one repo → one page · one stylesheet
research-atlas public projection · policy 2.1.0

atlas reference date 2026-08-29 14 works · 4 lanes

Research Atlas

A research portfolio as an event-sourced ActiveGraph application. Git is canonical, the graph is derived, agents propose changes through pull requests.

ready / in motion 6 waiting 3 parked 2 complete anchors 2 optional 1

01 empirical agent science

5 works · claims gated on preregistered evidence

Controlled studies of what agent systems actually do and establish: validation of synthetic populations, self-modification audits, benchmark campaigns.

workkindstageportfolioas of
RegimespaperCitable preprintcomplete2026-08-02
When Self-Modification Becomes MemorypaperPublic working paperactive2026-08-29
Passing Coarse Marginal Checks Can Be CheappaperCitable preprintactive2026-08-05
TreasureBench Empirical PaperpaperPotential paperwaiting · blocked2026-08-05
TreasureBench SpecificationinstrumentActive researchwaiting · blocked2026-08-05

02 object-level discovery science

5 works · the distributed-discovery theory set

How shared information, common sources, incentives, and thresholds shape what groups of investigators can discover.

workkindstageportfolioas of
The Common-Source TrappaperPublic working paperactive2026-08-29
The Incentive to IgnorepaperParkedparked · blocked2026-08-05
The Information Sharing FrontierpaperRelease readyactive2026-08-05
The Shared Discovery ParadoxpaperCitable preprintcomplete2026-08-02
Threshold DiscoverypaperParkedparked2026-08-05

03 research systems & methodology

3 works

How agentic research should be governed and audited: the Research Audit Contract, executable research governance, and this Atlas as a working instrument.

workkindstageportfolioas of
Distributed Discovery Lab PaperpaperPotential paperoptional2026-08-05
Executable Research GovernancesynthesisPotential paperwaiting · blocked2026-08-05
Research Audit ContractpaperPotential paperactive2026-08-05

04 agent primitives & infrastructure

1 work · ActiveGraph and its ecosystem
workkindstageportfolioas of
The Log Is the AgentpaperCitable preprintactive2026-08-02

blocking edges · from the roadmap

solid = blocking · dashed = soft · ● = satisfied
dep.treasurebench-empirical-needs-theory-set
milestone.dd-theory-set-v1scientific · unsatisfied
dep.treasurebench-spec-needs-theory-set
milestone.dd-theory-set-v1scientific · unsatisfied
dep.incentive-needs-frontier
work.information-sharing-frontierscientific · unsatisfied
dep.erg-needs-rac
work.research-audit-contractscientific · unsatisfied
dep.erg-needs-treasurebench
work.treasurebench-specificationscientific · unsatisfied
dep.treasurebench-empirical-needs-spec
work.treasurebench-specificationinstrument · unsatisfied
dep.common-source-reads-shared-discovery
work.shared-discovery-paradoxreading · satisfied
dep.frontier-reads-shared-discovery
work.shared-discovery-paradoxreading · satisfied
critical path

milestone.dd-theory-set-v1 is the only open milestone and gates three works (TreasureBench spec, TreasureBench empirical, Executable Research Governance). Nothing in lane 01 or 03 moves until lane 02 closes it.