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RELSA severity assessment and exploratory score forecasting · k-dense-ai | DecimalAI

Scienceby k-dense-ai

RELSA severity assessment and exploratory score forecasting

Multivariate severity assessment and humane endpoint prediction for laboratory animal studies using the RELSA (RELative Severity Assessment) score and ARIMA-based foRcast forecasting.

Never made a case worseMaintained

SkillScore

SkillScore70/100

Test results 70

Safety

3/3 safety checks passed

Code scan
Intent
Content

What it changes

22%70%of test cases passed +48 pts

Without skill5 of 23

With skill16 of 23

11 fixed5 passed either way7 still failing0 broke

Measured on gemini-3.6-flash9/9/2026v2 · latest is v319 comparable

This benchmark measured an earlier version of the skill.

Track record

Agent runs: 0; All time

See one task, with and without the skill

One test taskWe are preparing the animal welfare and refinement methods section for a publication detailing our composite severity scoring and ARIMA endpoint forecasting. List the essential methodological decisions that must be reported to ensure full reproducibility.

Without the skillMissed

With the skillPassed

Same model, same task. Answers are capped and redacted.

Use this skill

Your agent runs on

Adds every file the skill has, pinned so you can update it. No account needed.

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"
decimalai skills add k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment
claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)/.agents"

The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script.

Install

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

Add the skill

from decimalai import skillpkg

# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment")
if result.exit_code:
    raise SystemExit(result.problems)

print("Added. Start Claude Code with the command below.")

Start Claude Code with it

claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)/.agents"

Type these in a Claude Code session. No account or API key. It writes the skill and any files it bundles, and asks first when its safety rating isn't Passed.

Add the DecimalAI plugin, once

/plugin marketplace add decimal-labs/decimalai-claude-plugins
/plugin install decimalai@decimalai

Install this skill

/decimalai:install k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment

The plugin needs python3 and curl on your machine.

No Python or account. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

Save it into your project

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md

Copy SKILL.md

Save it in your project, as

.claude/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md

This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 8 other files are not included.

Other ways to add it

Claude Code docs

agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.

Install

pip install "decimalai[claude-agent-sdk]"
decimalai skills add k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment

Add it to your agent

import asyncio

from claude_agent_sdk import ClaudeAgentOptions
from decimalai.claude_agent_sdk import agent_config

# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")

async def main():
    question = "Hello!"
    async with support.run(question) as run:  # one user message, one run
        async for message in run.query(options=ClaudeAgentOptions(max_turns=6)):
            print(message)

# In a notebook or async code: await main()
asyncio.run(main())

Prefer its own loader? ClaudeAgentOptions(plugins=[skills_plugin()], skills="all") reads the same folder. Use one or the other: a skill delivered both ways reaches the prompt twice.

The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script. agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.

Install

pip install "decimalai[claude-agent-sdk]"

Add it to your agent

from decimalai import skillpkg

# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment")
if result.exit_code:
    raise SystemExit(result.problems)

import asyncio

from claude_agent_sdk import ClaudeAgentOptions
from decimalai.claude_agent_sdk import agent_config

# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")

async def main():
    question = "Hello!"
    async with support.run(question) as run:  # one user message, one run
        async for message in run.query(options=ClaudeAgentOptions(max_turns=6)):
            print(message)

# In a notebook or async code: await main()
asyncio.run(main())

Prefer its own loader? ClaudeAgentOptions(plugins=[skills_plugin()], skills="all") reads the same folder. Use one or the other: a skill delivered both ways reaches the prompt twice.

No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.

Copy SKILL.md

Save it in your project, as

.agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md

Give it to your agent

import asyncio
from pathlib import Path
from claude_agent_sdk import ClaudeAgentOptions, query

skill = Path(".agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md").read_text()
options = ClaudeAgentOptions(system_prompt=f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}", max_turns=6)

async def main():
    async for message in query(prompt="Hello!", options=options):
        print(message)

# In a notebook or async code: await main()
asyncio.run(main())

This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 8 other files are not included.

Other ways to add it

Claude Agent SDK docs

agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.

Install

pip install "decimalai[openai-agents]"
decimalai skills add k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment

Add it to your agent

from agents import Agent, Runner
from decimalai.openai_agents import agent_config

# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")

agent = Agent(
    name=support.name,
    instructions=support.instructions,  # your prompt, then the skill list
    tools=[*support.tools],             # your tools, then load_skill
)
# In a notebook or async code: result = await Runner.run(agent, "Hello!")
result = Runner.run_sync(agent, "Hello!")

Using SandboxAgent? capabilities=[Shell(), decimalai.openai_agents.sandbox_skills()] points its own loader at the same folder.

Install

pip install "decimalai[openai-agents]"

Add it to your agent

from decimalai import skillpkg

# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment")
if result.exit_code:
    raise SystemExit(result.problems)

from agents import Agent, Runner
from decimalai.openai_agents import agent_config

# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")

agent = Agent(
    name=support.name,
    instructions=support.instructions,  # your prompt, then the skill list
    tools=[*support.tools],             # your tools, then load_skill
)
# In a notebook or async code: result = await Runner.run(agent, "Hello!")
result = Runner.run_sync(agent, "Hello!")

Using SandboxAgent? capabilities=[Shell(), decimalai.openai_agents.sandbox_skills()] points its own loader at the same folder.

No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.

