coulomb-research/SCOPE.md
tegwick 76bcd020a4 Implement M1: CR-000 v0.1 manuscript (CR-WP-0003)
Replace all [MISSING] sections in manuscript.md with real content
(motivation/problem framing, design objective, kernel presentation,
cybernetic loops, human-AI participation, publication interoperability,
decentralization, signals, failure modes, initial experiments, open
questions, conclusion, abstract). Add three new claims (CR-000-C006-C008).

Add two self-criticism entries (CR-000-X001, CR-000-X002): the
implementation is itself document-centric Markdown rather than a queryable
graph, contradicting CR-000-C002/C003 (now marked contested); and all
criticism received so far is self-authored, weakening the evidentiary
basis for CR-000-C004. Both are carried forward as residuals.

Close CR-WP-0003 and hand off M2 (claim/evidence discipline, independent
criticism, and a response to the document-centrism criticism) as
CR-WP-0004, per the workplan's residual-handoff requirement.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Assistant: claude-code
Assistant-Model: claude-sonnet-5-5
Assistant-Process: 228422@bnt-lap001
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Scope

Coulomb Research is a self-improving network for explanatory progress by human and artificial researchers. INTENT.md defines its mission and principles.

Current State

This repository contains the intent, design seed, initial exploration history, and State Hub work records. No research facility implementation, paper registry, application, automated research agent, or deployment exists yet.

In Scope

  • RP-000, Researching Research: use Coulomb itself as an initial experiment.
  • Versioned research artifacts with attributable claims, evidence, criticism, revisions, and publication state.
  • A minimal facility skeleton for Paper Zero, CR-000, followed by the milestone plan in seed/CoulombResearchMilestonePlan.md.
  • Research into scientific interoperability, human–AI collaboration, signals, and charts; these designs are hypotheses to test through actual research.
  • Repository documentation, conventions, validation, and State Hub integration.

Boundaries

Build only infrastructure demanded by real research artifacts. M0 excludes forum software, tokens, NFTs, a DAO, a preprint server, an academic social network, journal workflows, and a generalized funding platform. The seed kernel is a proposed model, not an implemented graph service.

Papers begin in P1 for internal circulation. External preprint or venue submission is a later milestone. Registering implementation work does not establish scientific validity or publication readiness.

Next Work

M0 and M1 are implemented (workplans/CR-WP-0002-research-facility-skeleton.md, workplans/CR-WP-0003-paper-zero-v0-1-manuscript.md, both finished): the artifact convention, RP-000/CR-000 skeleton, paper registry, and a coherent CR-000 v0.1 manuscript exist. CR-WP-0003's own self-criticism found the implementation still document-centric and only self-criticized (CR-000-X001, CR-000-X002); workplans/CR-WP-0004-claim-evidence-discipline.md owns M2 (independent criticism, real evidence linkage, and a response to the document-centrism criticism). The bootstrap workplan is workplans/CR-WP-0001-statehub-bootstrap.md.