Build Log

Known Research Brain

June 29, 2026

Built the Known research control room — then ran a source verification pass to make the claims honest.

KnownResearchEpistemics

primary sources fetched and evaluated

synthesis claims downgraded or corrected

claims promoted to source-verified

new docs in docs/known/brain/

Timeline

Start

Brief received

Zeb: bring the Known brain to life — research-corpus-plan, public-library-plan, research-plan, experiments lab

Phase 1

Research corpus synthesized

Tiers 1–4 synthesized; H1–H6 updated; Guide 1 drafted; /research page built

Orange cone

Zeb's verification review

"Source-named is not source-verified. Known is a trust product. You cannot have fuzzy research claims near dementia care."

Phase 2

Source verification pass

8 sources fetched. source-extractions.md written. Synthesis corrections recorded.

Wrap

Consistency pass

5 status contradictions fixed. Legend added. Stats made honest. tsc + build clean.

What shipped

docs/known/brain/source-extractions.md — extraction ledger with one card per source: read status, verbatim claims, corrections, safe/unsafe wording

docs/known/research-corpus-synthesis.md — first-pass synthesis of Tiers 1–4 with honest epistemic header and corrections table

docs/known/guides/guide-01-questions-before-memory-fades.md — Guide 1 draft with 6 question categories and founding conversation validation gate

docs/known/mvp-hypotheses.md — H1–H6 updated to research-seeded with evidence; H3 split into H3a and H3b; CO1 and CO2 added

Known/app/research/page.tsx — private /research page with corpus tiers, guide pipeline, hypothesis ledger, candidate observations, legend, and status pills

“Known's whole advantage is trust. The research page should feel like it refuses to fool itself.”
— Zeb, consistency pass review