The AI Anthropology Toolkit provides computational tools for anthropological and qualitative research. Developed to operationalize the Multi-Agent Ethnography (MAE) framework, the toolkit enables researchers to code interview transcripts, build analytic codebooks, and segment qualitative data at scale. Every component is grounded in the conventions, debates, and craft knowledge of anthropology and cognate qualitative social sciences. Epistemic stance — design anthropological, interpretive, computational, business, STS — is treated as a first-class design parameter that shapes methods, writing, and analysis.
What’s included
Notebooks
Standalone Jupyter notebooks for computational qualitative analysis — codebook building, transcript chunking, thematic coding, text network analysis, topic modeling, NER, and data harvesting from scholarly and media sources.
Skills
Claude Code skills that automate the research lifecycle — from question design and methodology selection through IRB protocols, grant proposals, fieldwork instruments, academic writing, and career materials.
Agents
Autonomous Claude Code subagents that orchestrate across multiple skills for complex tasks — research design, ethics review, proposal writing, fieldwork advising, and writing guidance.
Computational qualitative analysis
Academic Literature Explorer
Search 250M+ scholarly works across all disciplines via OpenAlex with citation counts and open access detection
Qualitative Codebook Builder
Build qualitative codebooks from source literature with AI-assisted code generation, validation, and structured export
Interview Transcript Semantic Chunker
Segment interview transcripts into semantically coherent chunks with speaker-aware processing and coherence scoring
Coding and Thematic Analysis
Apply codes to qualitative data and build themes using deductive, inductive, or hybrid approaches
Text Network Analysis
Build co-occurrence networks from text with community detection, centrality metrics, and interactive visualization
Topic Modeling (BERTopic)
Discover topics in text collections using transformer-based clustering with interactive visualizations and zero-shot mode
Named Entity Recognition
Extract people, places, organizations, concepts, and custom entity types from text using zero-shot NER
Google Books Ngram Explorer
Analyze historical word frequency patterns across Google Books corpora (1800–2022) with visualization and export
Google Trends Explorer
Retrieve and visualize Google Trends data with multi-term comparison, regional breakdowns, and related queries
Google News Explorer
Search Google News by keyword, time period, and country with quick or extended date-range modes
Google Scholar Explorer
Search Google Scholar for publications with year filtering, citation counts, and structured export
PubMed Literature Harvester
Search PubMed and enrich results with metadata from CrossRef, OpenAlex, and Semantic Scholar
Google Patents Explorer
Search Google Patents for patent metadata including titles, inventors, assignees, and filing dates
YouTube Video Search
Search YouTube and export video metadata including titles, channels, views, and durations
YouTube Transcript Fetcher
Fetch YouTube video transcripts with language selection, segment chunking, and multiple export formats
Podcast RSS Explorer
Pull episode metadata from any podcast RSS feed with titles, dates, durations, and structured export
Research lifecycle automation
Research Question
Five-slot question grammar, evaluation rubric, genre conventions
Methodology Selection
Method-stance compatibility, evidence need decomposition, multi-method design
Research Plan
Ten-section plan architecture covering problem through feasibility
IRB Protocol
13-section protocol narratives, risk assessment, digital ethnography ethics
Informed Consent
Consent modes (written, verbal, layered, community-based), cultural adaptation
Grant Proposal
NSF CA-DDRIG, Wenner-Gren, Fulbright, ERC, SSHRC, Wellcome — funder-specific guidance
Dissertation Prospectus
Section-by-section prospectus development (8–30 pages)
Fieldwork Methods
Interview guides, observation protocols, sampling strategies, data management plans
Research Writing
Article architecture, ethnographic craft, subfield conventions, journal requirements
Academic Review
Peer review writing, rebuttal letters, revision strategy
Conference Materials
AAA abstracts, slide decks, posters, speaker notes, oral delivery
Public Engagement
Op-eds, blog posts, policy briefs, community reports, media preparation
Job Materials
Academic CVs, cover letters, job talks, application strategy
Career Statements
Research, teaching, and diversity statements; tenure narratives
Teaching Materials
Syllabi, lesson plans, assignments, rubrics, discussion guides
Autonomous research assistants
Research Design
Orchestrates question, methodology, and plan skills for end-to-end research design
Ethics Reviewer
Reviews research designs for ethics issues, drafts protocols and consent documents
Proposal Advisor
Translates research designs into persuasive funder-specific narratives
Fieldwork Advisor
Designs instruments tailored to specific research questions and fieldwork contexts
Writing Advisor
Guides article and chapter writing and revision management
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