Open-source release

Research search should leave a receipt.

The Fractalish Research Query core is a small public package for exact public-metadata discovery: forward from a question, reverse from a source, and always back to provider IDs, links, timestamps, command, runtime, and hashes.

GitHub repository v0.1.0 release

Forward and reverse

A query becomes sources, relationships, and a receipt.

Forward mode starts with a question or keyword expression and searches public metadata. Reverse mode starts from a paper title, identifier, or DOI-like string and expands toward precursors, methods, contradictions, replications, benchmarks, and related work. Both modes return leads, not conclusions.

Layered evidence status diagram used to separate claims, sources, and review status.
Public results stay labeled as metadata leads until source review raises the evidence level.
  1. 01

    ResearchQuery

    Mode, exact terms, Boolean exclusions, provider list, and maximum result count.

  2. 02

    Retrieval

    Public metadata from arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, and Europe PMC. No PDFs are downloaded.

  3. 03

    Graph and relationships

    Deduped records keep provider observations, then receive conservative labels such as direct match, precursor candidate, method candidate, contradiction candidate, adjacent domain, or weak match.

  4. 04

    ResearchResult

    JSON and Markdown receipts include source IDs, URLs, timestamps, command, runtime, provider errors, and SHA-256 hashes.

Boolean narrowing

The core supports default AND behavior plus explicit OR and NOT/minus exclusions. A live release demo used:

"persistent state" AND AI NOT medical NOT immune NOT vitamin

That query narrowed broad exact phrase matches down to a single public metadata lead. The point is not semantic prettiness. The point is controllable retrieval with an inspectable trail.

Readiness boundaries

CORE_READY

Yes: v0.1 public CLI/API release candidate with tests, receipts, and live metadata demo.

WINDOWS_READY

No: no packaged installer or signed executable yet.

WEB_READY

No: this page describes the release, but it is not the deployed query service.

QUERY_CONTRIBUTION_READY

No: the schema and redaction helper exist, but no storage or consent UI is deployed.

Claim boundary

Metadata leads are not evidence of truth.

The core can find likely relevant public sources and preserve a receipt of how it found them. It does not establish scientific claims, prove novelty, replace source review, or publish private queries. Shareable query pages and public query contribution require separate explicit consent controls.