scientific-method

Deepen a hypothesis with targeted literature research. Use whenever a hypothesis file needs supporting evidence, counterexamples, or a sharpened claim — including after generating-hypotheses or when a user asks to refine, strengthen, or research a specific hypothesis.

Refine a problem statement into a research-ready formulation. Creates problem.md through autonomous self-refinement backed by literature research.

Search for relevant academic and technical sources on a topic, build a structured bibliography in references.md, and download available articles. Use this skill whenever the user wants to find papers, survey existing research, build a reading list, gather citations, do a literature review, or explore what's been published on a topic -- even if they don't say 'literature review' explicitly.

Run a full scientific method research loop: refine problem, generate hypotheses, research literature, experiment, conclude, and iterate until solved. Use this skill whenever someone wants to investigate a question, debug a mysterious issue, explore a hypothesis, do a literature review, or solve any open-ended problem methodically — even if they don't say 'research' explicitly.

Execute experiments from a hypothesis file — run code, work through proofs, gather evidence, analyze data, and write results back. Use this skill whenever a hypothesis file has designed experiments with empty Results sections, when the user says 'run the experiments', 'test the hypothesis', 'try it', or 'execute the experiments', or when the next step in a scientific-method workflow is to actually attempt the experiments.