Copy SKILL.md

Save it in your project, as

.agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md

Give it to your agent

from pathlib import Path
from agents import Agent, Runner

skill = Path(".agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md").read_text()
agent = Agent(name="support", instructions=f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}")
# In a notebook or async code: result = await Runner.run(agent, "Hello!")
result = Runner.run_sync(agent, "Hello!")

This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 8 other files are not included.

Other ways to add it

OpenAI Agents docs

agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.

Install

pip install "decimalai[openai]"
decimalai skills add k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment

Add it to your agent

import json

from openai import OpenAI
from decimalai.openai import agent_config

client = OpenAI()
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")


def lookup_order(order_id: str) -> str:
    return f"Order {order_id} shipped yesterday."


# Your tools, as Chat Completions takes them, and what answers each.
TOOLS = [{"type": "function", "function": {
    "name": "lookup_order",
    "description": "Look up the status of an order.",
    "parameters": {"type": "object", "properties": {"order_id": {"type": "string"}},
                   "required": ["order_id"]},
}}]
FUNCTIONS = {"lookup_order": lookup_order}

question = "Where is order A1001?"
with support.run(question) as run:  # one user message, one run
    # run.system is your prompt, then the skill list.
    messages = [{"role": "system", "content": run.system}, run.message]
    while True:
        reply = client.chat.completions.create(
            model="gpt-5.4-mini",
            messages=messages,
            tools=[*TOOLS, *run.tools],  # your tools, then load_skill
        ).choices[0].message
        messages.append(reply)
        if not reply.tool_calls:
            break
        for call in reply.tool_calls:
            # load_skill is answered by the run; your own tools by FUNCTIONS.
            function = FUNCTIONS.get(call.function.name)
            messages.append(run.tool_result(call) or {
                "role": "tool", "tool_call_id": call.id,
                "content": function(**json.loads(call.function.arguments)) if function
                else f"There is no tool named {call.function.name!r}.",
            })
print(reply.content)

# The Responses API takes run.response_tools instead of run.tools.

Install

pip install "decimalai[openai]"

Add it to your agent

from decimalai import skillpkg

# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment")
if result.exit_code:
    raise SystemExit(result.problems)

import json

from openai import OpenAI
from decimalai.openai import agent_config

client = OpenAI()
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")


def lookup_order(order_id: str) -> str:
    return f"Order {order_id} shipped yesterday."


# Your tools, as Chat Completions takes them, and what answers each.
TOOLS = [{"type": "function", "function": {
    "name": "lookup_order",
    "description": "Look up the status of an order.",
    "parameters": {"type": "object", "properties": {"order_id": {"type": "string"}},
                   "required": ["order_id"]},
}}]
FUNCTIONS = {"lookup_order": lookup_order}

question = "Where is order A1001?"
with support.run(question) as run:  # one user message, one run
    # run.system is your prompt, then the skill list.
    messages = [{"role": "system", "content": run.system}, run.message]
    while True:
        reply = client.chat.completions.create(
            model="gpt-5.4-mini",
            messages=messages,
            tools=[*TOOLS, *run.tools],  # your tools, then load_skill
        ).choices[0].message
        messages.append(reply)
        if not reply.tool_calls:
            break
        for call in reply.tool_calls:
            # load_skill is answered by the run; your own tools by FUNCTIONS.
            function = FUNCTIONS.get(call.function.name)
            messages.append(run.tool_result(call) or {
                "role": "tool", "tool_call_id": call.id,
                "content": function(**json.loads(call.function.arguments)) if function
                else f"There is no tool named {call.function.name!r}.",
            })
print(reply.content)

# The Responses API takes run.response_tools instead of run.tools.

No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.

Copy SKILL.md

Save it in your project, as

.agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md

Give it to your agent

from pathlib import Path
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI()
skill = Path(".agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md").read_text()
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-5.4-mini",
    messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}"},
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"},
    ],
).choices[0].message

This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 8 other files are not included.

Other ways to add it

OpenAI SDK docs

agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.

Install

pip install "decimalai[anthropic]"
decimalai skills add k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment

Add it to your agent

import anthropic
from decimalai.anthropic import agent_config

client = anthropic.Anthropic()
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")

question = "Hello!"
with support.run(question) as run:  # one user message, one run
    answer = client.beta.messages.tool_runner(
        model="claude-haiku-5-5",
        max_tokens=4096,
        system=run.system,     # your prompt, then the skill list
        tools=[*run.tools],    # your tools, then load_skill
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": question}],
    ).until_done()

Install

pip install "decimalai[anthropic]"

Add it to your agent

from decimalai import skillpkg

# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment")
if result.exit_code:
    raise SystemExit(result.problems)

import anthropic
from decimalai.anthropic import agent_config

client = anthropic.Anthropic()
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")

question = "Hello!"
with support.run(question) as run:  # one user message, one run
    answer = client.beta.messages.tool_runner(
        model="claude-haiku-5-5",
        max_tokens=4096,
        system=run.system,     # your prompt, then the skill list
        tools=[*run.tools],    # your tools, then load_skill
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": question}],
    ).until_done()

No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.

Copy SKILL.md

Save it in your project, as

.agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md

Give it to your agent

from pathlib import Path
import anthropic

client = anthropic.Anthropic()
skill = Path(".agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md").read_text()
reply = client.messages.create(
    model="claude-haiku-5-5",
    max_tokens=4096,
    system=f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)

This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 8 other files are not included.

Other ways to add it

Anthropic docs

agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.

