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Explaining a number before trusting it v1.0.0

Use this resource to check that a number measures the work you intended

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  • 457 downloads
  • 155 likes
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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install check-what-a-metric-measures

With no option, the skill goes to ~/.agents/skills/; add --agent claude-code (or codex, cursor…) to target an agent.

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent fixes the decision before measuring, then looks for what bounds the result: a core, a lock, the disk or the network. It lists other possible causes before concluding.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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Works in
Install guides
Generates with
Your agent's model
Licence
MIT

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What you get

  • SKILL.md: steps before the run, bounds on the result and other possible causes
  • SKILL.md: criteria to rule out an off-target measurement

Good fit for

  • An optimization seems to double speed with no explanation
  • Run-to-run noise is as large as the claimed effect

Not for

    Tags

    • measurement
    • performance
    • evaluation
    • diagnosis

    About

    You say

    “Explain why this latency is not twice as good before we announce it.”

    Card for the “Explaining a number before trusting it” skill

    Skill published by backnotprop under the MIT license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Install the skill in your agent's skills folder
    2. Ask your agent to check that a number measures the work you intended
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • LICENSE1.1 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • SKILL.md1.9 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    backnotprop
    Source
    github.com/backnotprop/pstack/tree/23707a30f9cd2f12edef61f2506e2222e30b35aa/skills/principle-explain-the-number
    Licence
    MIT

    Notice

    « principle-explain-the-number » (backnotprop, MIT) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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