Agent skill

Framing ML Problems

by flyrank-bih in flyrank-bih/flyrank-ml-internship-starter

Frames a data/ML problem before any modeling — the decision, the action, the cost of a wrong call, task type, target, and success metric.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Framing ML Problems

skills CLI
$ npx skills add flyrank-bih/flyrank-ml-internship-starter --skill framing-ml-problems -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install flyrank-bih/flyrank-ml-internship-starter framing-ml-problems --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/flyrank-bih/flyrank-ml-internship-starter.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/framing-ml-problems .claude/skills/framing-ml-problems && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
framing-ml-problems
GitHub stars
140
Token cost
~700 tokens
SKILL.md length
392 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
13
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Frames a data/ML problem before any modeling — the decision, the action, the cost of a wrong call, task type, target, and success metric.

  • Works in 4 steps: What decision does this improve? Not… → Who acts on the output, and what do they… → What does a wrong answer cost? Wasted… → …
  • Picking a project direction
  • SKILL.md covers The four questions (answer all…, Map it to a task type, Write the one-paragraph frame and How to verify
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Framing ML Problems is an agent skill from flyrank-bih/flyrank-ml-internship-starter. Frames a data/ML problem before any modeling — the decision, the action, the cost of a wrong call, task type, target, and success metric. Use when picking a project direction, writing a research question, or mapping a problem onto an ML task type.

Its SKILL.md is about 700 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Research & Science, covering Hypothesis generation and Product metrics. The repository describes itself as: Starter repo for the FlyRank ML Internship - a runnable ML pipeline on real anonymized Google Search data, with Colab notebooks. Fork it, build your capstone in it.

When your agent uses it

  • Picking a project direction
  • Writing a research question
  • Mapping a problem onto an ML task type

Example prompts

  • “Use the framing-ml-problems skill to frame a data/ML problem before any modeling — the decision, the action, the cost of a wrong call, task type…”
  • “/framing-ml-problems”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. What decision does this improve? Not "predict X" — decisions. "Which page should an
  2. Who acts on the output, and what do they do? Name the person and the action. If nobody
  3. What does a wrong answer cost? Wasted editor hours? A missed decline? The cost of errors
  4. Why does data or ML help at all? Sometimes a plain rule (an if-statement) is the right

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 882b73e. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Framing ML Problems loads about 700 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 67 tokens; SKILL.md has 392 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~67
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~700

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 392 words (~700 tokens).

“A model is never the goal. A better DECISION is the goal. Frame first, model later.”

— opening of SKILL.md by flyrank-bih, Custom licence
name
framing-ml-problems

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/framing-ml-problems of flyrank-bih/flyrank-ml-internship-starter.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 882b73e

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Questions about Framing ML Problems

What does Framing ML Problems do?

Frames a data/ML problem before any modeling — the decision, the action, the cost of a wrong call, task type, target, and success metric. Framing ML Problems is an agent skill from flyrank-bih/flyrank-ml-internship-starter. Frames a data/ML problem before any modeling — the decision, the action, the cost of a wrong call, task type, target, and success metric.

When should I use Framing ML Problems?

Framing ML Problems fits situations like: picking a project direction; writing a research question; mapping a problem onto an ML task type.

How do I install Framing ML Problems in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add flyrank-bih/flyrank-ml-internship-starter --skill framing-ml-problems -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/framing-ml-problems in flyrank-bih/flyrank-ml-internship-starter) into .claude/skills/framing-ml-problems in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Framing ML Problems in Codex?

Run `npx skills add flyrank-bih/flyrank-ml-internship-starter --skill framing-ml-problems -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/framing-ml-problems in flyrank-bih/flyrank-ml-internship-starter) into .agents/skills/framing-ml-problems in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Framing ML Problems in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add flyrank-bih/flyrank-ml-internship-starter --skill framing-ml-problems -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/framing-ml-problems, .gemini/skills/framing-ml-problems, .github/skills/framing-ml-problems and .opencode/skills/framing-ml-problems in your project.

What does Framing ML Problems need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Framing ML Problems is instructions for the agent only.

Does Framing ML Problems access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Framing ML Problems safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Framing ML Problems use?

Framing ML Problems has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Framing ML Problems use?

About 700 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Framing ML Problems?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Framing ML Problems: Paper Opportunity Radar (tamdogood/builder-essential-skills, 220 stars), Craft Experiment Design (amplitude/builder-skills, 160 stars), Hypothesis Generation (spacering-net/codeg, 3.9k stars) and Nature Paper Card (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Framing ML Problems?

flyrank-bih (a GitHub organization) maintains it in flyrank-bih/flyrank-ml-internship-starter, which has 140 GitHub stars. The repository holds 13 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 20, 2026.

Source: flyrank-bih/flyrank-ml-internship-starter on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.