CtrlK
BlogDocsLog inGet started
Tessl Logo

aim-and-hypothesis-designer

Designs primary aims, secondary aims, and testable hypotheses from broad biomedical research ideas. Use this skill when a user needs to convert a loose study idea into a tighter protocol-framing structure with clear aim hierarchy, hypothesis discipline, and separation between hypothesis-driven and exploratory components. Always keep aims answerable, non-overlapping, and aligned to the intended evidence type and study scope.

66

Quality

80%

Does it follow best practices?

Run evals on this skill

Adds up to 20 points to the overall score

View guide

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No findings from the security scan

Fix and improve this skill with Tessl

tessl review fix ./awesome-med-research-skills/Protocol Design/aim-and-hypothesis-designer/SKILL.md
SKILL.md
Quality
Evals
Security

Quality

Content

71%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body is a well-structured instruction-only skill with a clear ordered workflow, mandatory output structure, and excellent one-level reference integration. Its main weakness is redundant restatement of the same discipline rules across four overlapping sections, which inflates token cost.

Suggestions

Consolidate 'Core Function', 'Hard Rules', 'What This Skill Should Not Do', and 'Quality Standard' into a single concise rules block to remove redundant restatements of the same discipline principles.

Add one short worked example of the Section A–J output so Claude has a concrete template to mirror, boosting actionability to a 5.

Make the Step 8 self-critical review an explicit pass/fail rework checkpoint (review → fix → re-review) to strengthen workflow_clarity's validation loop.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Mostly efficient and free of irrelevant concept explanation, but the same discipline principles are restated across 'Core Function', 'Hard Rules', 'What This Skill Should Not Do', and 'Quality Standard', which is redundant padding that could be tightened.

3 / 5

Actionability

Provides concrete, specific guidance — an ordered 8-step execution flow and a mandatory output structure (Sections A–J) each listing exactly what to define — though no worked example output is included.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The 8 steps are explicitly sequenced ('always run in order') with a self-critical review checkpoint in Step 8 and a clear output structure; minor validation gaps keep it just below a 5.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The reference modules are clearly signaled and one level deep, with a dedicated integration section mapping each of the 7 existing references/ files to specific output sections, giving easy navigation.

5 / 5

Total

16

/

20

Passed

Description

88%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is strong: it is written in third person, states concrete capabilities, and gives an explicit 'Use this skill when...' trigger with natural phrasing. Its only weakness is trigger-term coverage could include a few more synonyms.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — 'Designs primary aims, secondary aims, and testable hypotheses', 'separation between hypothesis-driven and exploratory components', 'aim hierarchy, hypothesis discipline' — with comprehensive coverage of the protocol-framing domain.

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what ('Designs primary aims, secondary aims, and testable hypotheses') and when ('Use this skill when a user needs to convert a loose study idea into a tighter protocol-framing structure') with concrete trigger phrases.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Strong natural terms ('loose study idea', 'specific aims', 'hypotheses', 'protocol framing') that a biomedical researcher would actually say, but missing some common synonyms and shorthand variations.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Clear niche in biomedical protocol framing with distinct triggers; mostly distinct with only minor overlap risk against closely related general research-design skills.

4 / 5

Total

18

/

20

Passed

Validation

93%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

frontmatter_unknown_keys

Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

Warning

Total

15

/

16

Passed

Repository
aipoch/medical-research-skills
Reviewed

Table of Contents

Is this your skill?

If you maintain this skill, you can claim it as your own. Once claimed, you can manage eval scenarios, bundle related skills, attach documentation or rules, and ensure cross-agent compatibility.