# Explore Run

> Rigor Improve / Rigor Explore run leaf skill for bounded exploratory evidence in deep learning research repositories. Use when the researcher explicitly authorizes exploratory runs such as small-subset validation, short-cycle guess-and-check, batch sweeps, idle-GPU search, or quick transfer-learning trials, with fair-comparison caveats and no-overclaim summaries in `explore_outputs/`. Do not use…

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-lllllllama-rigorpilot-skills-explore-run`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [lllllllama](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/lllllllama)
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- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [lllllllama](https://github.com/lllllllama)
- **Source:** https://github.com/lllllllama/RigorPilot-Skills/tree/main/skills/explore-run

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-lllllllama-rigorpilot-skills-explore-run
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# explore-run

Use this as the Rigor Improve / Rigor Explore run leaf skill. The installed slug
remains `explore-run` for compatibility.

Use the shared operating principles in
`../ai-research-reproduction/references/agent-operating-principles.md`; this skill should guide
candidate run planning while preserving model judgment about the active repo.

## When to apply

- When the researcher explicitly authorizes exploratory runs.
- When the task is a small-subset validation, short-cycle training probe, batch sweep, idle-GPU search, or quick transfer-learning trial.
- When the output should rank candidate runs rather than certify trusted success.

## When not to apply

- When the user wants trusted training execution or conservative verification.
- When there is no explicit exploratory authorization.
- When the task is repository setup, intake, or debugging.

## Clear boundaries

- This skill owns exploratory execution planning and summary only.
- Use `ai-research-explore` instead when the task spans both current_research coordination and exploratory code changes.
- It may hand off actual command execution to `minimal-run-and-audit` or `run-train`.
- It should keep experiment state isolated from the trusted baseline.
- It should prefer small-subset and short-cycle checks before heavier exploratory runs.
- It should label run results as bounded evidence and explain when a comparison
  is not directly fair.

## Ranking Semantics

- Pre-execution candidate selection uses three factors: `cost`, `success_rate`, and `expected_gain`.
- Default weights should stay conservative unless the researcher explicitly provides `selection_weights`.
- Budget pruning still applies after scoring through `max_variants` and `max_short_cycle_runs`.
- If runs are executed later, downstream ranking should switch to real execution evidence, not stay purely heuristic.

## Variant Spec Hints

- Use `variant_axes` to define the candidate dimension grid.
- Use `subset_sizes` and `short_run_steps` to express exploratory run scale.
- Use `selection_weights` to rebalance `cost`, `success_rate`, and `expected_gain`.
- Use `primary_metric` and `metric_goal` so downstream ranking can order executed candidates consistently.

## Output expectations

- `explore_outputs/CHANGESET.md`
- `explore_outputs/SCIENTIFIC_CHANGELOG.md`
- `explore_outputs/COMPARABILITY_REPORT.md`
- `explore_outputs/TOP_RUNS.md`
- `explore_outputs/status.json`

## Notes

Use `references/execution-policy.md`, `../ai-research-reproduction/references/explore-variant-spec.md`, `../ai-research-reproduction/references/deep-learning-experiment-principles.md`, `scripts/plan_variants.py`, and `scripts/write_outputs.py`.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [lllllllama](https://github.com/lllllllama)
- **Source:** [lllllllama/RigorPilot-Skills](https://github.com/lllllllama/RigorPilot-Skills)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-lllllllama-rigorpilot-skills-explore-run
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/lllllllama
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