viaf-authority-api
Disambiguate author identities via the VIAF authority file API
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill viaf-authority-api --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.
# VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) API ## Overview VIAF clusters authority records from 50+ national libraries worldwide, linking different forms of an author's name into a single canonical identity. It covers 50M+ personal, corporate, and geographic name entries. Essential for author disambiguation in bibliometric research — resolving "J. Smith", "John Smith", and "Smith, J.A." to the
What does the viaf-authority-api skill do?
Disambiguate author identities via the VIAF authority file API
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill viaf-authority-api --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.