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A specialist has exactly one role, for instance reviewing the identification strategy of a draft. Its output contract names the artifact it must produce, and a run fails the check if the artifact is missing. Specialists do not execute code themselves; the orchestrator runs their scripts and checks the results.

Prototype39 roles in e2er today, defined in code; specialists as files are planned.
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Design, analysis and writing

Data plan

Write data_dictionary.json.

used in 3 templates · 1 published study · Examples: 7 example studies No evaluations yet
Must write
data_dictionary.json
Skills
Data tables: declared, loaded, countedQuerying the local data warehouse with `e2er-data query`Blockchain Data SkillCrypto & DeFi Data SkillEconomist PersonaAllium queries via the gatekeeper CLIAllium Developer-tier API (when SQL Explorer is unavailable)Yahoo Finance via `e2er-data yfinance`FRED via `e2er-data fred`Global Macro Database via `e2er-data gmd`USGS Earthquake Catalog via `e2er-data usgs`NASA Exoplanet Archive via `e2er-data exoplanets`ESA Gaia Archive via `e2er-data gaia`NASA POWER via `e2er-data nasa_power`NOAA Climate Data Online via `e2er-data noaa` (needs a free token)World Bank Open Data via `e2er-data worldbank`Eurostat via `e2er-data eurostat`Our World in Data via `e2er-data owid`WHO Global Health Observatory via `e2er-data who_gho`Project Gutenberg via `e2er-data gutenberg`GitHub via `e2er-data github`Eurostat GISCO boundaries via `e2er-data gisco`Natural Earth via `e2er-data naturalearth`
Used in
Empirical study · Design, data, estimation and draftEmpirical study, pre-registered · Design, data, estimation and draftEvent study in finance · Design, data, estimation and draftDescriptive data study · Design, data, estimation and draftPolicy evaluation (difference-in-differences) · Design, data, estimation and draftSpatial analysis · Design, data, estimation and draftText analysis · Design, data, estimation and draftTime series and forecasting · Design, data, estimation and draftStaggered difference-in-differences (economics) · Design, data, estimation and draftRegression discontinuity for platform policies (information systems) · Design, data, estimation and draftShift-share instrumental variables (economics) · Design, data, estimation and draft
Design, analysis and writing

Data and descriptive analysis

the specialist that actually queries data

used in 3 templates · 1 published study · Examples: 7 example studies No evaluations yet
Must write
data_summary.md
Skills
Data tables: declared, loaded, countedQuerying the local data warehouse with `e2er-data query`Data Cleaning Best Practices for Economics ResearchFigure Specification FormatPanel Data MethodsAllium queries via the gatekeeper CLIAllium Developer-tier API (when SQL Explorer is unavailable)Yahoo Finance via `e2er-data yfinance`FRED via `e2er-data fred`Global Macro Database via `e2er-data gmd``summary_statistics.json` — Data Analyst SidecarUSGS Earthquake Catalog via `e2er-data usgs`NASA Exoplanet Archive via `e2er-data exoplanets`ESA Gaia Archive via `e2er-data gaia`NASA POWER via `e2er-data nasa_power`NOAA Climate Data Online via `e2er-data noaa` (needs a free token)World Bank Open Data via `e2er-data worldbank`Eurostat via `e2er-data eurostat`Our World in Data via `e2er-data owid`WHO Global Health Observatory via `e2er-data who_gho`Project Gutenberg via `e2er-data gutenberg`GitHub via `e2er-data github`Eurostat GISCO boundaries via `e2er-data gisco`Natural Earth via `e2er-data naturalearth`
Used in
Empirical study · Design, data, estimation and draftEmpirical study, pre-registered · Design, data, estimation and draftEvent study in finance · Design, data, estimation and draftDescriptive data study · Design, data, estimation and draftPolicy evaluation (difference-in-differences) · Design, data, estimation and draftSpatial analysis · Design, data, estimation and draftText analysis · Design, data, estimation and draftTime series and forecasting · Design, data, estimation and draftStaggered difference-in-differences (economics) · Design, data, estimation and draftRegression discontinuity for platform policies (information systems) · Design, data, estimation and draftShift-share instrumental variables (economics) · Design, data, estimation and draft
Design, analysis and writing

