coulomb-research/seed/README.md

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

Working model

External scientific world
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Publication Interface
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Coulomb Research Graph
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Research Control Loop
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Signals, Charts, Resource Allocation
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        └──────────────► 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.