7 mistakes economists make with Claude Code and Codex skills
JeremyNguyenPhD · x · 2026-10-23
A USC econ-department talk on "Skills in Economics Research" was turned into a YouTube video covering how to use skills and the 7 mistakes economists (and other academics) consistently make.
Key points:
- Don't just rely on others' skill libraries — they only partially fit your use case, and making your own skills is easy.
- Make more skills — most researchers have fewer than can be counted on one hand; the speaker has hundreds and suggests a "rule of 3": turn any repeated task into a skill.
Related event: Talk Lists 7 Common Mistakes Economists Make with Claude Skills(2 posts)→
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