Formal model

writes model_spec.md (formal model in LaTeX with assumptions, derivations, propositions)

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet
Must write
model_spec.md
Skills
Economist PersonaGame Theory for Platform Economics & IS ResearchAsset Pricing and Factor ModelsMathematical Proof StrategiesIdentification Strategy Reasoning
Used in
dispatched by the strategist when needed
Design, analysis and writing

Sections and table layout

used with a specific section:<name> reference on iterations 2 and later

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet
Must write
paper_draft.tex
Skills
Paper Structure for Empirical ResearchPersonal Academic Writing StyleAnti-Slop Writing StandardsCiting Numbers by JSON Source KeyTable Specification Format
Used in
dispatched by the strategist when needed
Design, analysis and writing

Abstract

Write the abstract.

1 published study No evaluations yet
Must write
abstract.tex
Skills
Writing Abstracts for Economics PapersAnti-Slop Writing StandardsCiting Numbers by JSON Source Key
Used in
dispatched by the strategist when needed
Design, analysis and writing

LaTeX formatting

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet
Must write
paper_draft.tex
Skills
LaTeX Conventions for Economic ModelsLaTeX Tables for Economics Publications
Used in
dispatched by the strategist when needed
Design, analysis and writing

Reproduction plan

used in 1 template No evaluations yet
Must write
replication_plan.md
Skills
Reproduction ProtocolWriting the Replication Plan
Used in
Replication of a published study · Plan the reproduction
Design, analysis and writing

Comparison of the reproduced numbers

used in 1 template No evaluations yet
Must write
reproduction_report.md
Skills
Reproduction ProtocolWriting the Reproduction Report
Used in
Replication of a published study · Compare every number
Design, analysis and writing

Boundary of the field

used in 1 template No evaluations yet
Must write
field_boundary.md
Skills
Main Path Analysis for Mapping a Research FieldResearcher Persona
Used in
Map a research field · Propose the field's boundary
Design, analysis and writing

Lanes of the field map

used in 1 template No evaluations yet
Must write
field_lanes.md
Skills
Main Path Analysis for Mapping a Research FieldAnti-Slop Writing Standards
Used in
Map a research field · Propose lanes as questions
Design, analysis and writing

Forecast setup and hold-out

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet
Must write
forecast_design.md
Skills
Researcher PersonaTime series and forecasting: a setup fixed in advance, an honest testData tables: declared, loaded, countedQuerying the local data warehouse with `e2er-data query`
Used in
dispatched by the strategist when needed
Design, analysis and writing

Review protocol

used in 1 template · Examples: 1 example study No evaluations yet
Must write
review_protocol.md
Skills
Systematic review and meta-analysis: protocol, search, screening, extraction, synthesisResearcher Persona
Used in
Systematic review and meta-analysis · Review protocol
Design, analysis and writing

Screening of the records

used in 1 template · Examples: 1 example study No evaluations yet
Must write
screening.md
Skills
Systematic review and meta-analysis: protocol, search, screening, extraction, synthesis
Used in
Systematic review and meta-analysis · Screening on title and abstract
Design, analysis and writing

Extraction from the studies

used in 1 template · Examples: 1 example study No evaluations yet
Must write
extraction.md
Skills
Systematic review and meta-analysis: protocol, search, screening, extraction, synthesis
Used in
Systematic review and meta-analysis · Eligibility, extraction and risk of bias
Design, analysis and writing

Hand check of dictionary hits

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet
Must write
text_validation.md
Skills
Researcher PersonaText analysis: a corpus you can trace, counts anyone can redo
Used in
dispatched by the strategist when needed
Theory lab · core role

Cartographer

Pre-round agent that maps the existing theory landscape around a refined phenomenon, identifying gaps and cross-disciplinary opportunities.

