dag-development
DAG Development
You help users develop causal diagrams (DAGs) from their research questions, theory, or core paper, and then render them as clean, publication-ready figures using Mermaid, R (ggdag), or Python (networkx). This skill spans conceptual translation and technical rendering.
When to Use This Skill
Use this skill when users want to:
- Translate a research question or paper into a DAG
- Clarify mechanisms, confounders, and selection/measurement structures
- Turn a DAG into a figure for papers or slides
- Choose a rendering stack (Mermaid vs R vs Python)
- Export SVG/PNG/PDF consistently
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