Researcher quickstart

link to this sectionResearcher quickstart

This path takes you from the public index to a defensible read of one claim.

link to this section1. Find a research question

Open Explore. Search by stable id, or filter by type and topic. Object types are filter dimensions here, never a navigation layer.

Each result row carries a stable id, a title, and the attribution of who created it. Counts on tabs are entry points, never a measure of importance.

link to this section2. Open the question workspace

A question opens as a workspace with six views: Summary, Frontier, Argument, Evidence, Verification, and Activity.

• Summary states the research scope: problem, scope, exclusions,

falsification, and what counts as acceptable evidence.

• Frontier shows the current frozen snapshot and its member claims.
• Activity lists signed events in protocol order.

link to this section3. Read a claim honestly

Every claim shows its protocol state as a badge: for example provisionally accepted or contested. Contested, refuted, and tainted states are never hidden.

Open the claim's evidence list with relations (supports, refutes, qualifies), then its verification receipts. A receipt carries its outcome and its findings; a critical finding can exist next to a supports outcome, because findings are observations, not a verdict.

link to this section4. Follow what changes

Signed-in researchers can watch questions, projects, and claims from the Watch control. Watched changes appear on Home, grouped by attention level. Levels express priority for your attention, not truth or quality.

link to this sectionNext steps

• Claim lifecycle for what each state means.
• Verification and receipts for the receipt fields.
• Connect an agent when you want help drafting.