Install

pip install "decimalai[google-genai]"
decimalai skills add k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment

Add it to your agent

from google import genai
from google.genai import types
from decimalai.google_genai import agent_config

client = genai.Client()
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")


def lookup_order(order_id: str) -> str:
    return f"Order {order_id} shipped yesterday."


# Your functions, as declarations for the model, and what answers each.
TOOLS = [{"function_declarations": [{
    "name": "lookup_order",
    "description": "Look up the status of an order.",
    "parameters_json_schema": {"type": "object", "properties": {"order_id": {"type": "string"}},
                               "required": ["order_id"]},
}]}]
FUNCTIONS = {"lookup_order": lookup_order}

question = "Where is order A1001?"
with support.run(question) as run:  # one user message, one run
    config = types.GenerateContentConfig(
        system_instruction=run.system,     # your prompt, then the skill list
        tools=[*TOOLS, *run.tool_params],  # your functions, then load_skill
    )
    contents = [{"role": "user", "parts": [{"text": run.message}]}]
    while True:
        response = client.models.generate_content(
            model="gemini-3.5-flash", contents=contents, config=config,
        )
        if not response.function_calls:
            break
        contents.append(response.candidates[0].content)
        parts = []
        for call in response.function_calls:
            # load_skill is answered by the run; your own functions by FUNCTIONS.
            # A loop of your own rather than automatic function calling, which
            # raises KeyError when the model asks for a function you did not pass.
            function = FUNCTIONS.get(call.name)
            parts.append(run.tool_result(call) or {"function_response": {
                "name": call.name, "id": call.id,
                "response": {"result": function(**(call.args or {})) if function
                             else f"There is no function named {call.name!r}."},
            }})
        contents.append({"role": "user", "parts": parts})
print(response.text)

Install

pip install "decimalai[google-genai]"

Add it to your agent

from decimalai import skillpkg

# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment")
if result.exit_code:
    raise SystemExit(result.problems)

from google import genai
from google.genai import types
from decimalai.google_genai import agent_config

client = genai.Client()
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")


def lookup_order(order_id: str) -> str:
    return f"Order {order_id} shipped yesterday."


# Your functions, as declarations for the model, and what answers each.
TOOLS = [{"function_declarations": [{
    "name": "lookup_order",
    "description": "Look up the status of an order.",
    "parameters_json_schema": {"type": "object", "properties": {"order_id": {"type": "string"}},
                               "required": ["order_id"]},
}]}]
FUNCTIONS = {"lookup_order": lookup_order}

question = "Where is order A1001?"
with support.run(question) as run:  # one user message, one run
    config = types.GenerateContentConfig(
        system_instruction=run.system,     # your prompt, then the skill list
        tools=[*TOOLS, *run.tool_params],  # your functions, then load_skill
    )
    contents = [{"role": "user", "parts": [{"text": run.message}]}]
    while True:
        response = client.models.generate_content(
            model="gemini-3.5-flash", contents=contents, config=config,
        )
        if not response.function_calls:
            break
        contents.append(response.candidates[0].content)
        parts = []
        for call in response.function_calls:
            # load_skill is answered by the run; your own functions by FUNCTIONS.
            # A loop of your own rather than automatic function calling, which
            # raises KeyError when the model asks for a function you did not pass.
            function = FUNCTIONS.get(call.name)
            parts.append(run.tool_result(call) or {"function_response": {
                "name": call.name, "id": call.id,
                "response": {"result": function(**(call.args or {})) if function
                             else f"There is no function named {call.name!r}."},
            }})
        contents.append({"role": "user", "parts": parts})
print(response.text)

No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.

Copy SKILL.md

Save it in your project, as

.agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md

Give it to your agent

from pathlib import Path
from google import genai
from google.genai import types

client = genai.Client()
skill = Path(".agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md").read_text()
response = client.models.generate_content(
    model="gemini-3.5-flash",
    contents="Hello!",
    config=types.GenerateContentConfig(system_instruction=f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}"),
)

This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 8 other files are not included.

Other ways to add it

Gemini API docs

agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.

Install

pip install "decimalai[langchain]" langchain-openai
decimalai skills add k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment

Add it to your agent

from langchain.agents import create_agent
from decimalai.langchain import agent_config

# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")

agent = create_agent(
    "openai:gpt-5.4-mini",
    tools=[],                         # your tools; the middleware adds load_skill
    middleware=[support.middleware],  # your prompt, the skill list and load_skill
)
result = agent.invoke({"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]})

Install

pip install "decimalai[langchain]" langchain-openai

Add it to your agent

from decimalai import skillpkg

# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment")
if result.exit_code:
    raise SystemExit(result.problems)

from langchain.agents import create_agent
from decimalai.langchain import agent_config

# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")

agent = create_agent(
    "openai:gpt-5.4-mini",
    tools=[],                         # your tools; the middleware adds load_skill
    middleware=[support.middleware],  # your prompt, the skill list and load_skill
)
result = agent.invoke({"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]})

No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.

Copy SKILL.md

Save it in your project, as

.agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md

Give it to your agent

from pathlib import Path
from langchain.agents import create_agent

skill = Path(".agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md").read_text()
agent = create_agent("openai:gpt-5.4-mini", tools=[], system_prompt=f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}")
result = agent.invoke({"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]})

This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 8 other files are not included.

Other ways to add it

LangChain docs

CrewAI's own skill loader reads the installed folder. No DecimalAI account needed.

