Skills

econfin-idea-finder

econfin-idea-finder is a skill in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, last changed 19 Jul 2026. It can run shell commands, reach the network, name web addresses and pre-approve tools — read the findings before installing. Our pattern check found 1 item to review at commit 371a40e on 27 Oct 2026.

Pattern check: 1 item to review · commit 371a40e · 27 Oct 2026

Install
From the author
公司金融实证研究的"漏斗式选题查找器"。互动开场先后询问 (1) 研究方向、(2) 候选标题数量 N， 再扫描全球文献（已出版英文学术期刊 + SSRN working paper + 全球高校 department seminar 1 年内日程），基于 Edmans (2024) "1000 Rejections" 红线生成 N 个候选标题，**通过并行 subagent（Agent 工具）批量生成计划书 + 查新；每个 subagent 必须强制调用 Skill 工具加载 econfin-proposal 与 novelty-check 两个预设 skill 完成各自模块**，**只有当 novelty score >= 9 时（即 JF/JFE/RFS 顶刊层次），subagent 才把 proposal + 查新报告合并的 md 写入 F:\Dropbox\CC\选题大全\<研究方向短名>\（以"简短选题名称-分数"命名，子文件夹名由 Step 0 从用户输入的研究方向派生）；< 9 分的选题在 subagent 内部直接丢弃，绝不写盘、绝不输出**。当用户说"找选题"、"帮我找选题"、"想做 X 方向"、 "empirical CF idea search"、"批量生成研究计划书"、"100 ideas"、"econfin-idea-finder" 时触发。
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Install

Each tab says whether it installs commit 371a40e, the one we checked, or the latest version.

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

Pinned to commit 371a40e, 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 "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 371a40e488c5d9e8e75ca2af5dd9667f8349c199 &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/econfin-idea-finder &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 371a40e488c5d9e8e75ca2af5dd9667f8349c199 &&
  mkdir -p .claude/skills &&
  mkdir .claude/skills/econfin-idea-finder &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/econfin-idea-finder/. .claude/skills/econfin-idea-finder/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

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

Claude Code docs (opens in a new tab)

What it can touch

From the files and frontmatter at commit 371a40e. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.

What it can touch: Shell, network or credentials

  • Runs shell commands

    Its instructions or files give the agent commands to run on your computer.

  • Reaches the network

    It sends or fetches data over the internet, for example with curl, an HTTP library or a package install.

  • Names web addresses

    It mentions outside web addresses the agent may visit. We list them but don't follow them.

  • Pre-approves tools

    Its allowed-tools field lists tools the agent may use without asking you first, in agents that honour it.

    SKILL.md:15

Pattern check

Pattern check: 1 item to review · commit 371a40e · 27 Oct 2026

  • R34 · HighBroad tools pre-approved in allowed-tools

    SKILL.md:15 (opens in a new tab)
    allowed-tools: Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, WebSearch, WebFetch, Agent, Skill, mcp__codex__codex, mcp__codex__codex-reply

We checked every text file in this skill, at commit 371a40e on 27 Oct 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.

How the check worksReport an incorrect finding

Outside links we did not follow

  • https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/JELJOUR_Results.cfm?form_name=journalBrowse&journal_id=203
  • https://www.chicagobooth.edu/research/finance-seminar
  • https://finance.wharton.upenn.edu/seminars/
  • https://mitsloan.mit.edu/finance/seminars

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 specPasses with warnings

    The open format from agentskills.io, held to what the strictest agents enforce, so one folder loads everywhere.

    • Warning

      The description contains < or >. Uploads to the Claude apps and API reject it. D3

      Fix: Remove < and >, or reword (for example "less than").

    • Warning

      Fields outside the spec: argument-hint (read by Claude Code and VS Code). Uploads to the Claude apps and API, and the spec's validator, reject the file; most agents ignore these fields. O1

      Fix: Delete them for a portable skill, or keep them if you only target the agents that read them.

    • Note

      The description doesn't say when to use the skill. D6

      Fix: Add a sentence such as "Use when …" naming the requests or files that should trigger it.

    • Note

      The first sentence of the description is 593 characters. Agents shorten long descriptions, so lead with the main job. D8

      Fix: Start with one short sentence that names the job.

    • 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.

    • Note

      Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/edmans_guardrails_compressed.md (194 lines) and references/wrds_data_map.md (169 lines). B5

      Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.

  • 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 first sentence of the description is 593 characters. Agents shorten long descriptions, so lead with the main job. D8

      Fix: Start with one short sentence that names the job.

    • Note

      Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/edmans_guardrails_compressed.md (194 lines) and references/wrds_data_map.md (169 lines). B5

      Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.

  • 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 description contains < or >. Anthropic's validator rejects any angle bracket there. D3

      Fix: Remove < and >, or reword (for example "less than").

    • Error

      Upload and packaging fail on fields outside the spec: argument-hint. O1

      Fix: Delete them, and keep your own data under metadata as text values.

    • Note

      The description is 593 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.

    • Note

      Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/edmans_guardrails_compressed.md (194 lines) and references/wrds_data_map.md (169 lines). B5

      Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.

  • 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.

    • Warning

      Fields outside the spec: argument-hint. Codex ignores them; OpenAI doesn't say whether its upload accepts them. O1

      Fix: Delete them, or move your own data under metadata as text values.

    • Note

      The first sentence of the description is 593 characters. Agents shorten long descriptions, so lead with the main job. D8

      Fix: Start with one short sentence that names the job.

  • 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

      VS Code deletes text between < and > in a description, so "<研究方向短名>" would vanish. D3

      Fix: Remove the angle brackets or reword.

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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references/edmans_guardrails_compressed.md (opens in a new tab)7.1 KB
references/wrds_data_map.md (opens in a new tab)9.7 KB

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