Significance-Search
Significance-Search is a skill in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, last changed 18 Jun 2026. It is instructions only: no scripts, no named hosts and no pre-approved tools.
Parallel control variable combination search via Stata. Exhaustively searches all subsets of optional controls to find the combination that maximises |t| of the independent variable. Activates when user says: "控制变量搜索", "搜控制变量", "control variable search", "跑控制变量组合", "暴力搜索", "调控制变量".
At a glance
What it can touch
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It is instructions only: no scripts, no named hosts and no pre-approved tools.
How much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.
Pattern check
Nothing flagged
That isn't proof the skill is harmless.
Commit bfa0a6e · 3 Nov 2026
How the check worksPattern check: nothing flagged
That isn't proof the skill is harmless.
Install
Each tab says whether it installs commit bfa0a6e, the one we checked, or the latest version.
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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/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/significance-search (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.
Claude Code
Pinned to commit bfa0a6e, the one we checked.
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/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/significance-search &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&mkdir -p .claude/skills &&mkdir .claude/skills/significance-search &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/significance-search/. .claude/skills/significance-search/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"If Claude Code was already running and this created the skills folder, run /reload-skills.
Claude apps
Pinned to commit bfa0a6e, the one we checked.
Skills in the Claude apps belong to your account rather than to a project.
Make significance-search.zip, with the skill folder at the top level:
tmp="$(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 "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/significance-search &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&out="$(mktemp -d)" &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/significance-search "$out"/significance-search &&(cd "$out" && zip -qr - significance-search) > significance-search.zip &&rm -rf "$tmp" "$out"In Claude, open Customize > Skills, select +, then + Create skill > Upload a skill, and choose significance-search.zip.
On Free, Pro and Max plans, turn on Code execution and file creation (Create and edit files in newer settings) under Settings > Capabilities.
Codex
Pinned to commit bfa0a6e, the one we checked.
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/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/significance-search &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&mkdir -p .agents/skills &&mkdir .agents/skills/significance-search &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/significance-search/. .agents/skills/significance-search/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"Codex picks up new skills on its own; restart it if this one does not appear.
Cursor
Pinned to commit bfa0a6e, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(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 "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/significance-search &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&mkdir -p .cursor/skills &&mkdir .cursor/skills/significance-search &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/significance-search/. .cursor/skills/significance-search/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"Copilot & VS Code
Pinned to commit bfa0a6e, the one we checked.
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/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/significance-search &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&mkdir -p .github/skills &&mkdir .github/skills/significance-search &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/significance-search/. .github/skills/significance-search/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"In a running Copilot CLI session, run /skills reload.
Or install it with gh skill, which also installs the commit we checked. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90 or later.
gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/significance-search/SKILL.md@bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba --agent github-copilot --scope projectGemini CLI
Pinned to commit bfa0a6e, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(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 "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/significance-search &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&mkdir -p .gemini/skills &&mkdir .gemini/skills/significance-search &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/significance-search/. .gemini/skills/significance-search/ &&rm -rf "$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/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/significance-search --scope workspaceAny agent
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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/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/significance-search &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q bfa0a6e5a843babbf45a1ef1663fd5dc4f07c0ba &&mkdir -p .agents/skills &&mkdir .agents/skills/significance-search &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/significance-search/. .agents/skills/significance-search/ &&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 Significance-SearchWhat 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.
Format check
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 specFails
The open format from agentskills.io, held to the strictest version of each rule among the agents we check.
- Error
The name "Significance-Search" has uppercase letters. Names may use only a–z, 0–9 and single hyphens. N3
Fix: Use name: significance-search.
- Error
The name "Significance-Search" doesn't match its folder "significance-search". The spec requires them to match. N4
Fix: Set name: significance-search, or rename the folder to significance-search.
- Note
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.
- Error
Claude CodePasses
Claude Code reads its own extra fields, ignores unknown ones, and still loads a skill whose frontmatter is broken, without its fields.
- Note
The name "Significance-Search" doesn't match its folder "significance-search". Claude Code shows the skill as /Significance-Search, and the folder name also invokes it. N4
Fix: Set name: significance-search, or rename the folder to significance-search.
- Note
Claude apps & API uploadFails
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.
- Error
The name "Significance-Search" has uppercase letters. Anthropic's validator allows only lowercase letters, digits and hyphens. N3
Fix: Use name: significance-search.
- Error
The name "Significance-Search" doesn't match its folder "significance-search". claude.ai refuses an upload whose folder name doesn't match the skill name. N4
Fix: Set name: significance-search, or rename the folder to significance-search.
- Note
The description is 282 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.
- Error
OpenAI (Codex & API)Fails
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.
- Error
The name "Significance-Search" has uppercase letters. OpenAI's upload follows the spec, which allows only a–z, 0–9 and hyphens. N3
Fix: Use name: significance-search.
- Warning
The name "Significance-Search" doesn't match its folder "significance-search". OpenAI's own upload example uses a differently named folder, but the spec it follows says they must match. N4
Fix: Set name: significance-search, or rename the folder to significance-search.
- Error
VS Code & CopilotPasses with warnings
VS Code reads skills one folder below .github/skills, .claude/skills or .agents/skills and falls back to the folder name when the name is missing or differs; GitHub's Copilot docs require the exact name SKILL.md.
- Warning
The name "Significance-Search" has uppercase letters. VS Code uses the folder name whenever the name differs from it. N3
Fix: Use name: significance-search.
- Warning
The name "Significance-Search" doesn't match its folder "significance-search". VS Code uses the folder name, significance-search, instead. N4
Fix: Set name: significance-search, or rename the folder to significance-search.
- Warning
SKILL.md
We only show SKILL.md text here when its licence clearly allows it.
Read SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)Files
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