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# hypothesis-generation — AI agent skill for ideation and design

> Formulate evidence-bounded scientific questions, candidate hypotheses, rival explanations, causal or associational claims, discriminating predictions, mea…

# `hypothesis-generation`

> Formulate evidence-bounded scientific questions, candidate hypotheses, rival explanations, causal or associational claims, discriminating predictions, measurements, and preregistration-ready analysis plans. Use when turning observations or preliminary findings into transparent, testable research plans without treating hypotheses as facts.

**Category:** [ideation-and-design](/research-agent-skills/skills#ideation-and-design) · **License:** MIT · **Version:** 2.2

## Install

```bash theme={null}
npx research-agent-skills install hypothesis-generation
npx skills add KalarisLabs/research-agent-skills --skill hypothesis-generation
```

## When to use it

Formulate evidence-bounded scientific questions, candidate hypotheses, rival explanations, causal or associational claims, discriminating predictions, measurements, and preregistration-ready analysis plans. Use when turning observations or preliminary findings into transparent, testable research plans without treating hypotheses as facts.

## Full playbook

Read [SKILL.md](https://github.com/KalarisLabs/research-agent-skills/blob/main/skills/hypothesis-generation/SKILL.md) for the complete workflow, references and any scripts. The agent installer copies the full skill folder.


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