Traceable Experiment Loop

Traceable Experiment Loop Skill

Use When

• A new experiment must be created in a fresh scratchpad/<Name>/<experiment_name>/ subfolder.
• The team wants phase-gated execution with explicit artifacts per phase.
• You need to enforce consistent experiment lineage from idea to src migration.

Required Inputs

• Contributor name and target scratchpad path.
• Experiment objective and success criteria.
• Candidate data sources and constraints.
• Planned architecture options.

Phase Loop (Mandatory Sequence)

1. Scoping phase
   • Define objective, boundaries, assumptions, and non-goals.
   • Create an experiment manifest from templates/EXPERIMENT_MANIFEST_TEMPLATE.md.