assess-outline
Assesses a research paper outline (.qmd file) against structured criteria from Kosuke Imai''s empirical research guide. Evaluates the abstract and section outline for: research question clarity, stated contributions, hypotheses and testable implications, data description, planned results and inferen…
Install / Use
npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill assess-outlineInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
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Our assessment of assess-outline
assess-outline scores 87/100 on our quality scale, 315th of 622 Content & Media skills we index.
We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
With 4,360 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 4 days ago, so assess-outline is actively maintained.
- No license is declared. By default that means all rights are reserved: you can read it, but reusing or redistributing it is not clearly permitted. Ask the author before building on it commercially.
- Its trust signals score 88/100, with 1 caution from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
assess-outline compared with similar skills
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| assess-outline (this skill)by brycewang-stanford | 87 | 4.4k | 4d ago | SKILL.md |
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Frequently asked questions
- How do I install assess-outline?
- Run
npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill assess-outline. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does assess-outline work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is assess-outline safe to use?
- It declares no license and scores 88/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is assess-outline still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 4 days ago, so assess-outline is actively maintained.
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