final. Guides selection of design-appropriate checks without mandating a fixed checklist.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill robustness-checks --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.
# Robustness Checks ## Overview This skill applies canonical robustness checks appropriate to the research design. It is open-ended — the skill suggests checks that fit the specific identification strategy, not a blanket checklist. YAGNI applies aggressively: a paper with 5 well-chosen robustness checks is stronger than one with 30 redundant ones. ## When to Use - After `statistical-modeling` has
What does the robustness-checks skill do?
Use when a main specification has produced a result, when preparing a paper appendix, when a reviewer requests robustness, or before declaring any empirical finding final. Guides selection of design-appropriate checks without mandating a fixed checklist.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill robustness-checks --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.