# Research State
# Central tracking file for autoresearch project
# Updated automatically by the agent — do not edit manually

project:
  name: "{{PROJECT_NAME}}"
  created_at: "{{CREATED_AT}}"
  research_question: "{{RESEARCH_QUESTION}}"
  status: "bootstrapping"  # bootstrapping | active | paused | concluding | completed

bootstrap:
  literature_searched: false
  initial_hypotheses_formed: false
  evaluation_metric_defined: false
  baseline_established: false

loops:
  inner_loop_count: 0
  outer_loop_count: 0
  last_inner_loop_at: null
  last_outer_loop_at: null

direction:
  current: "explore"  # explore | deepen | broaden | pivot | conclude
  rationale: "Initial exploration phase"
  next_milestone: "Complete first 3 experiments"

hypotheses:
  # Example structure — replace with actual hypotheses
  H001:
    description: "{{HYPOTHESIS_DESCRIPTION}}"
    status: "untested"  # untested | running | completed | refuted | supported
    prediction: "{{PREDICTION}}"
    priority: 1
    created_at: "{{CREATED_AT}}"
    completed_at: null
    result_summary: null
    experiment_slug: null

metrics:
  primary: "{{PRIMARY_METRIC}}"  # e.g., "val_loss", "accuracy", "convergence_steps"
  baseline_value: null
  target_value: null
  current_best: null
  optimization_direction: "minimize"  # minimize | maximize

trajectory:
  # Auto-populated from experiments
  # - experiment_id: run_001
  #   hypothesis: H001
  #   metric_value: 0.847
  #   baseline: 0.812
  #   delta: "+0.035"
  #   wall_time_min: 23
  #   change_summary: "Added cosine annealing"

resources:
  literature_papers: []
  related_work_notes: null
  code_references: []

continuity:
  last_session_at: "{{CREATED_AT}}"
  next_scheduled_loop: null
  current_experiment: null
  pending_tasks: []

notes: |
  # Agent notes — context for next session
  # What was I doing? What's next?