hypothesis-generation

hypothesis-generation is a skill for Claude Code from dralkh/seerai. It costs 69 tokens per session (2,917 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of hypothesis-generation, MIT.

A scientific method guide for turning observations or data into explanations that can be tested.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to develop research hypotheses, suggest mechanisms, plan experiments, and define predictions for scientific questions.
Why use it?
It helps separate possible causes from guesses and makes predictions explicit. This gives experiments a clear purpose and a way to compare competing explanations.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter. Also seen: built for openclaw.

Good fit Use it to develop research hypotheses, suggest mechanisms, plan experiments, and define predictions for scientific questions.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/dralkh/seerai/hypothesis-generation
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add dralkh/seerai --skill hypothesis-generation
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dralkh/seerai

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 69 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,917 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 100% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00069 $0.02917
Opus 5 $0.00034 $0.01458
Sonnet 5 $0.00014 $0.00583
Haiku 4.5 $0.00007 $0.00292

Measured 8d ago against content hash 71ca3106e958, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

hypothesis-generation scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 2 executable files (scripts/generate_schematic_ai.py, scripts/generate_schematic.py), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

This is a copy

100% identical to hypothesis-generation — 0 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

skills/hypothesis-generation/SKILL.md · 298 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 298 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Scientific Hypothesis Generation

Overview

Hypothesis generation is a systematic process for developing testable explanations. Formulate evidence-based hypotheses from observations, design experiments, explore competing explanations, and develop predictions. Apply this skill for scientific inquiry across domains.

When to Use This Skill

This skill should be used when:

  • Developing hypotheses from observations or preliminary data
  • Designing experiments to test scientific questions
  • Exploring competing explanations for phenomena
  • Formulating testable predictions for research
  • Conducting literature-based hypothesis generation
  • Planning mechanistic studies across scientific domains

Visual Enhancement with Scientific Schematics

⚠️ MANDATORY: Every hypothesis generation report MUST include at least 1-2 AI-generated figures using the scientific-schematics skill.

This is not optional. Hypothesis reports without visual elements are incomplete. Before finalizing any document:

  1. Generate at minimum ONE schematic or diagram (e.g., hypothesis framework showing competing explanations)
  2. Prefer 2-3 figures for comprehensive reports (mechanistic pathway, experimental design flowchart, prediction decision tree)

How to generate figures:

  • Use the scientific-schematics skill to generate AI-powered publication-quality diagrams
  • Simply describe your desired diagram in natural language
  • Nano Banana Pro will automatically generate, review, and refine the schematic

How to generate schematics:

python scripts/generate_schematic.py "your diagram description" -o figures/output.png

The AI will automatically:

  • Create publication-quality images with proper formatting
  • Review and refine through multiple iterations
  • Ensure accessibility (colorblind-friendly, high contrast)
  • Save outputs in the figures/ directory

When to add schematics:

  • Hypothesis framework diagrams showing competing explanations
  • Experimental design flowcharts
  • Mechanistic pathway diagrams
  • Prediction decision trees
  • Causal relationship diagrams
  • Theoretical model visualizations
  • Any complex concept that benefits from visualization

Read the full file on GitHub · 298 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 8d ago First seen · 298 lines · 69 tokens per session scan A 71ca3106e958

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hypothesis-generation is a skill published in the GitHub repository dralkh/seerai (76 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 69 tokens to every session and 2,917 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to hypothesis-generation, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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