docs(program): add hypothesis column to results.tsv format#336
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- Expand results.tsv from 5 to 6 columns, adding new "hypothesis" column - Update TSV header and column descriptions to include hypothesis field - Define hypothesis as non-obvious ideas to explore based on results - Add guidance to use "-" for baseline runs without hypotheses - Update example table with sample hypothesis values for each experiment - Clarify autonomous researcher guidance to gather hypotheses from results.tsv when generating new experiment ideas - Helps structure iterative research by capturing insights and unexplored combinations for future testing
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Add hypothesis column to results.tsv for learning
This PR introduces a lightweight mechanism for the agent to accumulate non-obvious research directions during experimentation.
Changes:
hypothesiscolumn toresults.tsvformatprogram.md: column spec and examples for agentWhat is a hypothesis here:
Not a restatement of what was tried (that's
description), but a non-obvious combination, condition, or connection worth exploring later. Example: experiment fails with GeLU → hypothesis is "GeLU might unlock with RMSNorm instead of LayerNorm", not "GeLU didn't work".Why this matters:
When the agent exhausts obvious directions after 50+ experiments, it can revisit its own accumulated hypotheses — ideas it generated in context but never tested. This creates a passive memory that survives context window limits.
Open question – needs A/B testing:
The hypothesis gathering instruction is currently placed at the beginning of the "out of ideas" list. Unclear if it should be first (prioritize own insights) or last (use as final fallback). Requires empirical testing.