model-diff-review
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Compare two model checkpoints or prompt configurations using a consistent evaluation harness and error taxonomy. Use after fine-tuning, quantization, prompt edits, or inference-stack changes.
In this repository25 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- agent-skill-auditSkill
- api-contract-checkSkill
- build-rescueSkill
- change-narrativeSkill
- context-handoffSkill
- data-quality-gateSkill
- dataset-workshopSkill
- dependency-careSkill
- docs-syncSkill
- experiment-ledgerSkill
- failure-forensicsSkill
- model-eval-designSkill
- multi-agent-crosscheckSkill
- parallel-task-designSkill
- performance-proofSkill
- release-readinessSkill
- repo-scoutSkill
- research-evidence-mapSkill
- review-lensSkill
- safe-migrationSkill
- security-surfaceSkill
- spec-firstSkill
- sql-integrity-checkSkill
- test-driven-changeSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
4 rules. About 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
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Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
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Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 11
Verify artifact identity for both candidates: model revision/checksum, tokenizer, adapter/LoRA composition, quantization, inference …
- Distinctive: line 12
Run baseline and candidate on identical examples.
- Distinctive: line 22
Do not change test data or rubric after seeing results to favor one candidate.
- Distinctive: line 23
Do not equate lower loss or faster tokens/sec with higher task quality.
≈ “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
Model Diff Review
Procedure
- Lock the comparison variables: evaluation rows, preprocessing, system prompt, chat template, decoding settings, tool access, timeouts, and scoring logic.
- Verify artifact identity for both candidates: model revision/checksum, tokenizer, adapter/LoRA composition, quantization, inference library, and runtime flags.
- Run baseline and candidate on identical examples. Randomize execution order if order effects, provider rate limits, or changing external state could bias results.
- Compare overall results and meaningful slices. For small datasets, include raw counts and uncertainty; avoid false precision.
- Bucket disagreements into clear categories: reasoning error, retrieval/tool failure, formatting, instruction following, refusal, hallucination, latency, or infrastructure error.
- Manually inspect representative wins, losses, and regressions. Verify that scoring normalization is not hiding wrong answers.
- Recommend ship, iterate, or reject based on predeclared criteria and risk tolerance.
Deliverable
A comparison table, top regression examples, notable improvements, operational trade-offs, reproducibility metadata, and a recommendation tied to the original goal.
Boundaries
- Do not change test data or rubric after seeing results to favor one candidate.
- Do not equate lower loss or faster tokens/sec with higher task quality.
- Disclose unavailable providers, failed requests, and missing samples rather than silently dropping them.
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