Experiment

Generated from workflows/modes/experiment.md, the mode contract the HELIX skill loads. Edit that file, not this page.

Use for metric-driven optimization loops.

Define the goal, metric, baseline, intervention, and stop condition.
Run bounded iterations.
Measure after each iteration.
Keep changes or revert/adjust based on metric evidence.
To validate a methodology or skill change (a workflow prompt, template, or this routing skill), use a regression evaluation: record a committed baseline, run a fixed brief from the bare prompt with the improved skill installed (never by redirecting reads), score intrinsic metrics against the baseline, and keep what moved, cut what didn’t. That evaluation is the standing answer to “how do we know this change is impactful.”

Procedure: workflows/actions/experiment.md (deeper step detail; this file is the contract).

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