Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for maintaining professional electronic lab notebooks using org-mode, following best practices for scientific documentation, reproducibility, and research integrity.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:

• Creating or updating lab notebook entries
• Documenting experiments, calculations, or analyses
• Recording hypotheses and experimental design
• Documenting computational workflows
• Summarizing results and drawing conclusions
• Organizing research notes chronologically
• Creating cross-references between related work
• Preparing documentation for publications or reports
• Ensuring reproducibility of scientific work
• Maintaining professional research records

Core Principles of Scientific Documentation