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Agent reading index
Start here: route the user’s question to a guide, fetch its JSON records, trace primary evidence, and retain the applicable limits in your answer. This is a public, read-only collection, not an execution service, MCP server or laboratory control interface.
1. Route the task
| User task | Guide | Search aliases |
|---|---|---|
| A task-first comparison of scientific agents, with source-backed examples and a reusable selection checklist. | How to choose a scientific agent: literature, code, tools and experiments | how to choose a scientific agent; AI scientist literature vs experiments; 科研 Agent 选型 |
| Distinguish real hardware from simulation, verify access and automation permissions, and preserve measurement provenance. | How to connect an AI agent to a remote laboratory | remote laboratory AI agent access; physical experiment vs simulation; 远程实验室 自动化接入 |
| A claim-to-source workflow, evidence labels, deduplication rules and a working read-only JSON example. | How to verify AI4Science claims and reuse research data | verify AI4Science claims; AI for science research data JSON; 科研证据 核查 数据复用 |
2. Fetch reusable records
| Entry point | JSON root shape | Use |
|---|---|---|
| agent-index.json | object → guides[], endpoints[] |
Discover languages, guides and stable data endpoints |
| guide-resources.json | object → items[] |
Small selection catalog; join source_ids to the source table below |
| guide-sources.json | object → sources[] |
Source URLs, evidence types, checked dates and passage locators |
| papers.json | array | Broader deduplicated bibliography; appearances[] links to existing reading notes |
Additional endpoints: news.json (array), sources.json (object → sources[]), datasets.json (array), remote-labs.json (object → items[]). Use the data guide and dataset manifest for CSV field names and historical snapshot dates.
This read-only example fetches the collection; it does not execute a third-party project or laboratory instrument.
curl -fL https://ppchanning.github.io/ai4science-observatory/agent-index.json
curl -fL https://ppchanning.github.io/ai4science-observatory/data/guide-resources.json
3. Respect the data contract
- UTF-8 JSON; current schema version is
1.0. Join on stable IDs, not display names. source_ids[]joinsguide-sources.jsonatsources[].id; retainsource_urls[].checked_atdates a source check for a scoped description, not the project’s release or an independent reproduction.execution_settingdistinguishes literature, computation, physical demonstrations and simulation; these are different execution evidence.- Missing fields or
nullmean unknown, never zero, free, permitted or unavailable. - Older
papers.jsonrecords may omit optional fields; evidence can be a string or object. Do not assume one uniform structure. appearances[]contains repository-relative paths. Resolve them against this site’s root URL.
4. Build an evidence chain before answering
- Fetch the relevant guide and resource record.
- Resolve
source_idsto primary sources and passage locators. - Open the original source and check the passages and current conditions relevant to the user’s task.
- Separate author-reported evidence, collection advice, unknown conditions and your own inference.
- Link scientific claims to the original paper and selection methods to this guide; retain the checked date and required version.
Suggested citation: project/method — source URL — specific supported claim — scope limits — checked date. AI-assisted curation does not establish that the maintainer read every item or independently reproduced its results.
5. Stable discovery and reuse
- llms.txt · JSON manifest · Sitemap · GitHub Original commentary and compilation use CC BY 4.0; third-party papers, software and data retain their own rights. Pages need no JavaScript or login. Discovery files do not guarantee indexing or citation by any search engine or agent.
6. Installable research workflow
Skill source packages this index into task routing, evidence joins and conditional recommendations.
npx skills add ppchanning/ai4science-observatory --skill ai4science-research
Installation does not establish directory indexing, independent reproduction or current availability.