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reproducibility-audit

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Verify that results, builds, and experiments can be reproduced consistently with documented steps and deterministic inputs.

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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

Purpose

Assess reproducibility across code, data, and build pipelines by validating deterministic processes, pinned dependencies, and documented steps.

Trigger Conditions

  • Positive: scientific/ML experiment verification, release build audits, or compliance checks requiring reproducible artifacts.
  • Negative: stylistic reviews or runtime debugging (route to style-audit or functionality-audit).

Guardrails

  • Confidence ceiling: Append Confidence: X.XX (ceiling: TYPE Y.YY) using ceilings {inference/report 0.70, research 0.85, observation/definition 0.95}.
  • Evidence & determinism: Require commands, seeds, data sources, and hashes for artifacts; rerun steps to confirm.
  • Structure-first: Maintain examples/tests showing successful and failing reproduction attempts.
  • Adversarial validation: Introduce clean environments and altered dependency versions to detect hidden variability.

Execution Phases

  1. Inventory & Scope
    • Identify targets (builds, experiments, reports) and required inputs (code revision, data, config, seeds).
    • Note environments (OS, container, hardware) and expected outcomes.
  2. Replay & Measurement
    • Follow documented steps exactly; log commands, outputs, and timestamps.
    • Compare generated artifacts via hashes or checksums; capture diffs.
  3. Variability Probes
    • Change environments/dependency versions within constraints to test stability.
    • Document non-deterministic behaviors and their causes.
  4. Reporting & Remediation
    • Summarize reproduction success/failure, missing documentation, and proposed fixes (pinning, automation scripts, data versioning).
    • Provide confidence with ceiling and attach logs/hashes.

Output Format

  • Scope, inputs, environments, and expected results.
  • Step-by-step replay log with evidence (commands, outputs, hashes).
  • Variability findings and fixes.
  • Confidence statement using ceiling syntax.

Validation Checklist

  • Inputs and environments captured with versions/seeds.
  • Replay executed with logs and hashes recorded.
  • Variability probes performed; nondeterminism documented.
  • Remediation steps proposed and owners identified.
  • Confidence ceiling provided; English-only output.

Confidence: 0.72 (ceiling: inference 0.70) - SOP rewritten per Prompt Architect confidence discipline and Skill Forge structure-first reproducibility focus.