Purpose
Define exactly what code must implement and save. Do not expand the approved experiment scope or fully plan a dormant fallback.
Preconditions
methods/Qx/qx_method_card.mdand probe summary exist.methods/Qx/qx_decisions.jsonlcontains a humanDECIDEDmethod choice.- A usable baseline is identified.
- Cleaned data and
data_profile.jsonare ready when data is required. - Implementation target and round are known.
Read legacy candidate/decision artifacts only when the new artifacts are absent.
Workflow
- Read the approved choice, method card, probe conditions, and experiment budget.
- Plan only:
- approved
main; - approved
usable_baseline; - shared helpers and comparison logic.
- approved
- Record the fallback ID and trigger, but do not plan its full implementation unless the trigger is already evidenced and the human chose activation.
- Map mathematical definitions to inputs, processing steps, intermediate evidence, outputs, and validation checks.
- Define a directly comparable metric/output contract for main and baseline.
- Define the round output:
textresults/Qx/experiments/roundN/ ├── figures/ ├── tables/ ├── metrics/ └── run_summary.json
Create logs/ only for failures, warnings, or reproducibility needs.
7. Write code/Qx/qx_code_plan.md for Python or code/matlab/Qx/qx_code_plan.md for MATLAB.
8. Hand off to the matching language generator.
Run Summary Contract
Require:
json{ "schema_version": 1, "question": "Q1", "round": "round1", "implementation_target": "python", "random_seed": 2026, "approved_decision_id": "q1_method_choice", "methods": [ { "method_id": "M1", "role": "usable_baseline", "script": "code/Q1/q1_baseline.py", "status": "success", "execution_time_seconds": 0, "input_files": [], "output_files": [], "figure_files": [], "metrics_summary": {}, "warnings": [], "errors": [] } ], "comparison": {}, "fallback_trigger": { "fallback_id": null, "condition": null, "observed": false, "evidence": null }, "environment": {} }
Code Plan Contents
- target language and round purpose;
- approved decision ID;
- main and baseline IDs and roles;
- input fields and units;
- per-method computation steps;
- comparable outputs and metrics;
- risk-probe conditions that implementation must monitor;
- fallback trigger evaluation;
- paths, seed, dependencies, and expected runtime;
- named review checks expected downstream.
Rules
- Do not write executable model code.
- Do not add candidates or change model meaning.
- Do not plan a diagnostic reference as the official baseline.
- Do not implement a fallback before activation.
- Do not require success logs.
- Do not create a README when the code plan already provides the same instructions.
- Stop if a human choice, required parameter, input field, or comparable baseline output is missing.
Verification
- Plan scope is exactly main plus usable baseline unless fallback activation is recorded.
- Outputs are directly comparable.
- Probe risks and fallback trigger are represented in
run_summary.json. - Paths follow the experiment contract.
- Handoff targets the correct language generator.


