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ml-failfast-validation is agent-read markdown (skill) from terrylica/cc-skills: POC validation patterns to catch issues before committing to long-running ML experiments. TRIGGERS - fail-fast, POC validation, preflight check.

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# ML Fail-Fast Validation

POC validation patterns to catch issues before committing to long-running ML experiments.

> **Self-Evolving Skill**: This skill improves through use. If instructions are wrong, parameters drifted, or a workaround was needed — fix this file immediately, don't defer. Only update for real, reproducible issues.

## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:

- Starting a new ML experiment that will run for hours
- Validating model architecture before full training
- Checking gradient flow and data pipeline integrity
- Implementing POC validation checklists
- Debugging prediction collapse or gradient explosion issues

---

## 1. Why Fail-Fast?

| Without Fail-Fast         | With Fail-Fast         |
| ------------------------- | ---------------------- |
| Discover crash 4 hours in | Catch in 30 seconds    |
| Debug from cryptic error  | Clear error message    |
| Lose GPU time             | Validate before commit |
| Silent data issues        | Explicit schema checks |

**Principle**: Validate everything that can go wrong BEFORE the expensive computation.

---

## 2. POC Validation Checklist

### Minimum Viable POC (5 Checks)

```python
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How to install

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A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (16896 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

terrylica/cc-skills · 74 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-24 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ko2vy7j3pkwbxkwy
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=terrylica/cc-skills/ml-failfast-validation
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/20c71b95399603e3a478ce9314c39de5240992db18e609105ff4a1cb8b93d067

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