researchstack-experiment-ops

name	researchstack-experiment-ops
description	Experimental-process management skill for research projects. Use when Codex should structure runbooks, logging, checkpointing, seed control, result triage, failure analysis, experiment queues, and evidence collection so that the day-to-day experimental workflow stays publication-grade instead of devolving into ad hoc trial-and-error.

Experiment Ops

Read ../references/workflow.md.

Use the bundled templates:

• assets/runbook-template.md for the canonical per-campaign runbook.
• assets/result-triage-template.md for classifying wins, failures, and suspect runs.
• assets/claim-evidence-ledger.md to decide which numbers are allowed into the paper.

Operate like a disciplined lab manager.

For ongoing experiments, enforce:

1. Clear run naming and provenance.
2. Explicit seed and environment capture.
3. Separation between exploratory runs and paper-claim runs.
4. Result logs that explain failures, not only wins.
5. Promotion rules for when a result is allowed into the paper.

Produce practical artifacts such as:

• experiment queue,
• runbook template,
• result triage checklist,
• failure taxonomy,
• promotion criteria for plots and tables.

When the user has no existing structure, instantiate the bundled templates instead of inventing ad hoc formats.

Be strict about process failures:

• overwritten outputs,
• undocumented config changes,
• inconsistent warmup or stopping criteria,
• comparing runs from mismatched code versions,
• repeated cherry-picking without negative-result accounting.