# run-experiment

This skill deploys and runs ML experiments on a local GPU, a remote server, Vast.ai or Modal. Useful when you want training started instead of configured by hand.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 523 installs · ★ 18090
- Author: wanshuiyin
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep/tree/HEAD/skills/run-experiment/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/run-experiment

## What it does

The skill reads the project's `CLAUDE.md` and picks the compute target from it: local CUDA or MPS, a remote box over SSH, a Vast.ai instance, or Modal for serverless runs. Then it walks the steps — checking free GPU memory, syncing code, installing dependencies, launching inside `screen` bound to a specific card.

For remote machines code moves over `rsync`, or over `git` when `CLAUDE.md` sets `code_sync: git`. On Vast.ai the working directory is `/workspace/project/` and conda is not needed, since the Docker image already carries the environment. Dependencies install in phases: pins first, the rest after. A project with only `requirements.txt` and no env spec gets a single-phase install, and any version fight there is your signal to switch to ordered phases.

W&B logging is wired up when `CLAUDE.md` sets `wandb: true`. The skill adds `wandb.init` and `wandb.log` to the training script if they are missing, then checks the login on the target machine. Modal skips the sync and GPU allocation steps entirely — `/serverless-modal` handles those.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill run-experiment -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill run-experiment -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill run-experiment -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep run-experiment
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill run-experiment -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --path skills/run-experiment
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill run-experiment -a opencode
```

### 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/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep/tree/HEAD/skills/run-experiment/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- spin up training on a rented Vast.ai GPU
- check whether a GPU is free before launching
- sync code to a remote server without data or checkpoints
- add W&B metric logging to an existing training script
- run a training job on Modal without SSH or Docker

## Example prompts
- run the experiment: train the model on Vast.ai
- deploy training to the remote server, config is in `configs/train.yaml`
- run the experiment locally on GPU

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: run-experiment
description: Deploy and run ML experiments on local, remote, Vast.ai, or Modal serverless GPU. Use when user says "run experiment", "deploy to server", "跑实验", or needs to launch training jobs.
argument-hint: "[experiment-description]"
allowed-tools: Bash(*), Read, Grep, Glob, Edit, Write, Skill(serverless-modal)
---

# Run Experiment

Deploy and run ML experiment: $ARGUMENTS

## Workflow

### Step 1: Detect Environment

Read the project's `CLAUDE.md` to determine the experiment environment:

- **Local GPU** (`gpu: local`): Look for local CUDA/MPS setup info
- **Remote server** (`gpu: remote`): Look for SSH alias, conda env, code directory
- **Vast.ai** (`gpu: vast`): Check for `vast-instances.json` at project root — if a running instance exists, use it. Also check `CLAUDE.md` for a `## Vast.ai` section.
- **Modal** (`gpu: modal`): Serverless GPU via Modal. No SSH, no Docker, auto scale-to-zero. Delegate to `/serverless-modal`.

**Modal detection:** If `CLAUDE.md` has `gpu: modal` or a `## Modal` section, the entire deployment is handled by `/serverless-modal`. Jump to **Step 4: Deploy (Modal)** — Steps 2-3 are not needed (Modal handles code sync and GPU allocation automatically).

**Environment contract** (`../shared-references/compute-env-contract.md`): before
building or trusting any environment, read the provider's env ledger
(`.aris/compute/<provider>.md`) — an unchanged spec hash means warm-reuse, a
changed one means rebuild. New env → write the declarative spec first, render it
for this provider's shape, and never declare it ready on import-success alone:
run the seeded kernel witness, and after any rebuild/doc edit run the
agent-follows-doc pass (a fresh subagent executes the documented invocation
verbatim and reports doc-vs-reality divergence).

**Vast.ai detection priority:**
1. If `CLAUDE.md` has `gpu: vast` or a `## Vast.ai` section:
   - If `vast-instances.json` exists and has a running instance → use that instance
   - If no running instance → call `/vast-gpu provision` which analyzes the task, presents cost-optimized GPU options, and rents the user's choice
2. If no server info is found in `CLAUDE.md`, ask the user.

### Step 2: Pre-flight Check

Check GPU availability on the target machine:

**Remote (SSH):**
```bash
ssh <server> nvidia-smi --query-gpu=index,memory.used,memory.total --format=csv,noheader
```

**Remote (Vast.ai):**
```bash
````
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