Soulmetric is an AI-augmented research operation. One operator, using 28 specialized AI agents, produced 256 working papers and 22 monographs in ten days. Every artifact is published with a verification tier and quality score so you know exactly how much scrutiny it has survived.
Working papers are structured research artifacts—not chat transcripts, not blog posts, not summaries. Each one has a defined scope, methodology, argument structure, and citations. They're called "working papers" because they are living documents: subject to ongoing verification, correction, and revision. The term signals that they are research outputs intended to be scrutinized, not final pronouncements.
Some are. Gold-tier working papers have been reviewed by multiple independent domain experts. Silver-tier have been reviewed by a single expert. Bronze-tier have been verified by independent AI systems. Generated-tier working papers have not been verified at all. The tier system is designed to be transparent about exactly how much review each working paper has received.
The Scharp Scale is a verification quality score that ranges from Negative (harmful or fundamentally flawed) through 0 (no verifiable content) to 10 (exceptional, verified to the highest standard). It measures how well a working paper's claims survived scrutiny—not the process used to check them. A Bronze-tier working paper can score high on the Scharp Scale if the AI adjudication found everything accurate. A Gold-tier working paper can score lower if human experts found significant issues. See the Verification Standard page for the full scale.
The tier tells you who verified the working paper (the provenance). The Scharp Scale tells you how well it held up (the quality). They measure different things. A working paper always carries both: you see who checked it and what they found.
Not without your own verification. Generated-tier working papers are raw AI output that hasn't passed through any verification step. They may contain hallucinations, fabricated citations, unsupported claims, or logical errors. They're included in the corpus for completeness and transparency, but you should treat them as unverified drafts.
Kevin. One person orchestrating 28 AI agents, designing the verification pipeline, and coordinating human expert review. Soulmetric is deliberately small—the point is to show what one person with the right tools and methodology can produce, and more importantly, how that output can be systematically verified.
Yes. Anyone can submit error reports, re-verification requests, or score challenges for any working paper. Confirmed errors receive correction notices; fundamentally flawed working papers can be retracted. See the Verification Standard for details, or email kevin@soulmetric.com.
Multiple. The generation pipeline uses various large language models configured for specific research tasks. The verification pipeline uses different models (different providers, different architectures) so the generating model never adjudicates its own output. Specific models used are documented on the Verification Standard page.
Problem Sprints apply the Soulmetric method to your specific question. You submit a problem, we deploy the same agent fleet and verification pipeline, and deliver verified working papers focused on your topic—typically in days. See the Problem Sprints page for details.
That depends on your definition. The working papers are AI-generated, not written by human researchers in the traditional sense. But they follow research conventions (scoped questions, structured methodology, cited sources, peer review at higher tiers). The verification system exists precisely because AI-generated research needs a different trust framework than human-authored research. We're not claiming equivalence with traditional academic publishing—we're building the verification infrastructure that AI-generated research needs.
Validators are chosen based on demonstrated domain expertise—credentials, publication history, or recognized practitioner status. They are compensated at a flat rate per review, regardless of the score they assign. Conflicts of interest are disclosed and recorded. For Gold-tier reviews, experts work independently. Full details on the Verification Standard page.