EconAgent

From terminal to decision —
with proof

EconAgent runs economist-grade analyses with guardrails and provenance, then outputs a one-page decision memo and a reproducible bundle.

EconAgent demo screenshot

Everything you need for economic analysis

From data collection to policy recommendations, EconAgent handles the entire research pipeline

Causal inference

DiD (including staggered adoption), RCTs, RD; pre-trend checks and clustered SEs out of the box.

Power analysis

Detectable effect sizes, MDE curves, and sample size calculators for realistic designs.

Guardrails

Automatic balance, leakage, placebo, and pre-trend tests with clear flags and remedies.

Reproducible

Versioned runs with deterministic seeds, manifests, and data lineage for audits and papers.

Grounded answers

Built‑in web search and Google grounding so claims come with links and citations.

Decision‑ready

One‑page memos with assumptions, caveats, confidence intervals, and next steps.

Proof Helper

Structure arguments, surface assumptions, and probe edge cases with counterexamples.

Deep Research

Long‑form investigations that synthesize sources with citations, summaries, and takeaways.

Use cases

  • • A/B and holdout guardrails → faster, safer ship/no‑ship
  • • Pricing and elasticity → curves, thresholds, and sensitivity
  • • MMM and geo‑tests → defendable budgets and lift estimates
  • • Decision memos → assumptions, caveats, and next steps
Example:
# Design and run a DiD with guardrails
economist plan --spec free_shipping.yml
economist did --spec free_shipping.yml --require-pretrends --clusters region_id
# Publish a one-page decision memo
economist memo --bundle runs/free_shipping_v3 --out memo.pdf

Install and Quick Start

Requires Node.js 20+.

Try immediately
npx @careresearch/econ-agent
Install globally
npm install -g @careresearch/econ-agent
Local clone
git clone https://github.com/yigitokar/economist-cli cd economist-cli npm install && npm run build
Quick Start
# Open an interactive workspace in the current project economist # Include extra folders when building context economist --include-directories ../data --include-directories ../models # Run a one-off prompt without entering the UI economist --prompt "Design a DSGE calibration workflow for the attached data" # Manage installed MCP servers economist mcp list

Get early access

Join the waitlist for the CLI beta. We'll invite cohorts in waves.