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Curate the experiment report index at docs/reports/index.md.

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Skill: Organize Experiment Reports

Overview

Curate docs/reports/index.md after new experiment issues are harvested: fold fresh entries into the right sections, refresh links, and leave ## Uncategorized empty.

Prerequisites

  • Local checkout of the marin repository with write access.
  • Ability to run uv commands.
  • Familiarity with the existing experiment categories in docs/reports/index.md.

Guidelines for Humans

Standard Workflow

  1. Run uv run scripts/pm/itemize_experiment_issues.py to append new experiments.
  2. Open the diff for docs/reports/index.md and identify the additions in ## Uncategorized.
  3. For each experiment:
    • Match it to an existing section (e.g., Training and Performance, Data Experiments).
    • Merge any new resources (WandB links, Data Browser URLs) into the canonical entry in that section.
    • Remove the placeholder entry from ## Uncategorized.
  4. If an experiment truly does not fit, leave it under ## Uncategorized and add a note explaining why.
  5. Proofread for duplicate bullets, broken Markdown, and consistent title casing.
  6. Commit the curated report, open a PR, or, if an interactive agent, signal to the user to look.

Link Hygiene

  • Prefer direct https://wandb.ai/... links when available; keep legacy api.wandb.ai links only if the direct share link does not exist.
  • Use https://marin.community Data Browser URLs when the script surfaces them.
  • Preserve access tokens embedded in links.

Rules for Agents

  • NEVER delete existing sections or conclusions.
  • Keep badge styling consistent: [![#NNN](https://img.shields.io/...)] next to each experiment title.
  • When merging new content, update the canonical entry instead of duplicating it.
  • Leave ## Uncategorized empty whenever possible; a single placeholder sentence is fine.
  • Ask for guidance if an experiment does not map cleanly to known categories.

Validation

  • rg "^- " docs/reports/index.md to confirm bullets exist only under curated sections, not under ## Uncategorized.
  • Re-run uv run scripts/pm/itemize_experiment_issues.py if unsure that all experiments were captured.
  • Optional: markdownlint docs/reports/index.md to catch formatting drift.

See Also

  • scripts/pm/itemize_experiment_issues.py for source data generation.
  • .agents/skills/archive-experiments/ for retiring legacy experiments.