When to skip experiments
Skip experiments when they make the work harder to understand.
Experiments are not required for every change. Many actions are better handled with a suggestion card, a calendar task, a workflow file, or a sitemap page.
Skip conditions
Do not create an experiment just because something changed.
Skip it when the change is too small, too broad, or not ready to measure.
No clear goal
Use a suggestion card or chat first.
No baseline
Wait until there are useful prompt results.
Too many changes
Split the work before testing it.
No review owner
Do not start a test nobody will read.
Not enough baseline data
A test needs something to compare against.
If the questions have not run yet, there is no before state. You can still create a plan, but avoid calling the result a test until data exists.
Mixed changes in flight
If many things are changing at once, an experiment may not help.
For example, changing prompts, launching pages, rewriting source pages, and changing scheduled reviews at the same time can make results unclear.
Better next action
Use the lightest tool that fits.
If the job is one next step, use Suggestions. If it is weekly follow-up, use Calendar or Workflows. If it is page planning, use Sitemap.