Install

pip install "decimalai>=0.16" "crewai>=1.15.27"
decimalai skills add k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment

Add it to your agent

import decimalai.crewai
from crewai import Agent, Crew, Task

agent = Agent(
    role="Support", goal="Help the customer", backstory="A support agent.",
    llm=llm,                               # your own CrewAI LLM
    skills=decimalai.crewai.skills(),      # the installed folder
    tools=decimalai.crewai.skill_tools(),  # reads a skill's files, runs its scripts
)
task = Task(description="Hello!", expected_output="an answer", agent=agent)
Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]).kickoff()

The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script. CrewAI's own skill loader reads the installed folder. No DecimalAI account needed.

Install

pip install "decimalai>=0.16" "crewai>=1.15.27"

Add it to your agent

from decimalai import skillpkg

# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment")
if result.exit_code:
    raise SystemExit(result.problems)

import decimalai.crewai
from crewai import Agent, Crew, Task

agent = Agent(
    role="Support", goal="Help the customer", backstory="A support agent.",
    llm=llm,                               # your own CrewAI LLM
    skills=decimalai.crewai.skills(),      # the installed folder
    tools=decimalai.crewai.skill_tools(),  # reads a skill's files, runs its scripts
)
task = Task(description="Hello!", expected_output="an answer", agent=agent)
Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]).kickoff()

No DecimalAI package. CrewAI's own loader reads the folder, and nothing pins or updates it.

Copy SKILL.md

Save it in your project, as

.agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md

Give it to your agent

from pathlib import Path
from crewai import Agent, Crew, Task

agent = Agent(
    role="Support", goal="Help the customer", backstory="A support agent.",
    llm=llm,                         # your own CrewAI LLM
    skills=[Path(".agents/skills")],
)
task = Task(description="Hello!", expected_output="an answer", agent=agent)
Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]).kickoff()

This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 8 other files are not included.

Other ways to add it

CrewAI docs

agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.

Install

pip install "decimalai[adk]"
decimalai skills add k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment

Add it to your agent

from decimalai.adk import DecimalAIPlugin, agent_config
from google.adk.agents import LlmAgent
from google.adk.apps import App

# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")

agent = LlmAgent(
    name="support",          # ADK needs a Python identifier
    model="gemini-3.5-flash",
    instruction=support.instruction,  # your prompt, then the skill list
    tools=[*support.tools],           # your tools, then load_skill
)
# DecimalAIPlugin makes each invocation of runners built from this App one trace.
app = App(name="support", root_agent=agent, plugins=[DecimalAIPlugin()])

Prefer ADK's own loader? SkillToolset(skills=decimalai.adk.skills(), ...) reads the same folder. Use one or the other: a skill delivered both ways reaches the prompt twice.

Install

pip install "decimalai[adk]"

Add it to your agent

from decimalai import skillpkg

# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment")
if result.exit_code:
    raise SystemExit(result.problems)

from decimalai.adk import DecimalAIPlugin, agent_config
from google.adk.agents import LlmAgent
from google.adk.apps import App

# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")

agent = LlmAgent(
    name="support",          # ADK needs a Python identifier
    model="gemini-3.5-flash",
    instruction=support.instruction,  # your prompt, then the skill list
    tools=[*support.tools],           # your tools, then load_skill
)
# DecimalAIPlugin makes each invocation of runners built from this App one trace.
app = App(name="support", root_agent=agent, plugins=[DecimalAIPlugin()])

Prefer ADK's own loader? SkillToolset(skills=decimalai.adk.skills(), ...) reads the same folder. Use one or the other: a skill delivered both ways reaches the prompt twice.

No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.

Copy SKILL.md

Save it in your project, as

.agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md

Give it to your agent

from pathlib import Path
from google.adk.agents import LlmAgent

skill = Path(".agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md").read_text()
agent = LlmAgent(
    name="support",
    model="gemini-3.5-flash",
    instruction=lambda context: f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}",
)

This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 8 other files are not included.

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agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.

Install

pip install "decimalai[pydantic-ai]"
decimalai skills add k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment

Add it to your agent

from pydantic_ai import Agent
from decimalai.pydantic_ai import agent_config

# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")

agent = Agent(
    "openai:gpt-4o-mini",
    name=support.name,
    tools=[],                 # your tools; the capability adds load_skill
    capabilities=[support],   # your prompt, the skill list and load_skill
)
# In a notebook or async code: result = await agent.run("Hello!")
result = agent.run_sync("Hello!")

On the Pydantic AI harness, decimalai.pydantic_ai_harness.skills(project) uses its own loader instead.

Install

pip install "decimalai[pydantic-ai]"

Add it to your agent

from decimalai import skillpkg

# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment")
if result.exit_code:
    raise SystemExit(result.problems)

from pydantic_ai import Agent
from decimalai.pydantic_ai import agent_config

# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")

agent = Agent(
    "openai:gpt-4o-mini",
    name=support.name,
    tools=[],                 # your tools; the capability adds load_skill
    capabilities=[support],   # your prompt, the skill list and load_skill
)
# In a notebook or async code: result = await agent.run("Hello!")
result = agent.run_sync("Hello!")

On the Pydantic AI harness, decimalai.pydantic_ai_harness.skills(project) uses its own loader instead.

No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.

