explore-code
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Rigor Improve implementation leaf skill for auditable candidate implementation in deep learning research repositories. Use when the researcher explicitly authorizes exploratory work on an isolated branch or worktree to transplant modules, adapt a backbone, add LoRA or adapter layers, replace a head, or stitch together meaningful low-risk migration ideas with rollback-aware records in `explore_outputs/`. Do not use for end-to-end exploration orchestration on top of `current_research`, trusted baseline reproduction, conservative debugging, environment setup, verified contribution claims, or default repository analysis.
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- HermeticOrmus/code-comprehension-skillstheir own version, first seen May 25, 2026
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In this repository11 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- ai-research-exploreSkill
- ai-research-reproductionSkill
- analyze-projectSkill
- env-and-assets-bootstrapSkill
- explore-runSkill
- minimal-run-and-auditSkill
- paper-context-resolverSkill
- repo-intake-and-planSkill
- run-trainSkill
- safe-debugSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
10 rules. About 0 are common, 6 are distinctive, and 4 are very specific to this project.
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Distinctive · estimate
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Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
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- Distinctive
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- Very specific: line 8
Use this as the Rigor Improve implementation leaf skill.
- Very specific: line 11
Use the shared operating principles in ../ai-research-reproduction/references/agent-operating-principles.md.
- Distinctive: line 17
When the researcher explicitly authorizes exploratory code changes on an isolated branch or worktree.
- Distinctive: line 18
When the task is source-anchored module transplant, backbone adaptation, LoRA or adapter insertion, or low-risk module combination.
- Distinctive: line 19
When summary-level recording is sufficient and the result is a candidate, not a trusted conclusion.
- Distinctive: line 23
When the request is for trusted baseline work, conservative debugging, or normal training execution.
- Distinctive: line 24
When the user did not explicitly authorize exploratory modifications.
- Distinctive: line 25
When the task is a broad refactor or a from-scratch idea implementation.
- Very specific: line 31
Use ai-research-explore instead when the task spans both current_research coordination and exploratory runs.
- Very specific: line 47
Use references/explore-policy.md, ../ai-research-reproduction/references/research-rigor-principles.md, scripts/plan_code_changes.py, and …
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
explore-code
Use this as the Rigor Improve implementation leaf skill. The installed slug
remains explore-code for compatibility.
Use the shared operating principles in
../ai-research-reproduction/references/agent-operating-principles.md; this skill should guide
bounded candidate code work without over-prescribing implementation details.
When to apply
- When the researcher explicitly authorizes exploratory code changes on an isolated branch or worktree.
- When the task is source-anchored module transplant, backbone adaptation, LoRA or adapter insertion, or low-risk module combination.
- When summary-level recording is sufficient and the result is a candidate, not a trusted conclusion.
When not to apply
- When the request is for trusted baseline work, conservative debugging, or normal training execution.
- When the user did not explicitly authorize exploratory modifications.
- When the task is a broad refactor or a from-scratch idea implementation.
Clear boundaries
- This skill owns exploratory code modifications only.
- It must keep work isolated from the trusted baseline.
- Use
ai-research-exploreinstead when the task spans both current_research coordination and exploratory runs. - It may hand off execution to
minimal-run-and-auditorrun-train. - It should favor source-anchored copying and minimal adaptation over freeform rewrites.
- It should record why a candidate change is meaningful, how to roll it back, and why it remains a candidate rather than a verified contribution.
Output expectations
explore_outputs/CHANGESET.mdexplore_outputs/SCIENTIFIC_CHANGELOG.mdexplore_outputs/COMPARABILITY_REPORT.mdexplore_outputs/TOP_RUNS.mdexplore_outputs/status.json
Notes
Use references/explore-policy.md, ../ai-research-reproduction/references/research-rigor-principles.md, scripts/plan_code_changes.py, and scripts/write_outputs.py.
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