| name | behavior-feature-selection |
| description | Choose assay-specific features and measurable objectives for behavior analysis, including distances, zones, speed, contact, orientation, and object interaction. |
| metadata | {"annolid":{"always":false}} |
Behavior Feature Selection
Use this skill to convert assay context into a concrete measurement plan.
Goal
Pick the smallest feature set that supports the requested assay outcome.
Feature patterns
aggression: inter-animal distance, approach velocity, retreat, contact,
attack initiation, escape trajectories.social_interaction: body distance, nose-to-nose, following, orientation,
proximity dwell time.open_field: centroid, speed, immobility, center/periphery occupancy.novel_object_recognition: nose/object distance, investigation dwell time,
transitions between objects.courtship: pursuit, display posture, contact sequences, proximity dynamics.
Output
Return:
- target features,
- derived metrics,
- why each feature matters,
- any missing evidence needed to compute them reliably.
Constraint
Do not request generic features "just in case". Select features that are tied to
the assay and the requested report.
