# suede-ab-testing

Designs statistically valid A/B tests, calculates required sample sizes, and sets guardrail metrics. Prevents false calls caused by early peeking.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 126
- Author: JasonColapietro
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/suede-ab-testing/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/suede-ab-testing

## What it does

This skill enforces strict experiment discipline before any traffic starts running. It mandates predeclaring three rules upfront: sample size per variant, minimum run duration, and the metric threshold for calling a winner. Any readout taken before satisfying all three conditions counts as unverified preliminary noise. The workflow also checks `.agents/product-marketing.md` or `.claude/product-marketing.md` to pull existing baseline conversion rates and traffic numbers.

Calculations assume a two-sided test with 95% confidence (p < 0.05) and 80% statistical power. The framework defines a structured hypothesis model along with primary, secondary, and guardrail metrics to stop harmful variants before they impact revenue.

This skill does not handle event instrumentation or variant copywriting. Analytics tracking requires `suede-analytics`, while writing variant copy belongs in `suede-copy`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-ab-testing -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-ab-testing -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-ab-testing -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills suede-ab-testing
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/suede-ab-testing/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-ab-testing -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --path skills/suede-ab-testing
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-ab-testing -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/JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/suede-ab-testing/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- calculate variant sample size and run duration from baseline metrics
- structure verifiable hypotheses with a predeclared decision rule
- define guardrail metrics to stop harmful variants
- check statistical significance with two-sided 95% confidence

## Example prompts
- Plan an A/B test for our pricing page with a 3% baseline conversion and 20% target lift.
- Draft a hypothesis and a pre-launch QA checklist for a split URL experiment.
- Evaluate whether our two-week test results reached 95% statistical significance.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: suede-ab-testing
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# Suede AI A/B Test Setup

Use this experimentation playbook to design tests that produce statistically valid, actionable results.

## The Iron Law

```
Predeclare three things before a test launches: sample per variant,
minimum duration, and the decision rule: and read the result only once
all three are satisfied. A result read before then is preliminary.
Never a winner.
```

- **Sample per variant**: the Sample Size table below, or a calculator run on your actual baseline.
- **Minimum duration**: 1 full week (day-of-week variation), 2 business cycles (B2B), through paydays (e-commerce): see the "Minimum Duration Rules" section of [references/sample-size-guide.md](references/sample-size-guide.md).
- **Decision rule**: which metric, at which threshold, decides the call: written down before launch, not after.

Two carve-outs, and only these two:

- A **predeclared sequential or always-valid design** may look early under its own stopping rule (see "Sequential Testing" in the sample-size guide). Declaring it sequential after the peek does not count.
- A **guardrail-triggered stop for harm** is a stop, not a winner call. Kill the variant, report no result.

## Initial Assessment

Check for `.agents/product-marketing.md` (or `.claude/product-marketing.md`, or the legacy `product-marketing-context.md`) and read it if present, baseline conversion rate, traffic volume, and available tooling decide whether a test is even powerable, and they are usually already written down there.

Then work the intake list under Task-Specific Questions below; ask only what the context file did not already answer.

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## Hypothesis Framework

### Structure

```
Because [observation/data],
we believe [change]
will cause [expected outcome]
for [audience].
We'll know this is true when [metrics].
```

### Example

**Weak**: "Changing the button color might increase clicks."
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