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data-collection

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Use when collecting data for a research project, downloading time series, building a dataset, accessing economic or social data APIs, or scraping data from a non-API source. Handles source discovery, respectful collection, local caching, and manifest documentation.

When to use

• "I need data on X"
• "Download the unemployment series"
• "Build a dataset of country-level GDP"
• "Scrape this website for paper data"
• "Where can I get data about Y?"
• Any new project's collection phase

When not to use

• scraping a source that explicitly prohibits automated access
• editing raw data files manually
• re-downloading data that already exists in data/raw/
• collecting data without specifying the period and frequency upfront

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