experiment SKILL.md skillA
experiment from sethgammon/citadel is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add sethgammon/citadel/experiment@git:20261015.e7c2e78Pins git:20261015.e7c2e78 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- sethgammon/citadel
- Path
skills/experiment/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- git:20261015.28501a5, committed Oct 15, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 29, 2026
- Size
- 11,979 bytes
- Repository stars
- 929
- License
- MIT
Automated optimization loop with scalar fitness function. Proposes changes in isolated worktrees, measures against a fixed baseline, and retains verified candidates locally. Supports convergence detection and diminishing returns.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# /experiment — Metric-Driven Optimization Loop
## Identity
Coordinate bounded metric-driven experiments in isolated checkouts, retaining
candidates locally until the declared verification and independent review pass.
## Orientation
### When to Use
- When you want to optimize a measurable metric (bundle size, error count, test coverage, FPS)
- When you have a clear hypothesis but aren't sure which of several approaches wins
- When manual A/B testing would be too slow or error-prone
- NOT when the goal is subjective ("make it feel better") — the metric must be a number
### Inputs
The user provides three things:
1. **scope**: Files to modify (glob pattern, e.g., "src/api/**/*.ts")
2. **metric**: Project command that outputs a single number (e.g., `node tools/bundle-bytes.cjs`)
3. **budget**: Iteration cap (default: 5) or time cap (e.g., "10 minutes")
Ask only for missing inputs that cannot be resolved from the request or project.
The metric MUST exit successfully and output a single finite number to stdout.
## Protocol
### Step 1: BASELINE
1. Read project instructions and inspect the checkout, index, untracked files,
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add sethgammon/citadel/experiment@sha256:28ecdff5a9c0ae75The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261015.e7c2e78, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_p7cjbdarrm6b6yba)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Mar 29, 2026 and Oct 15, 2026, about one every 33 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261015.28501a5 latest | 2026-10-15 | 28501a5 | 11,979 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261015.e7c2e78 | 2026-10-15 | e7c2e78 | 12,368 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261015.502e3e9 | 2026-10-15 | 502e3e9 | 11,789 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260611.0f3f8e7 | 2026-06-11 | 0f3f8e7 | 6,138 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260611.a647953 | 2026-06-11 | a647953 | 6,125 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260503.631b94d | 2026-05-03 | 631b94d | 6,051 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260329.6c378a2 | 2026-03-29 | 6c378a2 | 5,835 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (11979 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
sethgammon/citadel · 929 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_p7cjbdarrm6b6yba GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=sethgammon/citadel/experiment GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/28ecdff5a9c0ae753823310cf0e6d55727c9d14d6636bcf52d0b496e577f888a
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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