agentsociety-use-dataset

Research

Use when external datasets need to be searched, inspected, or downloaded for experiments or analysis.

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Use Dataset

Overview

Search, download, and inspect datasets from the AgentSociety platform. All operations use the public API -- no authentication required. Always read the README before operating on dataset contents to avoid misinterpretation of column types, units, and semantics.

Use the Python interpreter from .env. See CLAUDE.md for setup.

When to Use

User needs external datasets for experiments or analysis
Searching for survey data, agent profiles, or simulation results
User says "download dataset", "find data", "browse datasets", or "search datasets"

Do NOT use when:

User wants to create or upload a dataset (use agentsociety-create-dataset)
User needs to design experiments from scratch (use experiment-config)

Quick Reference

Command	Auth	Description
`list`	No	List datasets (local default, `--all` merged, `--remote` remote only)
`list-installed`	No	Alias for `list` (backward compat)
`search`	No	Search with `--category`, `--tags`, `--limit`, `--skip` filters
`info <id>`	No	Show metadata (local + remote merged, warns if outdated)
`readme <id>`	No	Display dataset README
`files <id>`	No	List dataset file tree
`download <id>`	No	Download and extract to `datasets/<id>/`
`cat <id> <path>`	No	Read file content from local dataset

Run commands from the workspace root through .agentsociety/bin/ags.py.

Workflow

digraph use_dataset_flow {
    rankdir=LR;
    node [shape=box, style=filled, fillcolor="#E8F4FD"];
    browse [label="browse or search"];
    readme [label="read README"];
    download [label="download"];
    inspect [label="inspect files"];
    update [label="check for updates"];

    browse -> readme -> download -> inspect -> update;
}

For listing examples and status value details, see references/listing-guide.md. For the downloaded metadata.json schema, see references/metadata-format.md.

Common Mistakes

Mistake	Fix
Skipping README before using dataset contents	Always run `readme <id>` first to understand format, columns, units
Not checking for updates (using outdated version)	Run `list --all` or `info <id>` to compare local vs remote versions
Downloading without reading README first	README describes semantics; downloading without context wastes time
Confusing local-only and remote datasets	Use `list --all` for merged view; status column shows source

Pipeline Position

Predecessors: create-dataset (for locally created datasets), otherwise none (standalone) Successors: experiment-config (for experiment setup), analysis (for data analysis)