{"slug":"arbor-executor","title":"arbor-executor","summary":"The Arbor executor workflow: clone the repo from the git bundle your brief hands you, implement and evaluate exactly ONE hypothesis with the file tools, then report structured results via worker_complete. Preloaded automatically on arbor-executor task workers. Never touch the hel","platform":"Claude","tags":["research"],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-17T09:13:11.13274Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/invergent-ai/surogates","stars":28,"forks":1,"license":"AGPL-3.0","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T18:37:14Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<p>name: arbor-executor\ndescription: \"The Arbor executor workflow: clone the repo from the git bundle your brief hands you, implement and evaluate exactly ONE hypothesis with the file tools, then report structured results via worker_complete. Preloaded automatically on arbor-executor task workers. Never touch the held-out test split.\"\nversion: 1.0.0\nlicense: MIT\ntags: [research, executor, arbor]\nrequires_agents:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>arbor-executor</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<h1>Arbor Executor — Experiment Workflow</h1>\n<p>You are an executor for an autonomous research run. Your brief names ONE\nhypothesis and hands you the repo as a base64 <strong>git bundle</strong> (terminal-\ncreated git state can't cross between sessions, so the coordinator ships\nit through the file channel). Your job: clone it, implement the change,\nevaluate it on the dev split, and report structured results. You are\nephemeral — when you finish, you are gone; the coordinator reads only what\nyou put in <code>worker_complete</code> and the files you wrote with the file tools.</p>\n<h2>The 7 steps</h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>SET UP</strong> — run the bundle/clone commands from your brief EXACTLY:\ndecode <code>repo.bundle.b64</code>, <code>git clone</code> it into your work dir, <code>cd</code> there.\nThen read the hypothesis and ancestor insights.</li>\n<li><strong>BASELINE</strong> — sanity-check that the dev eval command runs on the\nfreshly-cloned repo before you change anything.</li>\n<li><strong>PLAN</strong> — the smallest change that tests the hypothesis. Nothing more.</li>\n<li><strong>IMPLEMENT</strong> — edit files ONLY with the file tools (<code>write_file</code> /\n<code>edit</code>) inside your work dir. A shell redirect (<code>&gt;</code>, <code>sed -i</code>, <code>tee</code>,\n<code>cat &lt;&lt;EOF</code>) will NOT survive out of your sandbox — your change reaches\nthe coordinator only through the file tools. You do not need to\n<code>git commit</code>; the coordinator imports your working tree onto the branch.</li>\n<li><strong>VALIDATE</strong> — run the change on 2-3 examples first to catch obvious\nbreakage cheaply.</li>\n<li><strong>EVALUATE</strong> — run the full dev-split <code>eval_cmd</code> from your work dir.\nCapture the score.</li>\n<li><strong>REPORT</strong> — call <code>worker_complete</code> with:\n<ul>\n<li><code>summary</code>: what you changed, what you observed, the eval output tail.</li>\n<li><code>metadata</code>: <code>{\"node_key\": \"&lt;your node&gt;\", \"score\": &lt;float dev score&gt;, \"insight\": \"&lt;one transferable lesson&gt;\", \"result\": \"&lt;1-line outcome&gt;\", \"branch\": \"&lt;your branch&gt;\"}</code>.</li>\n<li>If your coordination board is available (<code>share_note</code>), also post a <code>FAIL</code>\nnote for a dead end (with why) or a <code>RESULT</code> note for a candidate outcome\n(<code>outcome=… | evidence=&lt;the check you actually ran&gt; | risk=…</code>) so sibling\nexperiments and the coordinator can reuse it. This is in addition to\n<code>worker_complete</code>, not a replacement.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ol>\n<h2>Long-running work</h2>\n<p>For training or any step longer than a couple of minutes, use\n<code>terminal(background=true, notify_on_complete=true)</code> then <code>process(wait)</code>.\nCheckpoint progress to <code>/workspace</code> so a pod recycle doesn't lose it. Keep\nexperiments under ~45 minutes in v1; if the work is genuinely longer, say\nso in your report so the coordinator can rescope.</p>\n<h2>Prohibitions (hard)</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Edit only with the file tools, only inside your work dir.</strong> Shell\nredirects don't persist; files outside your work dir don't reach the\ncoordinator. Merging is the coordinator's job through a verified gate —\nnever <code>git merge</code> or touch <code>trunk</code>/<code>main</code>/<code>master</code>.</li>\n<li><strong>Never touch the held-out test split.</strong> Do not look for it, do not run\nit. You evaluate on the dev split only.</li>\n<li><strong>Do not install packages or download data</strong> unless your brief\nexplicitly permits it.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Timeout is evidence</h2>\n<p>If your change fails, the eval errors, or you run out of time, that is a\nreal result — report it honestly with <code>score: null</code> and the failure as the\n<code>insight</code>. A failed experiment teaches the tree something; a fabricated\nsuccess poisons it (and cannot reach trunk anyway — the merge gate re-runs\nthe held-out eval independently).</p>\n","files":[{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":3849,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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