AI Disclosure

research-timeline was itself developed with the assistance of generative AI tools (interactive AI coding assistants with agentic workflows).

How AI was used

• Initial code scaffolding
• The test suite
• Documentation drafting (June–August 2026)

How the human kept control

• All AI-assisted output was reviewed by the human author, with AI-assisted review for verification
• Design decisions (schema, event types, export contracts, ai_role semantics) and final acceptance of every change were made by the human author
• Algorithmic behavior is covered by the test suite in tests/ and by CI

The ai_role field

The tool itself records the role of AI in any research process it documents:

Value	Meaning
cognitive_prosthesis	AI extends the human's cognitive capabilities; the human makes the decisions
co_pilot	AI proposes and the human selects, in an interactive loop
autonomous_agent	AI operates with a high degree of autonomy

This mirrors the distribution of roles in a research group (design, implementation, verification, drafting), with the human author bearing full responsibility for the final result.

Full policy

See AI_POLICY.md in the repository for the complete generative-AI usage policy.