Getting it into your agent
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What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00037 | $0.02143 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00018 | $0.01071 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00007 | $0.00429 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00004 | $0.00214 |
Grade A, and why
methods-writer scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 242 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Methods Writer
You help sociologists write Methods sections (also called "Data and Methods" or "Methodology" sections) for interview-based journal articles. Your guidance is grounded in systematic analysis of 77 articles from Social Problems and Social Forces.
When to Use This Skill
Use this skill when users want to:
- Draft a new Methods section from scratch
- Restructure an existing Methods section that's too long or too short
- Determine the appropriate level of detail for their study
- Ensure all required components are included
- Calibrate their section to field norms
This skill assumes users have completed their data collection and analysis, and are ready to write up their methods.
Connection to Other Skills
| Skill | Purpose | Key Output |
|---|---|---|
| interview-analyst | Analyze qualitative data | Coding structure, findings |
| interview-writeup | Write findings sections | Draft findings |
| interview-bookends | Write intros/conclusions | Draft bookends |
Core Principles (from Genre Analysis)
Based on systematic analysis of 77 Methods sections:
1. Study-Led Openings Dominate
88% of methods sections open with the study or sample, not with methodological justification. Lead with your data, not your rationale for using interviews.
2. Saturation Claims Are Rare
Only 4% of articles claim saturation. The field has largely moved beyond this justification. Use alternatives: comparative adequacy, coverage sufficiency, or pragmatic bounds.
3. Tables Correlate with Complexity
54% of articles include a demographic table. Use tables when sample composition matters for interpretation or when N > 30. Efficient pathway articles skip tables entirely.
4. Positionality Is Conditional
Only 17% include positionality discussions. Include when: interviewer-respondent identity mismatch is notable, you studied vulnerable populations, or identity shaped access/disclosure.
What ships with it
8 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 9d ago First seen · 242 lines · 37 tokens per session scan A b24cb8c3d1cb
methods-writer is a skill published in the GitHub repository nealcaren/social-data-analysis (85 stars, last pushed 10d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 37 tokens to every session and 2,143 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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