experiment-archive

/experiment archive

Archive a completed experiment.

Instructions

Step 1: Identify experiment to archive

Read .analysis/status.md for active experiments (Type: 🧪 Experiment).

• If argument provided (ID), use that
• If only 1 active experiment in LEARN stage → select automatically
• Otherwise, show list and ask user which to archive
• Warn if the experiment hasn't reached DECIDE stage yet: "This experiment is still in {stage}. Archive anyway? (Archiving early is OK for cancelled/abandoned experiments)"

Step 2: Generate summary.md

For Full Experiment:

Read all stage files (01_design.md through 05_learn.md) and generate:

# Summary: {title}
> ID: {ID}
> Period: {start_date} ~ {end_date}
> Type: 🧪 Experiment | Owner: {owner}

## Outcome
- **Hypothesis**: {from 01_design.md}
- **Result**: Confirmed / Rejected / Inconclusive
- **Decision**: 🚀 Launched / 🔴 Killed / ⏳ Extended / 🔄 Iterated

## Key Numbers
| Metric | Control | Treatment | Δ | Significant? |
|--------|---------|-----------|---|-------------|
| {primary} | | | | |

## Key Takeaway
- (Extract from 05_learn.md "One-Sentence Takeaway", or ask user)

## Impact
- (Extract from 04_decide.md impact estimate)

## Follow-Up
- Experiments: (from 05_learn.md)
- Analyses: (from 05_learn.md)
- Monitoring: (post-launch checkpoints status)

## Reproduction
- Key assets: `assets/`
- Design doc: `01_design.md`

For Quick Experiment:

Generate a compact summary appended to the Quick file header:

> ✅ Archived: {today} | Result: {decision} | Takeaway: {one-line summary}

Step 3: Move to archive

Determine archive folder: ab-tests/archive/{YYYY-MM}/

• Create the year-month folder if it doesn't exist
• Move the full experiment folder (or quick file) from active/ to archive/{YYYY-MM}/
• For Full: place summary.md inside the experiment folder

Step 4: Update status.md

• Remove the experiment from the "Active" table
• Add to "Recently Archived" table (keep max 5 entries, remove oldest)
• Update counts and "Last updated" timestamp