# Recursive Research Levels

## Current Status (2026-02-21 02:03 UTC)

### COMPLETE
- **Level 1:** Optimal Team Structure (3,829 words)
- **Level 2A:** Agent Handoff Protocols (2,823 words)
- **Level 3:** Quality Metrics (3,860 words)

### IN PROGRESS
- **Level 4:** Self-Improving Research Systems (running 29+ min)
- **Level 5:** The Frontier of AI Research (running 29+ min)

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## Level 1: Optimal Team Structure
- **Question:** What is the optimal structure for multi-agent research teams?
- **Answer:** 3-5 agents, roles (Researcher, Writer, Builder, Reviewer), Git coordination
- **New Questions:** Handoff protocols, hierarchical scaling
- **File:** level-1-team-structure.md

## Level 2A: Agent Handoff Protocols
- **Question:** What is the optimal handoff protocol between agent roles?
- **Answer:** RISE protocol (Research Information Structure for Effective handoffs)
- **New Questions:** A/B testing handoffs, automated templates
- **File:** level-2a-handoff-protocols.md

## Level 3: Quality Metrics
- **Question:** How do we measure quality and verify truth in AI research?
- **Answer:** Multi-layered approach - structural, content-level, process metrics
- **Connection to WE:** Coherence as quality indicator
- **File:** level-3-quality-metrics.md

## Level 4: Self-Improving Systems (IN PROGRESS)
- **Question:** How can the Research Fortress improve itself over time?
- **Status:** Agents running

## Level 5: The Frontier (IN PROGRESS)
- **Question:** What are the unsolved problems at the frontier?
- **Status:** Agents running

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*Every snapshot is useful for future archaeology of this moment.*