openai-jupyter-notebook/references/experiment-patterns.md

Experiment Patterns

Use this structure for exploratory and experimental work:

• Title and objective: state the question and the success criteria.
• Setup and reproducibility: import only what you need, set a seed early, and keep configuration in one short cell.
• Plan: list hypotheses, sweeps, and metrics before running code.
• Minimal baseline: start with the smallest runnable example and confirm it runs end-to-end before adding complexity.
• Results and notes: summarize findings in markdown near the relevant code and record key metrics in a small dictionary or table-like structure.
• Next steps: decide whether to continue, pivot, or stop, and capture follow-up ideas as short bullets.