research-c-experiment

name	research[C]-experiment
description	ResearchPilot Research Assistant [Phase C]: Experiment design
version	2.0.0
license	LICENSE

user_requirements.md priority: All user constraints recorded in docs/user_requirements.md (direction preferences, implementation requirements, document format, etc.) take precedence over any default instruction in this skill. Always read that file before generating any output to ensure compliance with confirmed user constraints.

Phase C: Experiment Design

Read baseline papers and code, synthesize field experiment conventions, design main/ablation/additional experiments, and append docs/idea_report.md Part 3. Then move to Phase D.

Prerequisite: docs/idea_report.md contains Part 2 (Phase B complete).

Design principle: The sole purpose of every experiment is to rigorously prove the idea's effectiveness. Resource constraints are not design inputs — only a post-design estimate is provided.

Workflow Overview & Outputs

ResearchPilot-Skills splits a complete academic research project into seven independent stage skills. The current skill is one link in that chain.

Seven-Stage Chain

Skill	Phase	Main Output
/research[A]-exploration	Direction Exploration	docs/idea_report.md Part 1
/research[B]-idea	Idea Deepening	docs/idea_report.md Part 2
/research[C]-experiment	Experiment Design	docs/idea_report.md Part 3
/research[D]-implementation	Implementation Design	docs/implementation.md
/research[E]-coding	Coding	code/ + docs/dev_log.md
/research[F]-iteration	Code Iteration	dev_log.md iteration records
/research[G.0]-plan	Paper Planning	manuscript architecture + notebooks/figures.ipynb
/research[G.1]-method	Method	manuscript Method section
/research[G.2]-experiments	Experiments	manuscript Experiments section
/research[G.3]-abstract	Abstract	manuscript Abstract
/research[G.4]-introduction	Introduction	manuscript Introduction
/research[G.5]-related	Related Works	manuscript Related Works
/research[G.6]-conclusion	Conclusion + References	manuscript Conclusion
/research[G.7]-review	Full-paper Review	review report

Project Directory Structure

docs/
  idea_report.md        # Research report in three parts:
                        #   Part 1: Motivation, RQs, Key Works  (Phase A)
                        #   Part 2: Introduction, Related Works, Method  (Phase B)
                        #   Part 3: Datasets, Experiment Design, Resource Estimate  (Phase C)
  implementation.md     # Coding guide: file- and function-level implementation plan  (Phase D)
  dev_log.md            # Dev log: progress, decisions, "How to Run" section  (Phase E)
  user_requirements.md  # User constraints: collected and maintained by Claude
  papers/               # Downloaded paper PDFs or abstract TXTs
  manuscripts/          # Paper drafts, each revision archived separately
                        #   (e.g. v1.0-initial-draft.md, v1.1-revision.md)

code/
  src/                  # Core model and training code
  scripts/              # Run scripts (train.sh, evaluate.sh, ablation.sh)
  configs/              # Hyperparameter config files
  src/models/baseline/  # Baseline implementations (interface matches main model)
  notebooks/            # Visualization notebooks; paper figure/table generation
  data/                 # Datasets (gitignored)
  results/              # Experiment results (gitignored)
  logs/                 # Training logs (gitignored)
  README.md             # Environment setup and run commands
  requirements.txt      # Dependencies (library names only, no torch family)

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Command

/research[C]-experiment

An optional natural-language instruction may follow the command. The AI will treat it as an additional constraint or supplement for this invocation.

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Phase C Flow Overview

C-1 Read baseline papers and code (show reading plan, wait for user confirmation)
C-2 Search field experiment conventions (recent 3-year papers in same domain)
C-3 Verify data and code availability
C-4 Propose experiment outline, confirm with user (skeleton first, then details)
C-5 Generate idea_report.md Part 3 full content
C-6 Provide resource estimate (reference only, appended to Part 3)
C-7 Ask user whether to proceed to Phase D
C-8 Iterative refinement (loop until user confirms)

Full step-by-step instructions: references/phase-C.md.

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Non-Negotiable Constraints

1. Do not advance to Phase D without explicit user confirmation.
2. Must show the experiment outline (C-4) and get user confirmation before writing the full Part 3 content.
3. Do not collect GPU/training-time resource constraints before design — only provide a post-design estimate.
4. Every model in evaluation tables must be explained individually: difference from the proposed method, reason for inclusion, source paper.
5. Never fabricate citations. Unverifiable content gets ⚠️ [low confidence: reason].
6. Rules in references/template-flexibility.md take precedence over any specific template instruction.

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On Phase Completion

After Part 3 is confirmed:

Phase C complete. idea_report.md Part 3 has been generated.

→ Use `/research[D]-implementation` to enter the Implementation Design phase.

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Reference Files

• Detailed flow: references/phase-C.md
• Document format specs: references/document-formats.md
• Template flexibility rules: references/template-flexibility.md