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claudeblattman (Chris Blattman)

license: MIT · 23 skills · last update: 2026-04-30

Source: https://github.com/chrisblattman/claudeblattman

Maintainers: Chris Blattman (University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy)

Compatibility: claude-code

Claude Code for academics — skills, agents, and setup guides. 367 stars MIT. Listed as a community extension by Pedro Santanna. Mix of research-specific skills (deep-research, proposal-write, review-plan, methodology review) and personal-workflow skills (morning-brief, schedule-query).

Source YAML: skills/claudeblattman.yml

Skills

design (1)

Skill Field Stages Description Full text Source Updated
/goals-review general research-design Periodic review of personal/research goals view origin 2026-04

drafting (1)

Skill Field Stages Description Full text Source Updated
/proposal-write social-sciences paper-drafting Draft a grant or research proposal view origin 2026-04

editing (1)

Skill Field Stages Description Full text Source Updated
agent:review-writing general revision-editing Writing-quality review agent view origin 2026-04

ideation (1)

Skill Field Stages Description Full text Source Updated
/council general rq-formulation hypothesis-generation Convene a multi-perspective 'council' on an open question view origin 2026-04

infra (9)

Skill Field Stages Description Full text Source Updated
/checkin general Daily check-in / status update with Claude view origin 2026-04
/done general Mark work complete + update tracking view origin 2026-04
/morning-brief general Daily morning briefing template view origin 2026-04
/post-meeting general Post-meeting summary + action items view origin 2026-04
/pre-meeting-brief general Pre-meeting brief generation view origin 2026-04
/schedule-query general Query and reason about a calendar / schedule view origin 2026-04
/setup-project-management general Bootstrap a project-management workspace view origin 2026-04
/tax-guide general Personal tax-related Q&A view origin 2026-04
/tips-bookmarks general Save and retrieve tips / bookmarks view origin 2026-04

literature (3)

Skill Field Stages Description Full text Source Updated
/announcement-digest general literature-discovery literature-synthesis Triage and digest announcements / newsletters / Slack-equivalent feeds view origin 2026-04
/deep-research social-sciences literature-discovery literature-synthesis Multi-agent deep research with paste-loop UX and subagent template view origin 2026-04
/dr-synthesize social-sciences literature-discovery literature-synthesis Synthesize results from a deep-research run view origin 2026-04

meta (3)

Skill Field Stages Description Full text Source Updated
/prompt general Build a prompt from scratch with formatting-core view origin 2026-04
/prompt-only general Skill that only produces a prompt (no execution) view origin 2026-04
/prompt-refine general Iteratively refine a prompt view origin 2026-04

review (3)

Skill Field Stages Description Full text Source Updated
agent:proposal-critic-agent social-sciences referee-simulation Critic agent for grant/research proposals view origin 2026-04
agent:review-methodology social-sciences referee-simulation Methodology review agent view origin 2026-04
/review-plan general referee-simulation Review a research plan with structured feedback view origin 2026-04

revision (1)

Skill Field Stages Description Full text Source Updated
/proposal-revise social-sciences revision-editing Revise an existing grant or research proposal view origin 2026-04