| name | labnb-idea |
|---|---|
| description | Record a promising but not-yet-implemented experiment idea in the global lab notebook index. |
This is a flat, standalone labnb-idea skill so every AI coding agent can discover it directly. It is a focused companion to the broader labnb skill.
Helper scripts referenced as skills/labnb/scripts/... ship with the installed labnb skill; resolve them relative to that skill's directory (for example ~/.claude/skills/labnb/scripts/ or ~/.agents/skills/labnb/scripts/), not the repository layout.
Use this skill when there is a useful direction to remember, but not enough evidence, time, or scope to run it now.
- Respect any parent constitution, project policy, or task-level write constraint already in scope.
- Review the notebook index first so the idea does not duplicate an existing entry unnecessarily.
- Capture speculative directions as ideas instead of opening active experiments that would encourage unsafe or premature writes.
- Record idea status explicitly, defaulting to
ideationunless a better status is known. - Treat provenance as best-effort; deletions still require explicit confirmation.
- When writing or referring to provenance, use W3C PROV-O terms.
- Review and update the idea's local rules and durable memory before any substantive follow-up action.
- Review the parent constitution and local project guardrails.
- Summarize existing entries for the project first.
- Choose a concise slug for the idea.
- Register the idea:
python skills/labnb/scripts/register_experiment.py \
--lab-root "$LAB_ROOT" \
--project-slug "$PROJECT_SLUG" \
--experiment-slug "$IDEA_SLUG" \
--objective "$OBJECTIVE" \
--entry-kind idea \
--overall-budget "$OVERALL_BUDGET" \
--loop-budget "$LOOP_BUDGET"- Fill in
idea.mdwith:- why it matters
- what prior evidence to revisit
- the smallest useful first slice
- what would justify promoting it into an experiment
- Fill in
memory.mdwith durable facts, pending waits, and the safest resume point.
Ideas should be first-class index entries, not buried in an active experiment log.