Exp Lens Governance Risk

Governance Risk Experimental Design Lens

Philosophical Mode: Governance Primary Question: "What risks arise from acting on this result?" Focus: Deployment Risks, Subgroup Harms, Monitoring Plans, Limitation Disclosure, Responsible Decision-Making

Arguments

/autoskillit:exp-lens-governance-risk [context_path] [experiment_plan_path]

• context_path (optional positional arg 1) — Absolute path to a lens context file containing IV/DV tables, H0/H1 hypotheses, controlled variables, and success criteria. If provided, read this file before beginning analysis to obtain structured context. If omitted, discover context by exploring the CWD.
• experiment_plan_path (optional positional arg 2) — Absolute path to the full experiment plan. If provided, read for complete experimental methodology and design. If omitted, locate the experiment plan by exploring the CWD.

When to Use

• AI evaluation with deployment implications
• Experiments whose results will affect real users
• Safety-relevant benchmarks
• User invokes /autoskillit:exp-lens-governance-risk or /autoskillit:make-experiment-diag governance

Critical Constraints

NEVER:

• Modify any source code files
• Create files outside {{AUTOSKILLIT_TEMP}}/exp-lens-governance-risk/
• Run subagents in the background (run_in_background: true is prohibited)

ALWAYS:

• Identify subgroups for whom the experimental evidence may not generalize

• Assess decision sufficiency — does the experiment actually answer the deployment question?

• Treat absent limitation disclosure as a finding requiring explicit flagging

• Distinguish risks that are monitored from risks that are merely acknowledged

• BEFORE creating any diagram, LOAD the /autoskillit:mermaid skill using the Skill tool - this is MANDATORY

• If the Skill tool cannot be used (disable-model-invocation) or refuses this invocation, do NOT proceed with diagram creation. Abort this step and omit the diagram from output.

• Write output to {{AUTOSKILLIT_TEMP}}/exp-lens-governance-risk/exp_diag_governance_risk_{YYYY-MM-DD_HHMMSS}.md

• After writing the file, emit the structured output token as literal plain text with no markdown formatting on the token name (the adjudicator performs a regex match):

  diagram_path = /absolute/path/to/{{AUTOSKILLIT_TEMP}}/exp-lens-governance-risk/exp_diag_governance_risk_{...}.md
  

Analysis Workflow

Step 0: Parse optional arguments

If positional arg 1 (context_path) is provided and the file exists, read it to obtain IV/DV tables, H0/H1 hypotheses, controlled variables, and success criteria. If positional arg 2 (experiment_plan_path) is provided and exists, read the experiment plan for full methodology. Use this structured context as the foundation for Steps 1-5; skip the CWD exploration for these fields if the context file supplies them.

Step 1: Launch Parallel Exploration Subagents

Spawn Explore subagents to investigate:

Intended Use & Deployment Context

• Find intended deployment scenario and audience
• Look for: deploy, production, use_case, audience, user, stakeholder, decision

Subgroup & Fairness Analysis

• Find evidence of subgroup analysis or fairness evaluation
• Look for: subgroup, demographic, fairness, equity, bias, disaggregate, protected

Harm & Risk Metrics

• Find safety or harm metrics tracked
• Look for: harm, safety, risk, adverse, negative, side_effect, failure_mode

Monitoring & Feedback Plans

• Find post-deployment monitoring or feedback loops
• Look for: monitor, alert, feedback, drift, rollback, incident, threshold, canary

Limitation Disclosure

• Find explicit acknowledgment of limitations
• Look for: limitation, caveat, not_suitable, generalize, scope, restriction, caveat

Step 2: Build Risk Register

For each potential action: Who is affected? What could go wrong? Severity? Likelihood? Monitoring? Evidence? Classify by severity × likelihood.

Step 3: Analyze Decision Sufficiency

For every deployment decision: Does the experiment provide sufficient evidence? What additional evidence is needed? Are there subgroups with insufficient evidence?

Step 4: Create the Diagram (Optional)

Direction: TB. Results → Decisions → Stakeholder Impacts

Step 5: Write Output

Write the output to: {{AUTOSKILLIT_TEMP}}/exp-lens-governance-risk/exp_diag_governance_risk_{YYYY-MM-DD_HHMMSS}.md (relative to the current working directory)

Responsible Deployment Checklist

• Subgroup performance disaggregated and analyzed
• Deployment context matches experimental conditions
• Monitoring plan defined with specific thresholds
• Rollback criteria specified
• Limitations disclosed to decision-makers
• Affected communities consulted where applicable

Pre-Diagram Checklist

Before creating the diagram, verify:

• LOADED /autoskillit:mermaid skill using the Skill tool
• Using ONLY classDef styles from the mermaid skill (no invented colors)
• Diagram will include a color legend table

Related Skills

• /autoskillit:make-experiment-diag - Parent skill
• /autoskillit:mermaid - MUST BE LOADED before creating diagram
• /autoskillit:exp-lens-validity-threats
• /autoskillit:exp-lens-measurement-validity