Challenge research design decisions, assumptions, and methodology choices with specific critical questions. Helps strengthen the paper before submission.
Devil's Advocate Critically examine a research design, methodology, or assumption with 5 7 specific challenges. Steps 1. Understand the target : Read and any relevant project files (CLAUDE.md, manuscript, estimation code). 2. Generate 5 7 challenges from these categories: Identification: Could the causal claim be undermined by [specific threat]? Specification: What if the functional form is wrong? Alternative specifications? Data: Are there sample selection issues? Measurement error concerns?…
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Destination: .claude/skills/devils-advocate · pinned to the source commit
# Run from your project root
git clone https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git .skillboard-tmp
git -C .skillboard-tmp checkout 692e9fa3fea40bbdf614584d461851f8fb968ac2
mkdir -p ".claude/skills"
cp -r ".skillboard-tmp/skills/14-luischanci-claude-code-research-starter/dot-claude/skills/devils-advocate" ".claude/skills/"
rm -rf .skillboard-tmpReview the source before running. This copies files into your project; it is not a one-click install and does not verify runtime safety.
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y gitnpm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code# Run from your project root
git clone https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git .skillboard-tmp
git -C .skillboard-tmp checkout 692e9fa3fea40bbdf614584d461851f8fb968ac2
mkdir -p ".claude/skills"
cp -r ".skillboard-tmp/skills/14-luischanci-claude-code-research-starter/dot-claude/skills/devils-advocate" ".claude/skills/"
rm -rf .skillboard-tmpDestination: .claude/skills/devils-advocate
Scanner static-checks@0.1.0 · commit 692e9fa3fea4. Static checks cannot prove runtime safety – review the source and the exact diff before installing. How checks work.
No static rules matched. This is not a safety guarantee.