Copy SKILL.md

Save it in your project, as

.agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md

Give it to your agent

from pathlib import Path
from pydantic_ai import Agent

skill = Path(".agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md").read_text()
agent = Agent("openai:gpt-4o-mini", instructions=f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}")
# In a notebook or async code: result = await agent.run("Hello!")
result = agent.run_sync("Hello!")

This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 8 other files are not included.

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Pydantic AI docs

Deep Agents' own skill loader reads the installed folder. No DecimalAI account needed.

Install

pip install "decimalai>=0.16" deepagents
decimalai skills add k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment

Add it to your agent

import decimalai.deepagents
from deepagents import create_deep_agent

agent = create_deep_agent(model=model, **decimalai.deepagents.skills())
agent.invoke({"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]})

The default backend reads files but has no shell. To run a skill's scripts, pass skills(backend=LocalShellBackend(...)).

The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script. Deep Agents' own skill loader reads the installed folder. No DecimalAI account needed.

Install

pip install "decimalai>=0.16" deepagents

Add it to your agent

from decimalai import skillpkg

# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment")
if result.exit_code:
    raise SystemExit(result.problems)

import decimalai.deepagents
from deepagents import create_deep_agent

agent = create_deep_agent(model=model, **decimalai.deepagents.skills())
agent.invoke({"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]})

The default backend reads files but has no shell. To run a skill's scripts, pass skills(backend=LocalShellBackend(...)).

No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.

Copy SKILL.md

Save it in your project, as

.agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md

Give it to your agent

from pathlib import Path
from deepagents import create_deep_agent

skill = Path(".agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md").read_text()
agent = create_deep_agent(model=model, system_prompt=f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}")
agent.invoke({"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]})

This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 8 other files are not included.

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Deep Agents docs

Its own skill loader reads the installed folder. No DecimalAI account needed.

Install

pip install "decimalai>=0.16" agent-framework
decimalai skills add k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment

Add it to your agent

import asyncio

from agent_framework import Agent
from decimalai.agent_framework import skills

agent = Agent(client=client, instructions="You are a helpful agent.", context_providers=[skills()])
asyncio.run(agent.run("Hello!"))

It caches skills by default, so restart the process after decimalai skills update.

The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script. Its own skill loader reads the installed folder. No DecimalAI account needed.

Install

pip install "decimalai>=0.16" agent-framework

Add it to your agent

from decimalai import skillpkg

# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment")
if result.exit_code:
    raise SystemExit(result.problems)

import asyncio

from agent_framework import Agent
from decimalai.agent_framework import skills

agent = Agent(client=client, instructions="You are a helpful agent.", context_providers=[skills()])
asyncio.run(agent.run("Hello!"))

It caches skills by default, so restart the process after decimalai skills update.

No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.

Copy SKILL.md

Save it in your project, as

.agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md

Give it to your agent

import asyncio
from pathlib import Path
from agent_framework import Agent

skill = Path(".agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md").read_text()
agent = Agent(client=client, instructions=f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}")
asyncio.run(agent.run("Hello!"))

This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 8 other files are not included.

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Microsoft Agent Framework docs

Strands' own skill loader reads the installed folder. No DecimalAI account needed.

Install

pip install "decimalai>=0.16" strands-agents
decimalai skills add k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment

Add it to your agent

from decimalai.strands import skills
from strands import Agent
from strands.vended_tools import file_editor, shell

agent = Agent(
    model=model,                # always pass one: the default is Amazon Bedrock
    system_prompt="You are a helpful agent.",
    tools=[file_editor, shell],
    plugins=[skills()],
)
agent("Hello!")

Strands loads an agent's skills once, so build the agent again after decimalai skills update.

The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script. Strands' own skill loader reads the installed folder. No DecimalAI account needed.

Install

pip install "decimalai>=0.16" strands-agents

Add it to your agent

from decimalai import skillpkg

# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment")
if result.exit_code:
    raise SystemExit(result.problems)

from decimalai.strands import skills
from strands import Agent
from strands.vended_tools import file_editor, shell

agent = Agent(
    model=model,                # always pass one: the default is Amazon Bedrock
    system_prompt="You are a helpful agent.",
    tools=[file_editor, shell],
    plugins=[skills()],
)
agent("Hello!")

Strands loads an agent's skills once, so build the agent again after decimalai skills update.

No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.

Copy SKILL.md

Save it in your project, as

.agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md

Give it to your agent

from pathlib import Path
from strands import Agent

skill = Path(".agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md").read_text()
agent = Agent(model=model, system_prompt=f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}")
agent("Hello!")

This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 8 other files are not included.

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Strands docs

Adds every file the skill has, pinned so you can update it. Cursor, Copilot, Cline and Warp read this folder by themselves.

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"
decimalai skills add k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment

No Python or account. Cursor, Copilot, Cline and Warp read this folder by themselves.

Save it into your project

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md

Copy SKILL.md

Save it in your project, as

.agents/skills/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md

This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 8 other files are not included.

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Cursor and other editors docs

Fetch the file and give its text to your model as instructions. No account or package needed.

Get the file

curl -fsSL https://app.decimal.ai/s/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment/SKILL.md

Read the summary as JSON

curl -fsSL https://app.decimal.ai/s/k-dense-ai-relsa-severity-assessment.json

This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 8 other files are not included.

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Version: v3 (v2 tested 9/9/2026)
Source: k-dense-ai/scientific-agent-skills ↗
License: MIT

Manage it in DecimalAI

Saved prompts and skills, pinned versions, and traces of this skill in your runs. DecimalAI does not run your agent.

