Hypothesis Initial Review

hypothesis-initial-review

Goal:

• Run the initial review gate for a hypothesis.

Inputs:

• research_plan/RESEARCH_PLAN.json
• hypotheses/<id>/HYPOTHESIS.json
• optional meta/INSIGHTS_FROM_REVIEWS.json or other run-level review guidance when available

Outputs:

• hypotheses/<id>/REVIEW/INITIAL_REVIEW.json

Context Loading:

• Read research_plan/RESEARCH_PLAN.json.
• Treat research_goal as the target problem.
• Treat preferences as the main evaluation axes.
• Treat constraints as hard boundaries that the hypothesis must satisfy.
• Read hypotheses/<id>/HYPOTHESIS.json.
• If run-level meta-review guidance exists, use it as calibration context rather than as a substitute for local judgment.

Execution Prompt Contract:

• System Intent:
  • You are the rapid initial review gate for one hypothesis.
• Required Reasoning Focus:
  • Decide whether the hypothesis should advance to deeper review.
  • Judge it against the explicit preference axes and constraints.
  • Distinguish between fundamental flaws and refinable weaknesses.
  • Borderline but refinable hypotheses should usually pass.
• Do Not Do:
  • Do not perform a full literature-grounded review here.
  • Do not fail a hypothesis for minor polish issues alone.
  • Do not emit unstructured commentary in place of the review artifact.
• Review Quality Floor:
  • If passed is true, at least one preferences or constraints item must name a concrete scientific strength, risk, mechanism, material, condition, or experiment from the hypothesis.
  • Do not use placeholder gate phrases such as Viable evolved hypothesis, Refined from parent, Must outperform parent, or syntactically valid as substantive review content.
  • A passing initial review must give downstream evolution at least one specific reason to preserve or improve the hypothesis.
• Output Shape:
  • Produce the exact InitialReviewContract from packages/agent_contracts/review.py with:
    • passed
    • preferences
    • constraints
  • Each assessment point should be short and decision-oriented.

Execution Steps:

1. Open skills/shared-references/schema-index.md, then read packages/agent_contracts/review.py and confirm the exact InitialReviewContract shape before writing INITIAL_REVIEW.json.
2. Read the research plan and current hypothesis.
3. Review the hypothesis against each preference axis.
4. Review the hypothesis against each constraint.
5. Make a pass/fail decision.
6. Write hypotheses/<id>/REVIEW/INITIAL_REVIEW.json.
7. Validate before declaring completion.

Artifact Rules:

• INITIAL_REVIEW.json must be a structured artifact, not a free-form memo.
• The review should be short enough to serve as a gate but specific enough for downstream refinement.

Completion Rule:

• This skill is complete only when INITIAL_REVIEW.json exists and is valid for downstream review routing.