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Columbia University
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hanxueyuan
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· v1.0.0
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/install columbia-uni
Description
Ivy League university in Manhattan with 130+ Nobel laureates, a $14B endowment, renowned research, and a history of student activism.
README (SKILL.md)
Columbia University
History Timeline
- 1754 — King's College founded by royal charter of King George II — the first college in New York
- 1767 — Columbia awards the first medical degree in the American colonies
- 1784 — Reorganized as Columbia College after American independence
- 1896 — Renamed Columbia University, moves to current Morningside Heights campus
- 1940s — Manhattan Project research conducted at Columbia (Enrico Fermi, I.I. Rabi)
- 1952 — First successful FM radio broadcast from Columbia engineering
- 1968 — Student protests over Vietnam War and gym construction in Morningside Park — iconic moment in American student activism
- 2000s — Manhattanville campus expansion in West Harlem
- 2020s — Major campus protests and debates over academic freedom and international politics
Academics & Research
- Nobel Laureates: 130+ affiliates (students, faculty, researchers) — among the highest of any university
- Pulitzer Prizes: The Pulitzer Prize is administered by Columbia — the university has more affiliated winners than any other institution
- Key Schools: Columbia Law School (T14), Columbia Business School (M7), Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Graduate School of Journalism
- Research Spending: $1.2+ billion annually — top 5 among US universities
- Libraries: 15+ million volumes across 20+ libraries — one of the largest academic library systems in the US
Key Data
- Endowment: $14+ billion (2024)
- Acceptance Rate: ~3.7% (undergraduate) — among the most selective in the world
- Students: ~9,000 undergraduates, ~25,000 graduate students
- Campus: 299 acres in Morningside Heights, Manhattan
- Notable Alumni: Alexander Hamilton, Barack Obama, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Warren Buffett
Interesting Facts
- The Pulitzer Prize was established by Joseph Pulitzer's 1904 will and is administered by Columbia University — the prize jury meets on Columbia's campus every year to select winners
- Columbia's Low Memorial Library, designed by Charles McKim, was modeled after the Pantheon in Rome — it was originally intended to be the university's main library but now serves as the administrative heart of the campus
Usage Guidance
This appears safe to install from a security perspective. Treat it as static reference content and verify important university facts against authoritative sources if accuracy matters.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: columbia-uni
Version: 1.0.0
The skill bundle contains purely informational content regarding Columbia University's history, academics, and statistics. There is no executable code, network activity, or prompt injection attempts within SKILL.md or _meta.json.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
The content is coherent with the stated purpose: a reference summary about Columbia University history, academics, research, and facts.
Instruction Scope
The skill provides factual reference material and read_when guidance, with no instructions to override user intent, call tools, or take actions.
Install Mechanism
There is no install specification and no code files; the skill is instruction-only.
Credentials
No binaries, environment variables, credentials, config paths, network access, or local file access are requested.
Persistence & Privilege
The artifacts show no persistence, background execution, privileged access, or credential/session handling.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install columbia-uni - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/columbia-uni - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
Initial release
Metadata
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Columbia University?
Ivy League university in Manhattan with 130+ Nobel laureates, a $14B endowment, renowned research, and a history of student activism. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 56 downloads so far.
How do I install Columbia University?
Run "/install columbia-uni" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is Columbia University free?
Yes, Columbia University is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does Columbia University support?
Columbia University is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created Columbia University?
It is built and maintained by hanxueyuan (@hanxueyuan); the current version is v1.0.0.
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