$npx -y skills add minihellboy/factorminer --skill factor-benchmarkRun FactorMiner benchmark workflows — the Table 1 Top-K freeze benchmark, memory and strategy ablations, transaction-cost pressure tests, and the full suite. Use to compare FactorMiner against baselines or to reproduce paper results. Triggers on "benchmark", "ablation", "compare
| 1 | # Factor Benchmark |
| 2 | |
| 3 | This skill runs FactorMiner's canonical benchmark surface — the rigorous comparison layer that turns a single run into evidence. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | ## Modes |
| 6 | |
| 7 | | Mode | What it answers | |
| 8 | |---|---| |
| 9 | | `table1` | Top-K freeze benchmark across configured universes vs. baselines — the headline reproduction. | |
| 10 | | `ablation-memory` | How much does experience memory contribute? | |
| 11 | | `ablation-strategy` | Effect of memory policy × dependence metric × backend. | |
| 12 | | `cost-pressure` | How does the library hold up under rising transaction costs? | |
| 13 | | `efficiency` | Operator- and factor-level runtime/compute cost. | |
| 14 | | `suite` | The full benchmark suite in one run. | |
| 15 | |
| 16 | ## Workflow |
| 17 | |
| 18 | ### Run a benchmark |
| 19 | |
| 20 | ```bash |
| 21 | factorminer -o output/bench benchmark table1 --data path/to/market_data.csv |
| 22 | ``` |
| 23 | |
| 24 | ```bash |
| 25 | factorminer -o output/bench benchmark suite --data path/to/market_data.csv |
| 26 | ``` |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Pass a pre-mined library to benchmark a specific run rather than mining fresh: |
| 29 | |
| 30 | ```bash |
| 31 | factorminer -o output/bench benchmark table1 \ |
| 32 | --data market_data.csv \ |
| 33 | --factor-miner-library output/run1/factor_library.json |
| 34 | ``` |
| 35 | |
| 36 | `efficiency` takes no data — it profiles the engine itself. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | ### Read the result |
| 39 | |
| 40 | The CLI prints a per-universe summary (library IC, ICIR, avg |ρ|) and writes JSON payloads into the output directory. Fold those JSON files into the research note with `factor-report --benchmark`. |
| 41 | |
| 42 | ## Interpreting ablations |
| 43 | |
| 44 | - An ablation that *removes* a feature and barely moves the metric means that feature is not earning its compute on this dataset — report that plainly. |
| 45 | - `cost-pressure` is the honesty check: a library that only wins at zero cost is not a result. |
| 46 | |
| 47 | ## Guardrails |
| 48 | |
| 49 | - Benchmark numbers are comparative research evidence, not a performance guarantee. |
| 50 | - Use the same dataset and splits across compared runs, or the comparison is meaningless. |
| 51 | - Reproduction claims must cite the exact config and run directory. |