| name | eda-experiment-phenomenology-analyst |
| description | Extract and maintain reusable experiment knowledge across `log -> result -> conclusion -> experience` layers, then hand that evidence to execution, retrospective, and veto skills without forcing them to re-read raw logs every time. |
EDA Experiment Phenomenology Analyst
When to use
Use this skill when:
- an experiment or batch has finished and raw logs should be lifted into reusable evidence,
- repeated experiment patterns need to become durable recommendations instead of one-off notes,
control-postrun-retro or control-theory-veto should consume prior empirical experience without reparsing all prior logs,
- a new “experiment expert” style workflow needs access to an experience layer rather than raw batch files only.
Scope Boundary
This skill owns horizontal evidence lifting and experiment-experience maintenance.
It owns:
- extracting structured facts from raw experiment artifacts,
- separating
result, conclusion, and experience,
- maintaining experience deltas or registry-style artifacts,
- surfacing empirically repeated patterns that downstream skills may rely on.
It does not own:
- final post-run recursion decisions (
control-postrun-retro),
- final veto authority (
control-theory-veto),
- workflow routing ownership,
- domain-method correctness claims by itself.
Expected Downstream Consumers
Typical consumers:
workflow-scoped-execution for batch closeout,
control-postrun-retro for next-step decision,
control-theory-veto for experience-informed GO/CONDITIONAL/NO-GO,
workflow-research-chain for durable experiment memory across stages.
Inputs
Provide or derive:
- raw batch artifacts:
- summaries,
- manifests,
- monitor/history files,
- report files,
- stdout/stderr logs when needed,
- experiment objective and comparison contract,
- any existing memory or experience artifacts for the same design/branch,
- KB references if the batch conclusion depends on policy interpretation.
Outputs
Emit the smallest set needed by downstream consumers:
result artifact
- structured metrics and directly observed facts
- recommended form:
*.results.tsv or *.results.json
conclusion artifact
- batch-local mechanism judgment with cited evidence paths
- recommended form:
*.conclusion.md
experience_delta artifact
- reusable experience items added or reinforced by this batch
- recommended form:
*.experience_delta.md
- optional registry update
- append/refresh durable experience inventory when the workflow calls for long-lived storage
Hard rules
- Do not skip from raw logs directly to durable advice; write
result and conclusion first.
- Mark speculation as speculation; only
experience with repeated or well-supported evidence should influence later veto decisions.
- Keep batch-local conclusions separate from cross-batch experience.
- When experience is used for veto, include the trigger pattern and linked evidence runs.
Operational References
Load only what is needed:
- Load
references/layer-contract.md when deciding how to split artifacts across log, result, conclusion, and experience.
- Load
references/consumer-integration-policy.md when wiring outputs into workflow-scoped-execution, control-postrun-retro, control-theory-veto, or workflow-research-chain.
- Use
docs/knowledge_base/templates/experiment_results_template.tsv, docs/knowledge_base/templates/experiment_conclusion_template.md, and docs/knowledge_base/templates/experiment_experience_delta_template.md as the default artifact skeletons when no more specific batch-local template already exists.