pseudo-merge

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pseudo-merge is a skill in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, last changed 2 Apr 2026. It is instructions only: no scripts, no named hosts and no pre-approved tools.

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Takes a proofread or apsa-style report file (or any markdown file using **Original:** / **Recommended:** syntax) and rewrites the original source file with git merge conflict markers so the user can accept or reject each suggested edit using VS Code or Positron's built-in merge conflict UI. Branch names are "original" and "claude-edits". Use when asked to apply edits, insert conflict markers, or set up merge resolution for a copy-edit report. Supports an optional @sec-label argument to restrict markers to one section.

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Commit bfa0a6e · 3 Nov 2026

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Install

Each tab says whether it installs commit bfa0a6e, the one we checked, or the latest version.

OpenCode also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.

Goose also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.

Windsurf (Devin Desktop) also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.

Zed also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.

Roo Code also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.

Factory Droid also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.

Junie also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.

Amp also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.

No install command here reaches Kiro. Copy the skill's folder into .kiro/skills/ in your project, or ~/.kiro/skills/ for all your projects. brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/pseudo-merge (opens in a new tab)

Antigravity also looks in .agents/skills/, so the Any agent steps reach it with This project. For All projects, see where Antigravity looks.

Cline also looks in .claude/skills/, so the Claude Code steps reach it with This project. For All projects, see where Cline looks.

No tab for your agent? Use Any agent for OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Zed, Roo Code, Factory Droid, Junie and Amp. With This project, Any agent also reaches Antigravity and Claude Code reaches Cline. Kiro needs the folder copied by hand.

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From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/pseudo-merge &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&mkdir -p .claude/skills &&mkdir .claude/skills/pseudo-merge &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/pseudo-merge/. .claude/skills/pseudo-merge/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"

If Claude Code was already running and this created the skills folder, run /reload-skills.

Claude Code docs

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Skills in the Claude apps belong to your account rather than to a project.

Make pseudo-merge.zip, with the skill folder at the top level:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/pseudo-merge &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&out="$(mktemp -d)" &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/pseudo-merge "$out"/pseudo-merge &&(cd "$out" && zip -qr - pseudo-merge) > pseudo-merge.zip &&rm -rf "$tmp" "$out"

In Claude, open Customize > Skills, select +, then + Create skill > Upload a skill, and choose pseudo-merge.zip.

On Free, Pro and Max plans, turn on Code execution and file creation (Create and edit files in newer settings) under Settings > Capabilities.

Claude apps docs

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From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/pseudo-merge &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&mkdir -p .agents/skills &&mkdir .agents/skills/pseudo-merge &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/pseudo-merge/. .agents/skills/pseudo-merge/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"

Codex picks up new skills on its own; restart it if this one does not appear.

Codex docs

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From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/pseudo-merge &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&mkdir -p .cursor/skills &&mkdir .cursor/skills/pseudo-merge &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/pseudo-merge/. .cursor/skills/pseudo-merge/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"

Cursor docs

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From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/pseudo-merge &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&mkdir -p .github/skills &&mkdir .github/skills/pseudo-merge &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/pseudo-merge/. .github/skills/pseudo-merge/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"

In a running Copilot CLI session, run /skills reload.

Or install it with gh skill, which also installs the commit we checked. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90 or later.

gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/pseudo-merge/SKILL.md@bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba --agent github-copilot --scope project

Copilot & VS Code docs

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From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/pseudo-merge &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&mkdir -p .gemini/skills &&mkdir .gemini/skills/pseudo-merge &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/pseudo-merge/. .gemini/skills/pseudo-merge/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"

In a running session, run /skills reload.

Or use Gemini CLI’s own installer. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked.

gemini skills install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git --path skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/pseudo-merge --scope workspace

Gemini CLI docs

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OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Zed, Roo Code, Factory Droid, Junie, Amp and Antigravity read .agents/skills in a project.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/pseudo-merge &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&mkdir -p .agents/skills &&mkdir .agents/skills/pseudo-merge &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/pseudo-merge/. .agents/skills/pseudo-merge/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"

Or use the skills CLI from skills.sh. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked. The skills CLI reports installs to skills.sh unless you set DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1.

npx skills@1.7.4 add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill pseudo-merge

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What it can touch

From the files and frontmatter at commit bfa0a6e. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.

Instructions only

It is instructions only: no scripts, no named hosts and no pre-approved tools.

Pattern check

Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit bfa0a6e · 3 Nov 2026

We checked every text file in this skill, at commit bfa0a6e on 3 Nov 2026, against 45 published patterns such as download-and-run commands, hidden text and credential access. We don't run the skill, we don't read the web pages it points to, and we can't judge everything its instructions might lead an agent to do. In published tests, pattern checks like this one missed most malicious skills. Read the skill before you install it — especially anything it asks you to download or run.

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Each agent reads SKILL.md a little differently. We check the file against each one's published rules; we don't run the skill in any agent.

Agent Skills specPasses with warnings
The open format from agentskills.io, held to the strictest version of each rule among the agents we check.
- Warning
  metadata values should be text; version (a number) is not. The spec's validator turns them into text; other readers may not. O4
  Fix: Quote each value, for example version: "1.0".
- Note
  The first sentence of the description is 291 characters. Agents shorten long descriptions, so lead with the main job. D8
  Fix: Start with one short sentence that names the job.
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  There is no license field, so readers can't tell whether they may reuse the skill. O2
  Fix: Add license: with an SPDX name such as MIT or Apache-2.0, or the name of a bundled licence file.
Claude CodePasses
Claude Code reads its own extra fields, ignores unknown ones, and still loads a skill whose frontmatter is broken, without its fields.
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  The first sentence of the description is 291 characters. Agents shorten long descriptions, so lead with the main job. D8
  Fix: Start with one short sentence that names the job.
Claude apps & API uploadPasses
Uploading to claude.ai or the Claude API, or packaging with Anthropic's script, accepts only the six spec fields and stops on anything else.
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  The description is 523 characters. The claude.ai Help Center says 200 at most, though Anthropic's API docs and validator allow 1,024. D4
  Fix: If the claude.ai upload refuses it, trim the description to 200 characters.
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  metadata values should be text; version (a number) is not. The spec defines metadata as text to text. O4
  Fix: Quote each value, for example version: "1.0".
OpenAI (Codex & API)Passes with warnings
Codex finds SKILL.md by its exact name and needs a description; OpenAI's Skills API checks the frontmatter against the spec and caps uploads.
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  metadata values should be text; version (a number) is not. OpenAI's upload follows the spec's text-to-text rule. O4
  Fix: Quote each value, for example version: "1.0".
- Note
  The first sentence of the description is 291 characters. Agents shorten long descriptions, so lead with the main job. D8
  Fix: Start with one short sentence that names the job.
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