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Research Execution Package Specification
Research Execution Package Specification
Version: 2.0
Status: Canonical
Purpose
The Research Execution Package (REP) is the canonical artifact produced at the completion of every research effort. It serves as a permanent scientific record, executable handoff, theory update, knowledge transfer artifact, and synchronization point between autonomous research agents.
Canonical artifact hierarchy
- Scientific Research Journal
- Research Execution Package
- Theory Registry
- Evidence Registry
Stable identifiers
| Artifact | Prefix |
|---|---|
| Research Package | RP- |
| Journal Entry | JR- |
| Evidence | EV- |
| Hypothesis | HY- |
| Theory | TH- |
| Experiment | EX- |
| Decision Framework | DF- |
| Concept | CN- |
| Glossary | GL- |
Required metadata
Identifier, title, research area, discipline, author agent, version, confidence, completion, priority, related projects, related documents, supersedes, superseded by, tags, and keywords.
Mandatory REP sections
- Research State Snapshot
- Executive Summary
- Original Objective
- Scope
- Repository Context
- Current Understanding
- Key Discoveries
- Evidence Registry
- Hypothesis Registry
- Failed Assumptions
- Open Questions
- Recommended Next Research
- Research Backlog
- Suggested Specialized Research Agents
- Parallel Research Opportunities
- Risks
- Cross-Discipline Opportunities
- Knowledge Relationships
- Theory Impact Assessment
- Research Quality Metrics
- Research Debt
- Repository Updates
- Website Updates
- AI Consumption Notes
- Handoff Instructions
- Research Journal
- Appendix
- Completion Checklist
Completion standard
A different autonomous research agent must be able to reconstruct the investigation, understand the current theory, continue immediately, and produce the next REP without additional context.