Research

Interactive interview to formalize a research idea into a structured specification with hypotheses and empirical strategy.

R-based econometric analysis for academic research. Use when writing R code for panel data, difference-in-differences, instrumental variables, spatial econometrics, or regression analysis. Covers data.table, fixest, sf, modelsummary, and publication-ready outputs.

Julia-based econometric and structural estimation for computationally intensive tasks. Use for structural models, maximum likelihood, GMM, numerical optimization, simulations, and high-performance computing. Covers DataFrames.jl, FixedEffectModels.jl, Optim.jl, and performance optimization.

Challenge research design decisions, assumptions, and methodology choices with specific critical questions. Helps strengthen the paper before submission.

End-to-end R data analysis workflow from exploration through regression to publication-ready tables and figures.

Compile a LaTeX manuscript with pdflatex (3 passes + bibtex). Use when compiling the research paper.

Stage, commit, create PR, and merge to main. Use for the standard commit-PR-merge cycle.

Run IV, DiD, and RDD analyses in R with proper diagnostics. Use when implementing causal inference methods, event studies, or treatment effect estimation.

Download, split, and deeply read academic PDFs. Use when asked to read, review, or summarize an academic paper. Splits PDFs into 4-page chunks, reads them in small batches, and produces structured reading notes — avoiding context window crashes and shallow comprehension.

Systematic audit and review by Referee 2. Two modes — "deck" reviews slide presentations for rhetoric, visual quality, and compile cleanliness; "code" performs cross-language replication and econometric audit of empirical pipelines. Use when reviewing slides, auditing code, or verifying replication.

Scaffold a new research project with standard directory structure, CLAUDE.md template, and documented README. Use this at the start of every new project to ensure consistent organization.

Defamiliarization audit for empirical output. Systematically interrogates every feature of a figure, table, or set of results — not just the main finding. Named for Jason Fletcher, who asked about the spike at t=1 when everyone else was looking at t=2. Use when you have output and are about to interpret or report it.

Create and compile beautiful Beamer presentations following the Rhetoric of Decks philosophy. Use when making slides, creating decks, or compiling .tex presentation files.

Perform adversarial visual audit of Quarto or Beamer slides checking for overflow, font consistency, box fatigue, and layout issues.

Validate bibliography entries against citations in all lecture files. Find missing entries and unused references.

Translate Beamer LaTeX to Quarto RevealJS. Multi-phase workflow with TikZ extraction and QA.

Multi-agent slide review (visual, pedagogy, proofreading). Use for comprehensive quality check before milestones.

Run the R code review protocol on R scripts. Checks code quality, reproducibility, domain correctness, and professional standards. Produces a report without editing files.

Comprehensive manuscript review covering argument structure, econometric specification, citation completeness, and potential referee objections

Generate structured research questions, testable hypotheses, and empirical strategies from a topic or dataset

Adversarial Quarto vs Beamer QA. Critic finds issues, fixer applies fixes, loops until APPROVED (max 5 rounds).

Run the proofreading protocol on lecture files. Checks grammar, typos, overflow, consistency, and academic writing quality. Produces a report without editing files.

Run holistic pedagogical review on lecture slides. Checks narrative arc, student prerequisites, worked examples, notation clarity, and deck pacing.

Structured literature search and synthesis with citation extraction and gap identification