Claude Code reads files from your project, so DecimalAI config does not apply there.

On Claude Agent SDK: save the skill to an agent here, set DECIMAL_API_KEY, and the same code uses it with no command to run. Changes you save reach the next run with no redeploy.

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Editors read files from your project, so DecimalAI config does not apply there.

Anywhere else: record a use with decimalai.log_skill_activation() inside a trace.

Use this skill

SKILL.md

RELSA severity assessment and exploratory score forecasting

Overview

This skill computes reference-relative multivariate scores and exploratory ARIMA forecasts. It targets the equations and printed example of RELSA 0.0.1.9000 (commit e68e8451e8719ccc3600179f55900cd7254ede9d, current upstream at review), plus the published foRcast methodology. The Python forecast helper is an independent nonseasonal approximation, not an exact R port.

RELSA is the RMS of directional deviations divided by each variable's reference maximum deviation. Zero means no measured worsening in those directions; it does not establish normal welfare. One is a reference scale unit, not a universal endpoint or an upper bound. Different variables may attain their reference extrema in different animals or at different times, so the reference cohort need not contain a score of exactly one.

Forecasts estimate a score at a specified time, not time-to-endpoint or probability of death. Keep the approved study's observation schedule and humane endpoint criteria separate from these exploratory outputs. See Boundaries.

When to use this skill

Combining weight loss, temperature, clinical scoring, biomarkers, or telemetry into a single per-animal severity score
Asking which animals in a cohort are at risk of reaching a humane endpoint, or predicting the severity score at a coming time point
Comparing severity between treatment groups, interventions, or animal models on a common relative scale
Defining thresholds or zones on a severity scale from the data
Writing the severity-assessment section of an animal welfare report, a 3Rs/refinement analysis, or an application under EU Directive 2010/63/EU

For general forecasting of a time series that is not a severity score, use timesfm-forecasting or statsmodels. For study design and sample size, use experimental-design and statistical-power.

Installation

uv venv --python 3.13 .venv-relsa
uv pip install --python .venv-relsa/bin/python numpy==2.5.3 pandas==3.0.6 scipy==1.18.1 statsmodels==0.15.0 matplotlib==3.11.2
source .venv-relsa/bin/activate

Run the examples from this skill directory. relsa_score.py needs numpy/pandas; kde_thresholds.py additionally needs scipy; statsmodels is required for forecasting and matplotlib only for figures.

Data format

One row per animal per time point, in a CSV:

id	treatment	condition	day	temp	weight	score	il6
M01	treated	endpoint	-1	37.15	25.17	0	35.1
M01	treated	endpoint	0	37.26	25.25	0	39.5
M01	treated	endpoint	1	35.83	23.12	4	162.0

id and a time column (day, time, hour, …) are required; treatment and condition are optional labels used for grouping and for selecting the reference set.
Time must be finite, with one consistent unit and origin across cohorts. Forecast training and target times must align with the chosen regular grid; disable interpolation only on regular observations. The RELSA convention codes the baseline time point as -1.
One row per animal per time point. Average hourly telemetry to one value per interval first (the published models average heart rate, HRV, and temperature, and sum activity).
Preserve lexical animal IDs (including leading zeros). Duplicate IDs/times, nonnumeric measurements and infinities are rejected. Leave missing measurements empty. They are dropped from the score, never imputed — a missing value treated as "no deviation" biases severity downward.

assets/example_cohort.csv is a small synthetic cohort (6 mice, 9 days, temperature, body weight, an 0–8 clinical score, and an IL-6-like biomarker) used by every command below, so each one is runnable as written.

The four decisions that determine the result

Make these explicitly and write them into the methods. Nothing else about the procedure matters as much.

1. Directionality — which variables rise under worsening? Falling is the default (body weight, activity, food intake, burrowing, wheel running). Variables that rise must be declared as --turned: clinical scores, inflammatory biomarkers, fever, tachycardia. Get this wrong and the variable contributes nothing at all, silently, because deviations in the "wrong" direction are floored at zero. Body temperature is model-dependent — it falls in sepsis and endotoxaemia, rises in fever models. Nothing in the data can settle this for you: in the published sepsis model activity legitimately swings further above baseline than below, so only a variable that never once moves the declared way is detectable, and build_reference() warns about exactly that case.

2. The reference set — relative to what? RELSA scores mean nothing without it. Choose a scientifically characterized reference and document its burden; the 2026 forecasting study uses the group assumed to carry the greatest burden in each model. A mild reference can push new scores above 1; too severe compresses everything toward 0. Save it with --save-reference and reuse it with --load-reference so later cohorts stay on the same scale. New CLI reference files also store and reuse normalization, ordinal mappings, baseline selection and rounding; conflicting options are rejected. Legacy references lack that contract and require the original options.

3. Scores with a zero baseline. A clinical score of 0 in a healthy animal cannot be ratio-normalized — 0/0 is undefined. Use --score-scale score=8 to map the score's scale instead (healthy → 100%, worst possible → 200%), which also marks it as turned. This assumes meaningful numeric spacing between ordinal categories. An affine rescaling applied identically to reference and target cancels in the weight ratio before rounding; the category encoding, healthy anchor and reference cohort still matter. State those choices. The alternative is to keep the score out of RELSA and use it as an independent endpoint criterion.

4. Which variables are measured throughout. Because the score averages over whichever variables are available, a variable that appears or disappears mid-trajectory moves the score by itself. An intermittent measure joining only at the endpoint can lower or raise the composite without any change in the other observed measures. relsa_scores() warns when composition changes; score the variables present throughout.

