# U0490 Research Risk Aware Scheduler

> Build and operate the "Research Risk-Aware Scheduler" capability for Scientific Research Systems. Trigger when this exact capability is needed in mission execution.

- Skill: `zwright8/u0490-research-risk-aware-scheduler` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add zwright8/u0490-research-risk-aware-scheduler`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/zwright8/u0490-research-risk-aware-scheduler/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Research & Search
- Author: zwright8 (https://skillmd.com/u/zwright8)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/zwright8/u0490-research-risk-aware-scheduler

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# Research Risk-Aware Scheduler

## Why This Skill Exists
We need this skill because research throughput degrades without reproducibility and prioritization. This specific skill times execution based on risk posture instead of urgency alone.

## When To Use
Use this skill when the request explicitly needs "Research Risk-Aware Scheduler" outcomes in the Scientific Research Systems domain.

## Step-by-Step Implementation Guide
1. Define the scope and success metrics for `Research Risk-Aware Scheduler`, including at least three measurable KPIs tied to non-reproducible results and wasted cycles.
2. Design and version the input/output contract for hypotheses, experiments, and replication evidence, then add schema validation and failure-mode handling.
3. Implement the core capability using risk-weighted sequencing, and produce risk-gated schedules with deterministic scoring.
4. Integrate the skill into swarm orchestration: task routing, approval gates, retry strategy, and rollback controls.
5. Add unit, integration, and simulation tests that explicitly cover non-reproducible results and wasted cycles, then run regression baselines.
6. Deploy behind a feature flag, monitor telemetry/alerts for two release cycles, and iterate thresholds based on observed outcomes.

## Required Deliverables
- Capability contract: input schema, deterministic scoring, output schema, and failure modes.
- Runtime profile: planning-router using risk-weighted sequencing to produce risk-gated schedules.
- Orchestration integration: scientific-research-systems:planning-router routing, approval gates, retries, and rollback controls.
- Validation evidence: unit, integration, simulation, regression-baseline suites and rollout telemetry.

## Operational Runbook
### Preflight
- Confirm the Research Risk-Aware Scheduler request scope, source evidence, and measurable success criteria before execution.
- Verify feature flag skill_0490_research-risk-aware-scheduler, approval gates, and rollback owner before autonomous use.

### Execution
- Execute risk-weighted sequencing with deterministic scoring and reproducible trace capture.
- Produce risk-gated schedules plus scorecard, assumptions, and unresolved-risk notes.

### Recovery
- Fail closed when required signals, evidence, or approval gates are missing.
- Rollback to the last stable baseline when posture is critical or validation fails.

### Handoff
- Publish risk-gated schedules, validation evidence, and telemetry links to downstream owners.
- Queue follow-up tasks for unresolved risks, threshold tuning, or approval review.

## Guardrails
- [quality] Require deterministic scoring and validation evidence before promotion.
- [reliability] Preserve retries, rollback controls, and failure-mode evidence for every run.
- [safety] Route critical posture or missing approval gates to human review before autonomous action.