ceti-research

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ceti-research

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Auto-research for CETI explainers. Digests a topic into conserved storyboard slots that must glue: metaphor, claim, counterexample, visual motif, duration. Occupies Propose in noether-harness. Never fabricates facts. Use when designing a course film, lookbook page, or ceti-explainer episode. Triggers: auto-research, CETI research, digest topic, storyboard slots, explainer research, /sheaf-run course.

ceti-research

The Propose occupant of a CETI explainer run. It does not write the film. It emits typed stalks that ceti-explainer and sheaf-glue can check.

Conserved slots (do not invent extras)

Slot	Vertex	Must hold
topic + audience + duration	L	named, bounded
claim that is true	C	sourced; no fabricated math
metaphor atlas	C	one motif family for the whole episode
beat order	O	research → metaphor → object → obstruction → glue → why it matters
preserve motif + palette	P	cream / ink / vermillion; no lookbook text reuse
verification	V	every claim has a source; every visual is the same city

Workflow

1. Search primary sources (papers, textbooks, living lookbooks). Quote, don't paraphrase into novelty.
2. Fill the six slots. If two slots disagree (e.g. duration 2:00 but 14 beats), Φ fails.
3. Hand the atlas to ceti-explainer. Do not skip glue.
4. Persist every sourced still, clip, and voice file the moment it exists. A later path is not a path (E0 Localization failure).

Seam test

A 5-minute expansion is Meta, not a second product. Same motif family. If the longer cut contradicts the 2-minute lecture, or the single-file mux has no valid container, abstain. Keep the conserved stills.

Honesty

Lookbook quality is a bar, not a corpus to copy. No text overlap with ceti-lookbook pages. CETI palette is locked: cream #FAF7F2, vermillion #D94F30, ink #2C2A28.