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claude-skills-reference/docs/skills/engineering/autoresearch-agent-run.md
Reza Rezvani 7911cf957a feat(autoresearch-agent): fix critical bugs, package as plugin with 5 slash commands
**Bug fixes (run_experiment.py):**
- Fix broken revert logic: was saving HEAD as pre_commit (no-op revert),
  now uses git reset --hard HEAD~1 for correct rollback
- Remove broken --loop mode (agent IS the loop, script handles one iteration)
- Fix shell injection: all git commands use subprocess list form
- Replace shell tail with Python file read

**Bug fixes (other scripts):**
- setup_experiment.py: fix shell injection in git branch creation,
  remove dead --skip-baseline flag, fix evaluator docstring parsing
- log_results.py: fix 6 falsy-zero bugs (baseline=0 treated as None),
  add domain_filter to CSV/markdown export, move import time to top
- evaluators: add FileNotFoundError handling, fix output format mismatch
  in llm_judge_copy, add peak_kb on macOS, add ValueError handling

**Plugin packaging (NEW):**
- plugin.json, settings.json, CLAUDE.md for plugin registry
- 5 slash commands: /ar:setup, /ar:run, /ar:loop, /ar:status, /ar:resume
- /ar:loop supports user-selected intervals (10m, 1h, daily, weekly, monthly)
- experiment-runner agent for autonomous loop iterations
- Registered in marketplace.json as plugin #20

**SKILL.md rewrite:**
- Replace ambiguous "Loop Protocol" with clear "Agent Protocol"
- Add results.tsv format spec, strategy escalation, self-improvement
- Replace "NEVER STOP" with resumable stopping logic

**Docs & sync:**
- Codex (157 skills), Gemini (229 items), convert.sh all pick up the skill
- 6 new MkDocs pages, mkdocs.yml nav updated
- Counts updated: 17 agents, 22 slash commands

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-13 14:38:59 +01:00

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/ar:run — Single Experiment Iteration /ar:run — Single Experiment Iteration - Claude Code skill from the Engineering - POWERFUL domain.

/ar:run — Single Experiment Iteration

:material-rocket-launch: Engineering - POWERFUL :material-identifier: `run` :material-github: Source
Install: claude /plugin install engineering-advanced-skills

Run exactly ONE experiment iteration: review history, decide a change, edit, commit, evaluate.

Usage

/ar:run engineering/api-speed              # Run one iteration
/ar:run                                     # List experiments, let user pick

What It Does

Step 1: Resolve experiment

If no experiment specified, run python {skill_path}/scripts/setup_experiment.py --list and ask the user to pick.

Step 2: Load context

# Read experiment config
cat .autoresearch/{domain}/{name}/config.cfg

# Read strategy and constraints
cat .autoresearch/{domain}/{name}/program.md

# Read experiment history
cat .autoresearch/{domain}/{name}/results.tsv

# Checkout the experiment branch
git checkout autoresearch/{domain}/{name}

Step 3: Decide what to try

Review results.tsv:

  • What changes were kept? What pattern do they share?
  • What was discarded? Avoid repeating those approaches.
  • What crashed? Understand why.
  • How many runs so far? (Escalate strategy accordingly)

Strategy escalation:

  • Runs 1-5: Low-hanging fruit (obvious improvements)
  • Runs 6-15: Systematic exploration (vary one parameter)
  • Runs 16-30: Structural changes (algorithm swaps)
  • Runs 30+: Radical experiments (completely different approaches)

Step 4: Make ONE change

Edit only the target file specified in config.cfg. Change one thing. Keep it simple.

Step 5: Commit and evaluate

git add {target}
git commit -m "experiment: {short description of what changed}"

python {skill_path}/scripts/run_experiment.py \
  --experiment {domain}/{name} --single

Step 6: Report result

Read the script output. Tell the user:

  • KEEP: "Improvement! {metric}: {value} ({delta} from previous best)"
  • DISCARD: "No improvement. {metric}: {value} vs best {best}. Reverted."
  • CRASH: "Evaluation failed: {reason}. Reverted."

Step 7: Self-improvement check

After every 10th experiment (check results.tsv line count), update the Strategy section of program.md with patterns learned.

Rules

  • ONE change per iteration. Don't change 5 things at once.
  • NEVER modify the evaluator (evaluate.py). It's ground truth.
  • Simplicity wins. Equal performance with simpler code is an improvement.
  • No new dependencies.