Research Papers
51 papers — methodology, data, and conclusions you can verify
Endpoint Construction Is Product Construction
Why AI-native products depend on the capability boundary more than the chat surface. A practical model for treating endpoints as the product grammar that defines intent, schema, authority, state, limits, errors, evidence, and fallback.
The Loop-Operable Codebase
A CREATE SOMETHING field paper on converting loop-engineering hype into a bounded repo-native operating system using Linear, Symphony, worktrees, legibility contracts, policy artifacts, and explicit dispatch gates.
The Proof Surface
Why agent work needs public receipts, private evidence, and owner authority once it leaves chat. A practical model for turning traces, deploys, approval notes, blocked states, delivery records, and workflow templates into business-readable proof.
The Eval Evidence Layer
How Langfuse traces and Braintrust gates make agent workflows measurable. A quantitative model for turning Dify runtime traces, MCP eval gates, approval receipts, and blocked-state evidence into publish, hold, rollback, or graduation decisions.
The Policy OS Contract Bundle
Why governed AI workflows need a portable contract bundle before they need more autonomy. A practical model for defining MCP capability, agent behavior, outcome success, golden tasks, runbooks, and runtime graduation.
The Workflow Trust Layer
Why agents need handoffs, approval states, and evidence before they need more tools. A practical operating model for mapping one workflow into auto-allowed, approval-needed, and blocked states before expanding autonomy.
Policy OS Applied to Development Infrastructure
Applying the Three-Tier Framework and Policy OS to the development workflow itself, demonstrating that agent governance emerges as a structural property at every scale.
Webflow Analyzer Productization
How CREATE SOMETHING translated reviewer-side analyzer infrastructure into creator-facing validation, autofill, screenshot packaging, and submission UX without collapsing trust boundaries.
The Analyzer MCP: A Policy-Grounded Review Architecture
How CREATE SOMETHING turned Webflow template review into a multi-surface MCP system that joins Designer state, published-site evidence, policy ingestion, and governed review output.
Composio in the MCP Delivery System
A decision-grade analysis of why Composio is included for commodity connectivity, how the wrap pattern protects brand and margin, and how delivery remains aligned to Database, Automation, and Judgment control boundaries.
Braintrust Trace Unsurfacing: Finding What Normal Aggregates Hide
How a 1,000-row trace snapshot exposed clustered permission failures, routing misses, and latent control-plane stalls.
The Wrap Pattern: Commodity Integration as Invisible Infrastructure
When MCP consumption is commoditized, the strategic response is to wrap — not build — the plumbing
A structural pattern for integrating commodity MCP vendors as invisible infrastructure while preserving the client-facing surface, the Intelligence Layer margin, and the Three-Tier alignment.