01
Raw Corpus
Everything found in the workspace: notes, papers, PDFs, reports, handoffs, failed plans, and partial drafts.
Admission
A document enters when it contains enough research signal to be searchable, even if it is redundant or wrong.
Exit
It stays as historical material, but it must be promoted, merged, archived, or rejected before being shown as canonical work.
02
Workbench
Candidate material being reconstructed into paper skeletons, experiment packets, or implementation dossiers.
Admission
A corpus item enters when it intersects with a canonical shelf, carries a concrete method, or contains evidence that can be replayed.
Exit
It exits when a curator assigns a decision: canonical, merge, archive, reject, or experiment.
03
Canonical Shelf
The small public set of research lanes that explain your expertise without overwhelming the reader.
Admission
A work enters only when it has a stable claim, source anchors, related works, proof state, and a named release gate.
Exit
It remains editable until the release dossier freezes the PDF, references, figures, and evidence manifest.
04
Experiment Packet
The bridge between absorption and proof: a concrete comparison against the current internal system.
Admission
Every ABSORB or TEST verdict must become an experiment packet before it changes a canonical claim.
Exit
It exits as supports, challenges, replaces, no-effect, or inconclusive, with commands and evidence attached.
05
Release Dossier
The frozen package for a paper that is ready to submit or cite.
Admission
A paper enters only after source, PDF, figures, references, evidence, limitations, and reproduction commands are aligned.
Exit
It exits as released, withdrawn, or superseded. The dossier remains public as the record.