# ar-status

Shows results, active loops and progress across autoresearch experiments. Useful once you have enough runs that keeping track in your head stops working.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code · 7 installs · ★ 28733
- Author: Alireza Rezvani
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/engineering/autoresearch-agent/skills/ar-status/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ar-status

## What it does

The skill prints a summary per experiment: run count, how many results were kept, best value, change and status. It calls `log_results.py` with `--dashboard` to build that table. Next to each experiment it reads `.autoresearch/{domain}/{name}/loop.json` and, when the file is there, adds a line about the active loop with interval, cron ID and start date.

You can narrow the view. `--domain engineering` lists experiments from one area, while a name like `engineering/api-speed` gives the detail for a single run. Exports go through `--format markdown` or `--format csv` plus `--output {file}`.

Everything runs on Python, since the logic lives in `scripts/log_results.py`. No interpreter, no output. Data comes from the `.autoresearch` directory, so in a project with no experiments the dashboard stays empty.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install autoresearch-agent@claude-code-skills
```
This installs the whole autoresearch-agent plugin with all its skills

2. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill ar-status -a claude-code
```

3. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/ar-status/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/ar-status/

### Codex

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/ar-status/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/ar-status/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install alirezarezvani/claude-skills ar-status
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/ar-status/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills --path engineering/autoresearch-agent/skills/ar-status
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/ar-status/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/engineering/autoresearch-agent/skills/ar-status/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- see which experiments are still running and which are done
- compare the best result against the starting point
- check whether a loop is scheduled and how often it fires
- export the summary to CSV for a spreadsheet
- review every experiment in one domain at once

## Example prompts
- /ar:ar-status
- /ar:ar-status engineering/api-speed
- /ar:ar-status --domain engineering --format markdown

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: "ar-status"
description: "Show experiment dashboard with results, active loops, and progress. Use when the user runs /ar:ar-status or asks how an autoresearch experiment is going."
metadata:
  command: /ar:ar-status
---

# /ar:ar-status — Experiment Dashboard

Show experiment results, active loops, and progress across all experiments.

## Usage

```
/ar:ar-status                                  # Full dashboard
/ar:ar-status engineering/api-speed            # Single experiment detail
/ar:ar-status --domain engineering             # All experiments in a domain
/ar:ar-status --format markdown                # Export as markdown
/ar:ar-status --format csv --output results.csv  # Export as CSV
```

## What It Does

### Single experiment

```bash
python {skill_path}/scripts/log_results.py --experiment {domain}/{name}
```

Also check for active loop:
```bash
cat .autoresearch/{domain}/{name}/loop.json 2>/dev/null
```

If loop.json exists, show:
```
Active loop: every {interval} (cron ID: {id}, started: {date})
```

### Domain view

```bash
python {skill_path}/scripts/log_results.py --domain {domain}
```

### Full dashboard

```bash
python {skill_path}/scripts/log_results.py --dashboard
```

For each experiment, also check for loop.json and show loop status.

### Export

```bash
# CSV
python {skill_path}/scripts/log_results.py --dashboard --format csv --output {file}

# Markdown
python {skill_path}/scripts/log_results.py --dashboard --format markdown --output {file}
```

## Output Example

```
DOMAIN          EXPERIMENT          RUNS  KEPT  BEST         CHANGE    STATUS   LOOP
engineering     api-speed            47    14   185ms        -76.9%    active   every 1h
engineering     bundle-size          23     8   412KB        -58.3%    paused   —
marketing       medium-ctr           31    11   8.4/10       +68.0%    active   daily
prompts         support-tone         15     6   82/100       +46.4%    done     —
```
````
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© Alireza Rezvani · MIT · https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/engineering/autoresearch-agent/skills/ar-status/SKILL.md

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