Workflow

Step 1 — compute RELSA scores

python scripts/relsa_score.py assets/example_cohort.csv \
    --variables weight,temp,score,il6 \
    --normalize weight,temp,il6 \
    --turned il6 \
    --score-scale score=8 \
    --baseline-time -1 \
    --reference-group condition=endpoint \
    --save-reference reference.json \
    --out relsa_scores.csv

The reference model is echoed so the scale is auditable:

reference model: assets/example_cohort.csv [condition=endpoint]
  animals=2  rows=18  baseline_time=-1.0
  variable      turned   max reached   max delta
  weight            no         82.40       17.60
  temp              no         92.79        7.21
  score            yes        187.50       87.50
  il6              yes        797.72      697.72

relsa_scores.csv holds each variable's weight alongside the score, which is what makes a score explainable — here M01 deteriorating to its endpoint, M03 peaking on day 3 and recovering:

 id  time  weight  temp  score  il6  n_vars  relsa
M01     1    0.46  0.49   0.57 0.52       4   0.51
M01     3    0.84  0.76   1.00 0.89       4   0.88
M01     5    1.00  1.00   1.00 1.00       4   1.00
M03     3    0.56  0.44   0.57 0.54       4   0.53
M03     5    0.35  0.26   0.43 0.32       4   0.35
M03     7    0.12  0.06   0.14 0.11       4   0.11

A weight of 1.00 means that variable hit the reference maximum; n_vars is how many variables entered the score at that time point.

Same thing from Python, when you need the objects:

import sys; sys.path.insert(0, "scripts")
from _common import read_relsa_table, score_to_percent
from relsa_score import prepare, build_reference, relsa_scores

frame = read_relsa_table("assets/example_cohort.csv")
frame["score"] = score_to_percent(frame["score"], max_score=8)   # 0-8 clinical score
VARS, TURNED = ["weight", "temp", "score", "il6"], ["score", "il6"]

prepared  = prepare(frame, normalize=["weight", "temp", "il6"], baseline_time=-1)
reference = build_reference(prepared[prepared.condition == "endpoint"],
                           variables=VARS, turned=TURNED, baseline_time=-1,
                           label="endpoint-reaching animals")
scores    = relsa_scores(prepared, reference)

Step 2 — forecast a score at a known evaluation time

For retrospective evaluation, use recorded endpoint times and train only on earlier observations. This synthetic example predicts scores at designated times; it does not validate humane endpoint detection:

python scripts/forecast_relsa.py relsa_scores.csv \
    --animals M01,M02 --endpoints M01=5 --endpoints M02=6 \
    --group-col condition --plot-dir figs \
    --out forecasts.csv --summary-out forecast_metrics.csv

The CSV includes the selected order, point forecast and bounds. Numerical values can change with the fitted model and library release. Report RMSE, PICP and MPIW together, including counts and forecast failures. High coverage with wide intervals can be uninformative.

For prospective evaluation, freeze the RELSA reference set and any KDE thresholds using a separate development cohort before forecasting held-out animals. Do not estimate normalization maxima or thresholds from their future endpoint observations. Label analyses that reuse endpoint data to define the scale as retrospective; use an animal-level split so repeated observations from one animal do not cross evaluation partitions.

For rolling retrospective evaluation, forecast each next observed time using only its history:

python scripts/forecast_relsa.py relsa_scores.csv --mode rolling --animals M03

Interpolation defaults to 0.1 input time units for published-method exploration. It creates no independent information, changes autocorrelation and can narrow intervals without valid calibration. Use --interpolate-step 0 for regular observed data and compare interpolation sensitivity on held-out animals. Off-grid targets and irregular uninterpolated observations are rejected rather than silently relabeled. Unconverged fits are not selected. Bounds are Gaussian model intervals clipped at zero, conditional on fitted parameters and the frozen scale; they exclude reference, preprocessing and model-selection uncertainty.

ARIMA represents linear dependence after differencing; it does not anticipate abrupt unobserved deterioration. Inspect both interval width and upper bound alongside observed welfare signs and approved criteria. No bound is an automatic intervention rule.

Step 3 — put the score in context with severity zones

python scripts/kde_thresholds.py relsa_scores.csv \
    --group treatment=treated --n-thresholds 2 --plot zones.png --json zones.json

KDE on 33 RELSA scores  (bandwidth = 0.1502)
  candidate thresholds (density minima): 0.703
  density modes: 0.264, 0.866
  normal    [0.000, 0.703)  n=25 (75.8%)
  danger    >= 0.703  n=8 (24.2%)

The example deliberately filters to treated animals; choose the target population explicitly. Thresholds are the minima of the score density — the sparse valleys between clusters of scores. A development population may include endpoint animals, survivors and shams, but sampling frequency, follow-up duration and their proportions change the density. Freeze that choice before evaluation; do not pool incompatible reference frames.

Check bandwidth and sampling sensitivity. See references/thresholds-and-zones.md. An empty threshold list is legitimate. Minima are properties of the sampled score density; zone names do not establish welfare states. The thin-zone filter is this implementation's heuristic, not a published validated threshold rule.