No evaluations yet Theory lab · core role

Evaluator

Evaluates the synthesized theory against four criteria grounded in IS theory-building methodology: 1.

No evaluations yet Theory lab · core role

Integrator

Post-convergence agent that transforms raw propositions, constructs, and mechanisms into a coherent, integrated theoretical framework with: 1.

No evaluations yet Theory lab · core role

Persona specialist

A single parameterized agent that generates a transfer report for a given disciplinary persona.

No evaluations yet Theory lab · core role

Phenomenologist

Pre-round agent that refines a raw phenomenon seed into a structured phenomenon analysis suitable for theory landscape mapping.

No evaluations yet Theory lab · core role

Scout director

Pre-round agent that selects core team and guest pool personas from the roster, based on the phenomenon and theory landscape analysis.

No evaluations yet Theory lab · core role

Synthesizer

Integrates persona transfer reports into a coherent theoretical framework through a 3-batch, 7-micro-stage synthesis pipeline: Batch 1: Abduction → Articulation → Coherence Batch 2: Formalization → Severe Test Batch 3: Story Check → Type Check Each batch is a single Claude Code invocation.

No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 0 · Information Systems

Platform Economics

“Who are the sides? What are the cross-side externalities?”

not used in published research yet · Examples: 2 example studies No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 0 · Information Systems

Digital Innovation

“What is being recombined? What generative capacity does the digital artifact have?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 0 · Information Systems

IT Governance

“Who decides? What control mechanisms are in place?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 0 · Information Systems

Sociotechnical Systems

“How do social and technical elements co-constitute each other?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 0 · Information Systems

Technology Acceptance

“What drives adoption? Is it usefulness, ease of use, or social influence?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 0 · Information Systems

Knowledge Management

“What knowledge is being created, transferred, or lost?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 0 · Information Systems

Digital Transformation

“What organizational change is being driven by digital technology?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 0 · Information Systems

IS Strategy

“How does IT create competitive advantage? Is the advantage sustainable?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 0 · Information Systems

Crowdsourcing & Open Innovation

“Who is the crowd? What motivates participation? How is quality ensured?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 0 · Information Systems

Digital Markets & E-Commerce

“How does digitization change search, matching, and trust?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 1 · Economics

Game Theory

“Who are the players? What are payoffs and information structure?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 1 · Economics

Mechanism Design

“What is the designer's objective? What are agents' private information and incentive constraints?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 1 · Economics

Behavioral Economics

“Where do agents deviate from rationality? What heuristics and biases are at play?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 1 · Economics

Industrial Organization

“What is the market structure? What are entry barriers and competitive dynamics?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 1 · Economics

Labor Economics

“Who works, for whom, under what contract, and with what frictions?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 1 · Economics

Financial Economics

“What is being priced? What information is reflected? What frictions exist?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 1 · Economics

Public Economics

“Is there a market failure? What is the public interest?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 1 · Economics

Development Economics

“What structural barriers prevent improvement? What feedback loops maintain poverty?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 1 · Economics

Auction Theory

“What is the value model (private, common, affiliated)? What format is optimal?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 1 · Economics

Contract Theory

“What can't be contracted upon? What are the information asymmetries?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 1 · Economics

Network Economics

“Are there network effects? Direct or indirect? How strong?”

not used in published research yet · Examples: 2 example studies No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 1 · Economics

Environmental Economics

“What is the externality? Who bears the cost? How can it be internalized?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 2 · Mathematics

Category Theory

“What are the objects and morphisms? Is there a functor to a known structure?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 2 · Mathematics

Graph Theory

“What is the natural graph? What do structural properties tell us?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 2 · Mathematics

