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    "title": "AI A/B Test Design with MDE and Sample Size",
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    "description": "Most A/B tests ship before they are designed. /lumen-abtest defines hypothesis, MDE, sample size, primary + guardrail metrics, run time, and decision criteria.",
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      "text": "A/B tests run without proper design produce inconclusive results that everyone interprets to fit their bias. Without a defined MDE, the test never reaches significance. Without guardrails, the team ships a winning variant that hurt a metric nobody was watching."
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      "text": "Install"
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      "text": "`/lumen-abtest` ships with the Lumen agent in Tonone for Claude Code."
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