synthetic-control
Econometrics skill for Synthetic Control Method (SCM). Activates when the user asks about: "synthetic control", "SCM", "synthetic counterfactual", "donor pool", "placebo test", "in-space placebo", "in-time placebo", "MSPE ratio", "Abadie Diamond Hainmueller", "augmented synthetic control", "penalize…
Install / Use
npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill synthetic-controlInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
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Our assessment of synthetic-control
synthetic-control scores 87/100 on our quality scale, 1055th of 2,717 Development & Engineering skills we index (top 39%).
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 synthetic-control 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.
synthetic-control compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than synthetic-control; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| synthetic-control (this skill)by brycewang-stanford | 87 | 4.4k | 4d ago | SKILL.md |
| ai-job-searchby MadsLorentzen | 100 | 44.1k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| claude-howtoby luongnv89 | 100 | 41.7k | 1d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| algorithmic-artby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 5d ago | SKILL.md |
| pptxby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 5d ago | SKILL.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install synthetic-control?
- Run
npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill synthetic-control. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does synthetic-control work with?
- It is written for Zed, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is synthetic-control 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 synthetic-control still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 4 days ago, so synthetic-control is actively maintained.
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From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.