Customization Before executing, check for user customizations at: ~/.claude/skills/PAI/USER/SKILLCUSTOMIZATIONS/Science/ If this directory exists, load and apply any PREFERENCES.md, configurations, or resources found there. These override default behavior. If the directory does not exist, proceed with skill defaults. 🚨 MANDATORY: Voice Notification (REQUIRED BEFORE ANY ACTION) You MUST send this notification BEFORE doing anything else when this skill is invoked. Send voice notification : curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8888/notify \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"message": "Running the WORKFLOWNAME workflow in the Science skill to ACTION"}' \
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&1 & Output text notification : Running the WorkflowName workflow in the Science skill to ACTION... This is not optional. Execute this curl command immediately upon skill invocation. Science - The Universal Algorithm The scientific method applied to everything. The meta-skill that governs all other skills. The Universal Cycle GOAL -----> What does success look like? | OBSERVE --> What is the current state? | HYPOTHESIZE -> What might work? (Generate MULTIPLE) | EXPERIMENT -> Design and run the test | MEASURE --> What happened? (Data collection) | ANALYZE --> How does it compare to the goal? | ITERATE --> Adjust hypothesis and repeat | +------> Back to HYPOTHESIZE The goal is CRITICAL. Without clear success criteria, you cannot judge results. Workflow Routing Output when executing: Running the WorkflowName workflow in the Science skill to ACTION... Core Workflows Trigger Workflow "define the goal", "what are we trying to achieve" Workflows/DefineGoal.md "what might work", "ideas", "hypotheses" Workflows/GenerateHypotheses.md "how do we test", "experiment design" Workflows/DesignExperiment.md "what happened", "measure", "results" Workflows/MeasureResults.md "analyze", "compare to goal" Workflows/AnalyzeResults.md "iterate", "try again", "next cycle" Workflows/Iterate.md Full structured cycle Workflows/FullCycle.md Diagnostic Workflows Trigger Workflow Quick debugging (15-min rule) Workflows/QuickDiagnosis.md Complex investigation Workflows/StructuredInvestigation.md Resource Index Resource Description METHODOLOGY.md Deep dive into each phase Protocol.md How skills implement Science Templates.md Goal, Hypothesis, Experiment, Results templates Examples.md Worked examples across scales Domain Applications Domain Manifestation Related Skill Coding TDD (Red-Green-Refactor) Development Products MVP -> Measure -> Iterate Development Research Question -> Study -> Analyze Research Prompts Prompt -> Eval -> Iterate Evals Decisions Options -> Council -> Choose Council Scale of Application Level Cycle Time Example Micro Minutes TDD: test, code, refactor Meso Hours-Days Feature: spec, implement, validate Macro Weeks-Months Product: MVP, launch, measure PMF Integration Points Phase Skills to Invoke Goal Council for validation Observe Research for context Hypothesize Council for ideas, RedTeam for stress-test Experiment Development (Worktrees) for parallel tests Measure Evals for structured measurement Analyze Council for multi-perspective analysis Key Principles (Quick Reference) Goal-First - Define success before starting Hypothesis Plurality - NEVER just one idea (minimum 3) Minimum Viable Experiments - Smallest test that teaches Falsifiability - Experiments must be able to fail Measure What Matters - Only goal-relevant data Honest Analysis - Compare to goal, not expectations Rapid Iteration - Cycle speed > perfect experiments Anti-Patterns Bad Good "Make it better" "Reduce load time from 3s to 1s" "I think X will work" "Here are 3 approaches: X, Y, Z" "Prove I'm right" "Design test that could disprove" "Pretend failure didn't happen" "What did we learn?" "Keep experimenting forever" "Ship and learn from production" Quick Start Goal - What does success look like? Observe - What do we know? Hypothesize - At least 3 ideas Experiment - Minimum viable tests Measure - Collect goal-relevant data Analyze - Compare to success criteria Iterate - Adjust and repeat The answer emerges from the cycle, not from guessing.