experiment-plan

experiment-plan is an open-source data skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by wanshuiyin. Its author describes it as: “Turn a refined research proposal or method idea into a detailed, claim-driven experiment roadmap. Use after `research-refine`, or when the user asks for a detailed experiment plan, ablation matrix, evaluation protocol…”. The project has 15k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep ~/.claude/skills/experiment-plan`.

What experiment-plan does

Refine and concretize: **$ARGUMENTS**

Installation

Add experiment-plan to your agent with:

git clone https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep ~/.claude/skills/experiment-plan

Always review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.

What's inside

The SKILL.md for experiment-plan is organised into these sections:

• Overview
• Constants
• Workflow
• Phase 0: Load the Proposal Context
• Phase 1: Freeze the Paper Claims
• Phase 2: Build the Experimental Storyline
• Phase 3: Specify Each Experiment Block
• Phase 4: Turn the Plan Into an Execution Order
• Phase 5: Write the Outputs
• Output Protocols
• Key Rules
• Composing with Other Skills

When to use it

Reach for experiment-plan when you want data help from your agent without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.

Strengths

• Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt
• Ships in wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep, an established project with 14,858 GitHub stars
• Actively maintained (recent commits)

Topics

Frequently asked questions

What does experiment-plan do?

Turn a refined research proposal or method idea into a detailed, claim-driven experiment roadmap. Use after `research-refine`, or when the user asks for a detailed experiment plan, ablation matrix, evaluation protocol, run order, compute budget, or paper-ready validation that supports the core problem, novelty, simplicity, and any LLM / VLM / Diffusion / RL-based contribution.

How do I install experiment-plan?

Run git clone https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep ~/.claude/skills/experiment-plan in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep before installing.

Is experiment-plan free to use?

Yes. experiment-plan is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.

Where does experiment-plan come from?

experiment-plan ships inside wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 14,858 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.