About Basis
Basis is research that compiles: a companion for people who want to think deeply, move quickly, and stay in control. We built it to help you jumpstart a project, explore branches you may not have considered, and keep an audit trail as you iterate.
Why we built it
Research is not a single straight line. The hardest part is often getting unstuck: trying a new angle, checking edge cases, and turning a vague idea into a concrete outline you can improve.
Basis is designed to help with early momentum and structured exploration without pretending to “automate” the whole journey. Direction, judgment, and proof should stay in human hands.
Hypotheses that get tested
Basis explores hypotheses and then helps test them. It can propose angles you may not have considered, but the value comes from checking those angles against sources, calculations, artifacts, and your judgment.
Basis continuously produces artifacts (logs, TeX, PDFs, analysis reports) so you can verify what changed and why. It tries to keep claims reasonable, but it cannot guarantee correctness, novelty, or completeness.
Basis is intended to be the foundation of your work, not a replacement for human knowledge and insight. Take what it produces and tear it apart: correct it, strengthen it, and steer it.
- Start with a clear problem statement and constraints.
- We usually recommend 6–22 cycles to see meaningful progress.
- If you like the direction, use “Continue run” and give specific guidance.
- If you don’t like it, change the constraints and explore a new branch.