Boundaries: state these when you report

RELSA and forecasts support assessment; observed distress and approved humane endpoint criteria take precedence. No low score authorizes delaying care or extending a procedure.
KDE zones are not EU severity categories. The Commission severity framework distinguishes prospective classification, monitoring and actual experienced severity; there is no official RELSA-to-category conversion.
Comparisons require the same frozen reference, variable panel, encoding, baseline and measurement methods. The original paper explored cross-model comparisons in a common frame; independently scaled models cannot be ranked by their raw RELSA numbers.
The 2026 paper evaluates 13 endpoint-time forecasts. Its reported 96% PICP is consistent with averaging seven model rows (six 100%, one 75%), not pooled animal coverage: 12/13 is 92.3%. Its 1.69 MPIW is likewise a model-row mean; this helper pools predictions.
False negatives and false positives can both matter. Predefine monitoring responses with the study's responsible personnel; do not turn a candidate KDE minimum into an endpoint.

Reporting checklist

A severity analysis is reproducible only if all of this is stated:

Outcome measures, their units, and their directionality (which were turned, and why).
The baseline time point or window, and which variables were normalized.
Any score mapping applied to ordinal variables, with its scale.
The reference set: which animals, which group, how many, and why they are assumed to carry the greatest burden.
Humane endpoint criteria actually applied in the study, separately from the RELSA score.
For forecasts: interpolation step, the selected ARIMA order per animal, and RMSE, PICP, and MPIW.
For thresholds: the bandwidth, the number of scores, and a bandwidth sensitivity sweep.
Software versions, and the statement that thresholds are model-specific and not regulatory gradings.

Common pitfalls

Wrong directionality — a rising variable not listed in --turned contributes exactly zero, silently, and no warning is possible unless it never once falls. Check the reference model table yourself: max reached should be below 100 for a falling variable and above 100 for a turned one, and max delta should be a plausible size for that measure.
Confusing percent encodings — 90% of baseline, -10% change and 10% loss differ. RELSA needs baseline 100: convert change with 100 + change, loss with 100 - loss. Re-normalizing baseline-100 values is redundant; using a zero-centered change as baseline is invalid.
A zero baseline — a clinical score of 0 makes the ratio undefined; the variable becomes all-NaN with a warning. Use --score-scale.
A reference set that does not express the burden — a variable that never deviates in it raises an error rather than dividing by zero, and one that barely deviates inflates every score. Reference extrema are sensitive to outliers and measurement errors.
Changing variable composition along a trajectory — see decision 4 above.
Reading MPIW as a good thing — a wide interval raises PICP while destroying the forecast's usefulness.
Reporting a KDE threshold without its bandwidth — thresholds can appear or vanish as bandwidth changes.
Treating the forecast as permission to wait — the model cannot see abrupt deterioration, and the humane endpoint criteria of the protocol always take precedence.
Comparing RELSA scores between models — requires one reference frame and harmonized measurements.

Resources

Scripts

scripts/relsa_score.py — the RELSA procedure: prepare(), build_reference(), relsa_scores(), relsa_weights(), and a ReferenceModel that serialises to JSON. Matches the R package's printed worked example to two decimals; native R was not run.
scripts/forecast_relsa.py — the independent foRcast-style helper: auto_arima() (Hyndman–Khandakar stepwise AICc selection), forecast_animal(), predict_endpoint(), rolling_forecast(), forecast_indirect(), summarize(), and trajectory plots.
scripts/kde_thresholds.py — severity zones: bw_nrd0() (R's bandwidth), density_curve(), find_thresholds(), zone assignment, and density plots.
scripts/_common.py — RELSA-format I/O, validation, score_to_percent(), percent_of_baseline(), and forecast_metrics() (RMSE/PICP/MPIW).

References

references/relsa-method.md — the four steps in full, the score/zero-baseline problem, the variable-composition trap, parity notes against the R package, and current upstream API/source limitations.
references/forecasting.md — ARIMA selection, why interpolation is a distortion, direct vs indirect prediction, the metrics, the published Table 1, and the limits of this implementation.
references/thresholds-and-zones.md — KDE method, published thresholds, the bandwidth sensitivity sweep, the regulatory boundary, and alternatives when KDE gives nothing.

Assets

assets/example_cohort.csv — synthetic 6-mouse cohort with temperature, body weight, a clinical score, and a biomarker; illustrative only, not real data.

Related skills

experimental-design, statistical-power — designing the study and sizing the groups.
statsmodels, timesfm-forecasting — general time-series modelling.
statistical-analysis, scientific-visualization — group comparisons and figures.

Key references

Talbot, S. R. et al. (2022). RELSA — a multidimensional procedure for the comparative assessment of well-being and the quantitative determination of severity in experimental procedures. Front. Vet. Sci. 9:937711. R package: https://github.com/mytalbot/RELSA
Lutscher, S. et al. (2026). Refining humane endpoint detection by time-series forecasting and threshold definition using a multivariate severity score. Front. Physiol. 17:1869563.
Hyndman, R. J. & Khandakar, Y. (2008). Automatic time series forecasting: the forecast package for R. J. Stat. Softw. 27, 1–22.
EU Commission (2010). Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes.

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Kassis, T., Agarwal, V., He, Y., Patel, D., & Brueckner, A. M. (2026). Scientific Agent Skills: A Library of Procedural Knowledge for Research Agents. arXiv:2609.00065. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.00065

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Automatically, when a task matches. Use when combining welfare readouts — body weight or weight loss, body temperature, clinical or nesting scores, biomarkers, activity, heart rate, burrowing, wheel running — into one severity score per animal per day, when asking which animals are at risk of reaching a humane endpoint or when one will be reached, wh

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