# Coulomb Research

Coulomb Research is an open, self-improving protocol and community for co-creation science.

Its purpose is to make research increasingly machine-native, institution-compatible, and publicly discoverable without inheriting unnecessary institutional machinery from traditional science.

The core idea is simple:

> Questions are open. Knowledge is forkable. Evidence is inspectable. Contributions are attributable. Criticism is permissionless. Resources are programmable. Actors may be human or artificial. The protocol itself is research.

## Core documents

- [`INTENT.md`](../INTENT.md) — mission, boundaries, principles, and success criteria.
- [`CoulombResearchKernel.md`](CoulombResearchKernel.md) — minimal cybernetic research kernel.
- [`PublicationInterface.md`](PublicationInterface.md) — inbound digestion and outbound paper publication.
- [`ResearchSignals.md`](ResearchSignals.md) — observable signals for attention, influence, support, reuse, and generativity.
- [`ResearchCharts.md`](ResearchCharts.md) — chart, certification, and relevance-marketing system.

## Working model

```text
External scientific world
        │
        ▼
Publication Interface
        │
        ▼
Coulomb Research Graph
        │
        ▼
Research Control Loop
        │
        ▼
Signals, Charts, Resource Allocation
        │
        └──────────────► improved research activity
```

Traditional papers, journals, conferences, peer-review workflows, and grants are treated primarily as interoperability surfaces or optional projections, not as core ontology.

## Initial status

This repository is a design and research seed. The documents are intended to be revised through use, criticism, implementation, and empirical feedback.