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ai-research-04-mechanistic-interpretability-transformer-lens

Guides mechanistic interpretability research using TransformerLens for inspecting transformer internals and studying attention patterns.

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The ai-research-04-mechanistic-interpretability-transformer-lens skill was audited on Jun 8, 2026 and we found 9 security issues across 1 threat category. Review the findings below before installing.

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327- [Main Demo Notebook](https://transformerlensorg.github.io/TransformerLens/generated/demos/Main_Demo.html)
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328- [Activation Patching Demo](https://colab.research.google.com/github/TransformerLensOrg/TransformerLens/blob/main/demos/Activation_Patching_in_TL_Demo.ipynb)
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329- [ARENA Mech Interp Course](https://arena-foundation.github.io/ARENA/) - 200+ hours of tutorials
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332- [A Mathematical Framework for Transformer Circuits](https://transformer-circuits.pub/2021/framework/index.html)
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333- [In-context Learning and Induction Heads](https://transformer-circuits.pub/2022/in-context-learning-and-induction-heads/index.html)
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334- [Interpretability in the Wild (IOI)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.00593)
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337- [Official Docs](https://transformerlensorg.github.io/TransformerLens/)
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338- [Model Properties Table](https://transformerlensorg.github.io/TransformerLens/generated/model_properties_table.html)
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339- [Neel Nanda's Glossary](https://www.neelnanda.io/mechanistic-interpretability/glossary)
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