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Hypothesis Generation skill

hypothesis-generationK-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skillsskills/hypothesis-generation/SKILL.md

Formulates evidence-bounded scientific questions, candidate hypotheses, rival explanations, causal or associational claims, discriminating predictions, measurements, and preregistration-ready analysis plans. Used when turning observations or preliminary findings into transparent, testable research plans without treating hypotheses as facts.

54kMIT

always on

58 tokname + description

once used

3,193 tokSKILL.md body

bundled files

268 scripts

repo stars

54kGitHub

Install the Hypothesis Generation skill

Skills CLI (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others)

npx skills add https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill hypothesis-generation

Claude Code, by hand (all projects)

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.git /tmp/scientific-agent-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/scientific-agent-skills/skills/hypothesis-generation ~/.claude/skills/hypothesis-generation

For one project only, copy the folder into .claude/skills/ in that project instead. The agent picks it up when a task matches its description.

What it costs your context

Agent Skills load in three steps. Tokens counted with the o200k tokenizer; your model's count will differ a little.

WhenWhat loadsCost
Every sessionName and description58 tok
When the agent uses itThe SKILL.md instructions3,193 tok
Only if opened26 bundled files (243 KB)varies

Until it is used, hypothesis-generation costs about 23× less than the median MCP server we measured (1,362 tokens on every turn). Installing all 150 skills from K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills would load 12,411 tokens of descriptions. Skills vs MCP study

Checks

  • Ships scripts the agent can run. Read them before installing.

Checked 2026-10-22 · method

What's inside

The headings of its SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub.

  • Scientific Hypothesis Generation
  • Non-negotiable boundaries
  • Keep the objects distinct
  • Workflow
  • 1. Run the scope and safety gate
  • 2. Freeze the observation
  • 3. Frame the research question
  • 4. Establish a dated evidence boundary
  • 5. Generate rivals before choosing tests
  • 6. Declare the claim type and estimand
  • 7. Derive discriminating predictions
  • 8. Operationalize and validate measurement
  • 9. Match design and analysis to the claim
  • 10. Prevent HARKing and expose deviations
  • 11. Plan replication and updating
  • 12. Apply human accountability
  • Local tool index
  • References
  • Citing Scientific Agent Skills

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