hypothesis-generation

Structured hypothesis formulation from observations. Use when you have experimental observations or data and need to formulate testable hypotheses with predictions, propose mechanisms, and design experiments to test them. Follows scientific method framework. For open-ended ideation use scientific-brainstorming; for automated LLM-driven hypothesis testing on datasets use hypogenic.

1.67x

Quality

67%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

99%

1.67x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

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Advisory

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Evaluation results

100%

76%

Post-Sepsis Cognitive Impairment Hypothesis Report

LaTeX report structure and box environments

Criteria

Without context

With context

Style package loaded

100%

Hypothesis box environments used

100%

newpage before hypothesis boxes

100%

Prediction box used

100%

Comparison box used

100%

Summary box used

100%

XeLaTeX compilation

100%

bibtex step in compilation

100%

Correct hypothesis count

100%

All four appendices present

100%

citep citation format

100%

XeLaTeX directive or template reference

100%

33%

Coral Bleaching Timing Anomaly — Hypothesis Report

Hypothesis quality criteria evaluation

Criteria

Without context

With context

Testability assessed

100%

Falsifiability assessed

75%

100%

Parsimony assessed

37%

100%

Explanatory power assessed

87%

100%

Scope assessed

62%

100%

Consistency assessed

100%

Novelty assessed

12%

100%

Quality comparison table present

80%

100%

Mechanistic explanations

100%

Quantitative predictions

50%

100%

Quality assessment in appendix

100%

Strengths and weaknesses noted

100%

97%

Wildfire Smoke and Influenza Severity — Hypothesis Report

Literature search strategy and citation standards

Criteria

Without context

With context

PubMed search documented

100%

Web search documented

100%

Broad-to-specific search progression

100%

50+ total references

100%

Comprehensive appendix citations

90%

citep format used

100%

Multiple hypothesis types covered

100%

Review articles cited

100%

Search queries documented

100%

Evidence synthesis noted

77%

Repository: K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills
Commit: 899a51b

Evaluated: 29 days ago
Agent: Claude Code
Model: Claude Sonnet 4.6

Table of Contents

Post-Sepsis Cognitive Impairment Hypothesis Report Coral Bleaching Timing Anomaly — Hypothesis Report Wildfire Smoke and Influenza Severity — Hypothesis Report

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