| name | hypothesis-evolve-inspiration |
| description | Generate exactly one cross-parent child hypothesis by transferring a useful principle from one parent context into another. |
hypothesis-evolve-inspiration
Goal:
- Generate exactly one cross-parent child hypothesis by transferring a useful principle from one parent context into another.
Inputs:
research_plan/RESEARCH_PLAN.json
- selected parent
hypotheses/<id>/HYPOTHESIS.json artifacts
- parent review artifacts
- active
state/STRATEGY_PLAN.json
Outputs:
hypotheses/<id>/HYPOTHESIS.json
hypotheses/<id>/HYPOTHESIS.md
hypotheses/<id>/ORIGIN.json
Context Loading:
- Open
skills/shared-references/schema-index.md.
- Read
packages/agent_contracts/hypothesis.py and confirm the exact HypothesisContract shape before writing hypotheses/<id>/HYPOTHESIS.json.
- Read
research_plan/RESEARCH_PLAN.json.
- Read
state/STRATEGY_PLAN.json.
- Read the selected parent hypotheses and their review bundles.
- Confirm that the round selected
inspiration_evolution.
Execution Prompt Contract:
- System Intent:
- You are producing one novel child hypothesis by transferring a principle from one parent into another domain or mechanism context.
- Required Reasoning Focus:
- Name the borrowed principle.
- Keep the analogical leap explicit and testable.
- Produce a child that is genuinely new, not just a stitched paraphrase.
- Do Not Do:
- Do not copy one parent with cosmetic changes.
- Do not emit more than one child.
- Quality Floor:
- The child must directly address at least one specific weakness from the parent review bundle.
origin.content.statement must name concrete materials, catalysts, reaction conditions, mechanistic variables, or experimental targets from the parent and research goal.
origin.content.mechanism must explain a causal chain; do not write only generic phrases such as improved mechanism, targeted improvement, or review-identified weaknesses.
origin.content.experimental_design must include 3-6 numbered steps with measurable readouts, controls, or decision thresholds.
- Do not use generic refinement placeholder steps such as
Apply targeted improvement, Characterize with standard techniques, Benchmark against parent, or Validate improvement quantitatively.
- If the research plan, parent hypothesis, or parent review bundle is missing, stop and report the missing artifact instead of guessing.
- Output Shape:
- Emit the canonical
HypothesisContract.
origin.strategy: inspiration_evolution
- Keep
summary and category specific to the new cross-parent insight.
Execution Steps:
- Open
skills/shared-references/schema-index.md, then read packages/agent_contracts/hypothesis.py before writing hypotheses/<id>/HYPOTHESIS.json.
- Identify the transferable principle across the parent set.
- Produce exactly one inspired child hypothesis.
- Persist canonical
HYPOTHESIS.json, HYPOTHESIS.md, and ORIGIN.json.
- Validate the emitted hypothesis artifact.
Completion Rule:
- This skill is complete only when one inspired cross-parent child hypothesis has been written in canonical form.