From a research question to an evidence package

Choose a template, point it at your own data and literature, pick a model and decide where the run should pause for you. The walk-through below simulates the run; the commands it prints are the ones that start it for real.

Simulated runCommands are real

Your research question

Research questionA rough question is fine. e2er question --draft sharpens it against your data and library and never starts a run.

Template

Empirical In place
Question and data in, empirical paper out. E2ER's default. Literature In place
Turns a folder of PDFs or a Zotero library into verified claims. Qualitative coding Planned
Codes interview or document corpora with several specialists and reports agreement with human coders. Systematic literature review Planned
Searches, screens and synthesises literature under a declared protocol. Survey and experiment design Planned
Designs surveys and experiments and pre-registers them before data collection. Paper review Planned
Six reviewer specialists review a paper in parallel after a number check and a citation check; a three-rule verdict merges their reports. coarse: AI referee report Planned
An open-source multi-agent system that reviews an academic paper like a referee and writes a report with overall feedback and detailed comments that quote the paper. Theory construction (E2ET theory lab) In place · runs in E2ET
Cross-disciplinary IS theory generation via bisociation: 60 disciplinary personas across 8 tiers in an iterative loop that converges on propositions, constructs and a research agenda. Staggered difference-in-differences (economics) Example
A fork of the empirical template for policy evaluations with staggered adoption: it adds a pre-trend check and requires a heterogeneity-robust estimator when treatment timing varies. Regression discontinuity for platform policies (information systems) Example
A fork of the empirical template for thresholds set by platforms, such as rating cut-offs or eligibility rules: it adds a manipulation test at the cut-off and a bandwidth sensitivity check. Shift-share instrumental variables (economics) Example
A fork of the empirical template for shift-share designs: it adds first-stage strength diagnostics and a balance check on exposure shares. Event study of announcements (finance) Example
A fork of the empirical template for abnormal-return event studies around announcements: it checks the estimation window and overlapping events before estimation. Grounded theory with the Gioia method Example
Builds a grounded model from interviews by moving from informant-centric concepts to researcher-centric themes and aggregate dimensions, following Gioia, Corley and Hamilton (2013). Theory construction as disciplined imagination Example
Generates many heterogeneous conjectures about a problem and selects among them with criteria declared in advance, following Weick (1989).

Mode

Start the run

Your settings as a .env excerpt and the command that starts the run.

Other templates are chosen in the dashboard's new-paper form (e2er opens it); this ships with the next release.

From a research question to an evidence package

Your research question

Template

Your data

Your literature

Model

Checks and pauses

Start the run

Run in progress

Evidence package ready