Executing Analysis
Runs a frozen pre-registered analysis inline with validation gates and stop-on-anomaly
Test report
- Verdict
- Tested · Works
- Score
- Tested
- Jul 31, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
- Upstream re-checked
- Aug 10, 2026 · 422072f
Fetched SKILL.md via raw GitHub; frontmatter parses with name+description; single-file skill with no scripts, but its 6 referenced sibling skills all resolve HTTP 200. No security smells. For OUTPUT I built a tiny frozen pre-registration (H1: mean B>A, valid score range 0-100, no exclusions) over an 8-row raw.csv with a planted 999 data-entry error, then ran two Python executions. Baseline naively computed mean B=295.75 and reported a "significant" reject-H0 result; skill-followed execution applied the body's Step 2.4 range-validation gate, caught the out-of-range value, halted, and refused to produce a p-value instead of silently dropping the row.
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 5/5
- Triggers reliably 5/5
- Output vs. baseline 7/10
- Docs & honesty 5/5
What Executing Analysis does
A procedural skill that executes an already pre-registered, frozen analysis plan step by step in the current session, validating each output's shape/ranges/counts, applying the registered decision rule as written, and halting on anomalies instead of silently dropping data. Triggers when you have a locked pre-registration to run inline on a platform without subagents, with review checkpoints between step groups. Delegates anomaly root-causing, verification, and reporting to sibling science-superpowers skills.
How to install Executing Analysis
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/science-superpowers.git /tmp/executing-analysis-src
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/executing-analysis-src/skills/executing-analysis ~/.claude/skills/executing-analysis
# No external deps (zero third-party deps, POSIX shell only).
# Works best as part of the full science-superpowers set: this skill references sibling skills
# (preregistering-analysis, setting-up-reproducible-analysis, verifying-results-before-claiming,
# investigating-anomalous-results, reporting-and-archiving-findings, requesting-red-team-review).
# To install all of them: cp -R /tmp/executing-analysis-src/skills/* ~/.claude/skills/
Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/
(per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.
Commands — how to trigger Executing Analysis
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/executing-analysisRuns a frozen pre-registered analysis inline with validation gates and stop-on-anomaly
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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Execute this analysis plan step by step -
Run the pre-registered analysis with checkpoints -
Walk through this analysis plan for review
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Executing Analysis skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from K-Dense-AI/science-superpowers. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does Executing Analysis work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 31, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Fetched SKILL.md via raw GitHub; frontmatter parses with name+description; single-file skill with no scripts, but its 6 referenced sibling skills all resolve HTTP 200. No security smells. For OUTPUT I built a tiny frozen pre-registration (H1: mean B>A, valid score range 0-100, no exclusions) over an 8-row raw.csv with a planted 999 data-entry error, then ran two Python executions. Baseline naively computed mean B=295.75 and reported a "significant" reject-H0 result; skill-followed execution applied the body's Step 2.4 range-validation gate, caught the out-of-range value, halted, and refused to produce a p-value instead of silently dropping the row.
- What is the Executing Analysis SkillProof Score?
- 8.8/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 7/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
- How do I install Executing Analysis?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use Executing Analysis with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.