lookdnbclisted
Install: claude install-skill alkat19/dnbc_skills
# lookdnbc — DNBC variable finder
Help find the right DNBC variables for a topic. Given a concept, return the matching
variables across waves with their **name**, **description**, and **answer labels** — the
information needed to decide what to load and how to recode it during preprocessing.
The searchable data is already built into this skill (no PDF parsing at query time):
- **[references/dnbc_variables.tsv](references/dnbc_variables.tsv)** — the dictionary,
7,989 rows, one variable per line, tab-separated:
`wave · var · page · description · labels · depends_on · section · source`.
Fully self-contained per line, so a single match shows everything.
- **[references/topics.tsv](references/topics.tsv)** — curated `concept → terms` maps
behind `--topic`.
- **[references/text/](references/text/)** — the clean full text of each codebook (`i1.txt`
… `y18.txt`). `--context` reads these for you; open one directly only when you need
more than it shows.
## Waves covered
| slug | wave | code prefixes |
|------|------|---------------|
| `i1` | Interview 1 — prenatal, ~12 wk gestation | A |
| `i2` | Interview 2 — prenatal, ~30 wk gestation | B |
| `i3` | Interview 3 — postnatal, ~6 months | C, P |
| `i4` | Interview 4 — postnatal, ~18 months | D, S, R, O, T |
| `y7` | 7-year follow-up | Z |
| `y11c` | 11-year follow-up — child self-report | E, E_ |
| `y11a` | 11-year follow-up — adult/parent report | F, F_ |
| `y18` | 18-year follow-up | G, G_ |
## The `source` column —