skill-authoring
Guide for creating and auditing DAAF skills (SKILL.md). Covers frontmatter, metadata vocabulary, progressive disclosure, decision trees, reference files. Use when creating, reviewing, or debugging skill loading. For agent files, use agent-authoring.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill skill-authoring --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.
# Skill Authoring Guide for creating and auditing DAAF agent skills. Covers SKILL.md format, frontmatter requirements and validation rules, controlled vocabulary for metadata, progressive disclosure patterns, decision trees, reference files, and bundled resource organization. Use when creating a new skill, reviewing or auditing skill structure and frontmatter, or debugging skill loading and trigge
What does the skill-authoring skill do?
Guide for creating and auditing DAAF skills (SKILL.md). Covers frontmatter, metadata vocabulary, progressive disclosure, decision trees, reference files. Use when creating, reviewing, or debugging skill loading. For agent files, use agent-authoring.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill skill-authoring --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.