Synthetic Control
Design, estimate, validate, and write up a synthetic control analysis, including synthetic difference-in-differences, augmented/penalized variants, and factor-model/matrix-completion relatives for panel counterfactuals. Produces advice with citations, R estimation and diagnostics code, and a drafted methods paragraph. TRIGGER on "synthetic control", "synthetic DiD", "SDID", "donor pool", "comparative case study", "weighted counterfactual", "geo holdout", "CausalImpact", "matrix completion", "interactive fixed effects", "gsynth", "generalized synthetic control", or any setting where one or a few aggregate units (a state, market, DMA, category, platform region) got treated and untreated units must form the counterfactual. Staggered-adoption panels with many treated units belong to did; design triage across methods belongs to causal-design. Prospective geo experiments (choosing treatment markets by design) belong to field-experiment.
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From the source SKILL.md
An opinionated synthetic-control workflow grounded in a read canon (references/canon.md, current as of 2026-07-28): Abadie's JEL survey, the practice manual by the method's originator, with the synthetic-DiD bridge and the DiD-vs-SC boundary supplied by the Arkhangelsky-Imbens panel survey (shared with the did skill). The deliverable is the feasibility verdict with the citation that justifies it, the estimation and diagnostics code in R, and a methods paragraph with the limitation stated in first person at the point of the choice.
What this skill does
Synthetic Control is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the prospecting sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/synthetic-control/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
Who uses this skill
The Synthetic Control Claude Code skill is built for sales development reps, account executives, revenue operations teams, and customer success managers. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 184,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).
How to install
Free
Manual install (2 steps)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/synthetic-control
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/synthetic-control/SKILL.md \
-o ~/.claude/skills/synthetic-control/SKILL.md
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/synthetic-control/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/synthetic-control/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\synthetic-control\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
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Pro
One-click install via the desktop app
The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I install the Synthetic Control Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy
SKILL.md from the source repository to
~/.claude/skills/synthetic-control/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at
claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Synthetic Control skill do?
Design, estimate, validate, and write up a synthetic control analysis, including synthetic difference-in-differences, augmented/penalized variants, and factor-model/matrix-completion relatives for panel counterfactuals. Produces advice with citations, R estimation and diagnostics code, and a drafted methods paragraph. TRIGGER on "synthetic control", "synthetic DiD", "SDID", "donor pool", "comparative case study", "weighted counterfactual", "geo holdout", "CausalImpact", "matrix completion", "interactive fixed effects", "gsynth", "generalized synthetic control", or any setting where one or a few aggregate units (a state, market, DMA, category, platform region) got treated and untreated units must form the counterfactual. Staggered-adoption panels with many treated units belong to did; design triage across methods belongs to causal-design. Prospective geo experiments (choosing treatment markets by design) belong to field-experiment.
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the Synthetic Control skill?
Use Synthetic Control when your Claude Code task falls under the Sales category — specifically in the prospecting area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Synthetic Control" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at
/category/sales/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Synthetic Control skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a
SKILL.md file that lives under
~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Synthetic Control is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Sales category. Learn more at
/learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.
Attribution & license
Cite this skill
If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:
APA
ericluo04. (2026). Synthetic Control [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/synthetic-control/
BibTeX
@misc{synthetic-control-2026,
author = {ericluo04},
title = {Synthetic Control [Claude Code skill]},
year = {2026},
publisher = {ClaudSkills},
url = {https://claudskills.com/skills/synthetic-control/}
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