ClaudSkills / Science & Research / research-methods

Hypothesis

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Science & Research · Sub-category: research-methods

Write testable product hypotheses with clear success metrics, baselines, targets, and timeframes. Produces a structured hypothesis statement, supporting evidence, a validation plan with method and sample size, and a decision framework for what to do if validated or invalidated. Use when validating product assumptions, before running experiments, when proposing new features, or when shifting from opinion-based to evidence-based decision making.

What this skill does

Hypothesis is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the research-methods sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/hypothesis/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when validating product assumptions, before running experiments, when proposing new features, or when shifting from opinion-based to evidence-based decision making.

Who uses this skill

The Hypothesis skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/hypothesis
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/hypothesis/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/hypothesis/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/hypothesis/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/hypothesis/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\hypothesis\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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