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Skill: experiment-retrospective

experiment-retrospective

Turn experiment reports and notes into summaries and new/updated result skills.

SKILL.md

Full skill instructions

Skill: experiment-retrospective

When to use

Use this when:

  • The user starts with <retrospective>, or
  • Requests a summary/​lessons-learned across one or more experiments.

Behavior

  1. Select inputs

    • Use the user's description to identify relevant:
      • training_reports/​*.md
      • Sections of references/​experiment-log.md
    • If ambiguous, list candidate reports and ask the user to choose.
  2. Summarize experiments

    • For each report:
      • Extract: setup, hyperparameters, metrics, successes, failures.
    • Write a markdown summary with:
      • "What we tried"
      • "Key findings"
      • "What failed"
      • "Open questions"
  3. Update troubleshooting (if needed)

    • If the experiments reveal new error patterns and their fixes:
      • Propose new rows for references/​troubleshooting.md.
      • Ask the user for confirmation before editing the file.
  4. Propose or update skills

    • Decide what result skills should reflect these findings.
    • For each skill:
      • If new: start from templates/​skills/​result-skill-template.md.
      • If existing: identify which sections to update.
    • Draft SKILL.md content that includes:
      • General description, context, results summary, recommended practice, failure modes, and explicit guidance for future Codex usage.
    • Use the user's description to fill in names, summaries, and assumptions, then remove any template sections that do not apply.
  5. Ask before writing

    • Present the proposed skill changes.
    • Only create or modify files under .codex/​skills/ with user approval.
  6. Optional

    • Append a summarized retrospective entry to references/​experiment-log.md (e.g. "2025-12-26 – Retrospective on IMDb+Amazon mixture experiments").
    • Include a short "General description" line when logging.

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