shap-explainer

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SHAP-based model explainability skill for feature attribution, summary plots, and interaction analysis.

Instructions available. Your AI can read the instructions. Execution depends on the setup they require.

Add ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.

Then ask your AI: use the shap-explainer skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by a5c-ai/babysitter in library/specializations/data-science-ml/skills/shap-explainer/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Overview

SHAP-based model explainability skill for feature attribution, summary plots, interaction analysis, and model interpretation.

Capabilities

  • TreeExplainer for tree-based models (XGBoost, LightGBM, Random Forest)
  • DeepExplainer for neural networks
  • KernelExplainer for model-agnostic explanations
  • Summary, dependence, and force plots
  • Interaction value computation
  • Cohort-based analysis
  • Waterfall and bar plots
  • Expected value analysis

Target Processes

  • Model Interpretability and Explainability Analysis
  • Model Evaluation and Validation Framework
  • A/B Testing Framework for ML Models

Tools and Libraries

  • SHAP
  • matplotlib
  • numpy

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["modelPath", "dataPath", "explainerType"],
  "properties": {
    "modelPath": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Path to the trained model"
    },
    "dataPath": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Path to data for explanation"
    },
    "explainerType": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["tree", "deep", "kernel", "linear", "gradient"],
      "description": "Type of SHAP explainer to use"
    },
    "analysisConfig": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "numSamples": { "type": "integer" },
        "backgroundSamples": { "type": "integer" },
        "featureNames": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } },
        "outputIndex": { "type": "integer" }
      }
    },
    "plotConfig": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "plotTypes": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": { "type": "string", "enum": ["summary", "bar", "waterfall", "force", "dependence", "interaction"] }
        },
        "maxFeatures": { "type": "integer" },
        "outputDir": { "type": "string" }
      }
    }
  }
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["status", "shapValues"],
  "properties": {
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["success", "error"]
    },
    "shapValues": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Path to SHAP values file"
    },
    "expectedValue": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "featureImportance": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "feature": { "type": "string" },
          "importance": { "type": "number" },
          "rank": { "type": "integer" }
        }
      }
    },
    "plots": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "type": { "type": "string" },
          "path": { "type": "string" }
        }
      }
    },
    "interactions": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Top feature interactions"
    }
  }
}

Usage Example

{
  kind: 'skill',
  title: 'Generate SHAP explanations',
  skill: {
    name: 'shap-explainer',
    context: {
      modelPath: 'models/xgboost_model.pkl',
      dataPath: 'data/test.csv',
      explainerType: 'tree',
      analysisConfig: {
        numSamples: 1000,
        backgroundSamples: 100
      },
      plotConfig: {
        plotTypes: ['summary', 'bar', 'dependence'],
        maxFeatures: 20,
        outputDir: 'explanations/'
      }
    }
  }
}

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