test-napkin-math

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Use after any change under experiments/napkin_math/ or to the upstream skill prompts that feed into it (extract-parameters-from-full, extract-parameters-from-digest, generate-bounds, generate-calculations, run-scenarios, monte-carlo). Runs the smoke-test suite and reports pass/fail. Invoke before declaring napkin-math work done.

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Test the napkin_math experiment

Overview

A single-shot smoke check for the napkin_math experiment. The test logic lives in experiments/napkin_math/tests/run_smoke.py; this skill is a thin wrapper that invokes the script, parses its output, and reports a one-line summary.

Covers the Monte Carlo runner (end-to-end, determinism, Bernoulli arithmetic, sensitivity ranking), the strict-schema fail-fast paths (each required field individually), prepare_extract_input.py import sanity, and the compress_report_section pytest suite.

When to Use

After any edit to:
- experiments/napkin_math/run_monte_carlo.py
- experiments/napkin_math/prepare_extract_input.py
- experiments/napkin_math/tests/fixtures/smoke/*
- worker_plan/worker_plan_internal/parameter_extraction/compress_report_section.py
- any system-prompt.txt / SKILL.md under experiments/napkin_math/.claude/skills/{extract-parameters-from-full,extract-parameters-from-digest,generate-bounds,generate-calculations,run-scenarios,monte-carlo}/ that touches the artifact schema
Before declaring any napkin_math change "done" — even if the change looks self-contained, the schema is tightly coupled across stages
When the user asks "did I break anything?" or "run the napkin_math tests"

Not for: end-to-end LLM-driven runs of the extract-parameters-from-full skills against real reports (those require an LLM in the loop and are out of scope here).

Workflow

Invoke the runner. Requires Python 3.11+ with NumPy and pytest installed:
```
/opt/homebrew/bin/python3.11 experiments/napkin_math/tests/run_smoke.py
```
Override the interpreter with NAPKIN_TEST_PYTHON=<path> if the default isn't available.
Read the script's stdout. It prints one section per check with individual ok / FAIL lines, then a final summary:
```
SUMMARY: 7/7 checks passed
ALL GREEN
```
Exit code is 0 on full pass, 1 on any failure.
Report back to the user. On success: one line ("All 7 napkin_math smoke checks passed."). On failure: list the failing checks with the detail printed by the runner, and point at the specific file or schema field implicated.

What the seven checks cover

Check	What it verifies
`end_to_end`	Runner consumes the synthetic fixture, emits both expected outputs, zero warnings
`determinism`	Two runs with the same seed produce byte-identical JSON
`bernoulli_arithmetic`	Mean of `total_budget_with_gate_inr` ≈ `1,000,000 + 0.6 * 250,000` within ±5,000
`sensitivity_ranking`	Bernoulli gate is the sole driver of its dependent output (correlation == 1.0); two-input convert sensitivity has both inputs
`schema_errors`	Each required schema field (`sampling_discipline`, `non_negative`, `default_pass_probability` for bernoulli_gate, `output_name`, `output_unit`) triggers a `SCHEMA ERROR` exit code 2 with a message naming the upstream stage to re-run
`prepare_extract_input_imports`	`prepare_extract_input.py` imports cleanly and exposes `build_combined_digest`
`compress_pytest`	The pytest suite for `compress_report_section.py` passes (13 tests)

Common Mistakes

Mistake	Fix
Skipping the check because "the diff is tiny"	The schema is tightly coupled across five skills + the runner. A tiny change in one prompt can break the runner's strict validation. Always run it.
Reporting "tests pass" without running the script	If you didn't see `ALL GREEN`, you didn't pass.
Running with `python3` instead of `python3.11`	NumPy and the worker_plan tests live in the 3.11 env. Use the explicit path or set `NAPKIN_TEST_PYTHON`.
Treating a `compress_pytest` failure as unrelated	The compressor is part of the napkin_math experiment; if its tests break, the digest produced by `prepare_extract_input.py` is suspect.
Editing fixtures to make tests pass	Fixtures encode the contract. If a fixture needs to change, the schema or the runner changed for a real reason — update both consciously and re-justify each touched check.

Reference

Test runner: experiments/napkin_math/tests/run_smoke.py
Synthetic fixture: experiments/napkin_math/tests/fixtures/smoke/
Monte Carlo runner under test: experiments/napkin_math/run_monte_carlo.py
Companion skills (consumers of the same schema): ../extract-parameters-from-full/SKILL.md, ../extract-parameters-from-digest/SKILL.md, ../generate-bounds/SKILL.md, ../generate-calculations/SKILL.md, ../run-scenarios/SKILL.md, ../monte-carlo/SKILL.md