Research Ideation
A structured approach to generating research questions in economics that walks you through ideation frameworks like "The Puzzle Approach" and "The Data Approach." You feed it a phenomenon, policy gap, or dataset you're curious about, and it helps you brainstorm testable hypotheses with feasibility assessments built in. The example interaction shows it generating four concrete research ideas from LinkedIn data, complete with identification strategies and an evaluation matrix. Most useful at the very beginning of a project when you're staring at interesting data or observations but haven't crystallized a research question yet. The frameworks are economics-specific but the interrogation method translates to other fields.
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Install
$ npx -y skills add meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff --skill research-ideation --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
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Research Ideation
Purpose
This skill helps economists generate and refine research questions by applying economic thinking frameworks. It guides the process from observing phenomena to formulating testable hypotheses.
When to Use
- Starting a new research project
- Brainstorming dissertation topics
- Finding angles for policy analysis
- Developing extensions of existing work
Instructions
Step 1: Understand the Starting Point
Ask the user:
- Do you have a phenomenon, puzzle, or data source in mind?
- What field/subfield of economics?
- What's your methodological preference? (Theory, empirical, structural)
- Any constraints? (Data access, timeline, etc.)
Step 2: Apply Ideation Frameworks
Use these approaches:
1. The Puzzle Approach
- What's surprising about current patterns?
- What contradicts conventional economic wisdom?
- Where do standard models fail?
2. The Policy Approach
- What policies lack rigorous evaluation?
- What natural experiments remain unexploited?
- What interventions might solve important problems?
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- Categories
- AI & Agent Building, Data Science & ML
- First seen
- Jun 3, 2026
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