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  "summary": "Produce a research record with sources, inputs, gaps and a next deliverable that another researcher can check.",
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For researchers who want to reproduce, critique or continue an existing open problem.

**Prerequisites** Read the target module overview and distinguish canonical sources, website guides, research records and new drafts.

**Outcome** Produce a research record with sources, inputs, gaps and a next deliverable that another researcher can check.

The checkboxes below record your own reading on this device. Every source retains its own version, scope and scientific status.

<LearningPath id="researcher" locale="en" />

## 1. Pin the source scope

Record the knowledge snapshot and the target module’s separate version.

Read in this order: [Knowledge snapshots and source scope](/en/ai/knowledge-base) → [ASD AI research constitution](/en/ai/constitution).

**Checkpoint** Which formal source and website knowledge snapshot are you using?

**Next action** Download the manifest and record the snapshot ID, module version, source snapshot and question scope.

[Discuss this source in Researcher](/researcher?mode=research&context=%2Fen%2Fai%2Fknowledge-base&lang=en).

## 2. Find the measured observable

Go from a registered claim to a device-level comparable quantity, without treating reinterpretation as a discriminating prediction.

Read in this order: [Global Prediction Registry](/en/tests/predictions) → [Falsification Tree and Scope](/en/tests/falsification).

**Checkpoint** Does the entry already give the difference between ASD and the comparison model for the same observable?

**Next action** Choose a Prediction ID and record its current readiness and missing calculation.

[Discuss this source in Researcher](/researcher?mode=research&context=%2Fen%2Ftests%2Fpredictions&lang=en).

## 3. Select a deliverable problem

Use Priority, Expertise and Readiness to find a task matched to your skills and available inputs.

Read in this order: [Open Problems: Find Work You Can Advance](/en/open-problems) → [First Complete Device-Level Quantitative Discriminator](/en/open-problems/experiments/quantitative-discriminator).

**Checkpoint** Are the available inputs sufficient to begin? Is theory, data or an experiment still needed?

**Next action** Open the actual task, retain its problem ID and turn its missing result into a small deliverable checklist.

[Discuss this source in Researcher](/researcher?mode=research&context=%2Fen%2Fopen-problems&lang=en).

## 4. Leave reproducible materials

Use the existing reproducibility standard to record inputs, code, environment, expected outputs and discrepancies.

Read in this order: [Reproducibility for Experimental Predictions](/en/tests/reproducibility) → [Clock pilot: from apparatus to identifiable parameters](/en/research/clock-response-pilot).

**Checkpoint** Can another researcher repeat the check without asking you for missing information?

**Next action** Recheck one existing calculation first; do not relabel geometry tests or simulated inputs as observations.

[Discuss this source in Researcher](/researcher?mode=research&context=%2Fen%2Ftests%2Freproducibility&lang=en).

## 5. Hand off a reviewable result

Use Research mode with task context and distinguish sourced results from new calculations.

Read in this order: [Researcher evaluation and known limits](/en/ai/evaluation) → [Build your own ASD research partner](/en/ai/build-your-own).

**Checkpoint** Which conclusions are directly supported by sources, and which remain new assumptions of this work?

**Next action** Enter Researcher from the problem page and export the research record; retain it as a draft pending human review.

[Discuss this source in Researcher](/researcher?mode=research&context=%2Fen%2Fai%2Fevaluation&lang=en).

[Return to all learning paths](/en/overview/learning-paths)