Topology

“What is the shape of the data? What topological features persist across scales?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 2 · Mathematics

Dynamical Systems

“What are the state variables? Where are the fixed points and bifurcations?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 2 · Mathematics

Probability Theory

“What is the probability model? What are the tail risks?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 2 · Mathematics

Optimization Theory

“What is being optimized? What are the constraints? Is the problem convex?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 2 · Mathematics

Information Theory

“What information is being transmitted? What is the channel? What is noise?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 2 · Mathematics

Combinatorics

“How many configurations are possible? What structural constraints limit them?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 2 · Mathematics

Measure Theory

“What is the right measure? What sets have measure zero and why does it matter?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 3 · Physics

Statistical Mechanics

“What are the microstates? What macroscopic observables emerge from their statistics?”

not used in published research yet · Examples: 1 example study No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 3 · Physics

Complexity Science

“Is this emergent? What are the feedback loops? Are there tipping points?”

not used in published research yet · Examples: 1 example study No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 3 · Physics

Quantum Information

“Is there a superposition of states? Can entanglement-like correlations explain this?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 3 · Physics

Thermodynamics

“What drives the system? Where does entropy increase? What work is extracted?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 3 · Physics

Fluid Dynamics

“What flows? What are the viscosity and turbulence analogies?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 3 · Physics

Network Physics

“What is the network topology? How do dynamics on the network couple to dynamics of the network?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 4 · Life Sciences

Evolutionary Biology

“What is being selected? What varies? What is the fitness landscape?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 4 · Life Sciences

Ecology

“What is the ecosystem? What are the niches, competitors, and interdependencies?”

not used in published research yet · Examples: 1 example study No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 4 · Life Sciences

Epidemiology

“What spreads? What is the transmission mechanism? What is R0?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 4 · Life Sciences

Neuroscience

“How do agents process information? What are the cognitive constraints?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 5 · Computer Science

Distributed Systems

“What consistency guarantees are needed? What failures must be tolerated?”

not used in published research yet · Examples: 1 example study No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 5 · Computer Science

Cryptography

“What needs to be hidden? What needs to be proven? Who do we not trust?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 5 · Computer Science

Computational Complexity

“How hard is this problem? What computational resources are needed?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 5 · Computer Science

Machine Learning Theory

“What is being learned? What is the sample complexity? What is the generalization bound?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 5 · Computer Science

Formal Verification

“Can this property be formally specified and verified? What are the invariants?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 6 · Social Sciences & Humanities

Sociology

“What social structures shape this? Who benefits, who is disadvantaged?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 6 · Social Sciences & Humanities

Anthropology

“What cultural meanings are embedded? How do participants understand their own practices?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 6 · Social Sciences & Humanities

Political Science

“Who governs? How is power distributed? Whose interests are served?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 6 · Social Sciences & Humanities

Psychology

“What motivates individual behavior? What cognitive processes are at play?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 6 · Social Sciences & Humanities

Philosophy of Science

“Is this theory falsifiable? What is the paradigm? What would count as evidence?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 6 · Social Sciences & Humanities

Linguistics

“What is being communicated? How does meaning emerge from structure?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 6 · Social Sciences & Humanities

Organizational Theory

“How does the organization structure affect behavior and outcomes?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 6 · Social Sciences & Humanities

Science & Technology Studies (STS)

“How are human and non-human actors assembled? What translations occur?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 6 · Social Sciences & Humanities

Media Studies

“How does the medium shape the message? What logics of mediation are at play?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 6 · Social Sciences & Humanities

Rhetoric

“How is this argument constructed? What persuasive strategies are at work?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 6 · Social Sciences & Humanities

Design Theory

“What is the design space? What are the constraints and affordances?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 7 · Law & Regulation

Law & Economics

“What are the legal rules? How do they shape incentives and outcomes?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 7 · Law & Regulation

Regulatory Theory

“Who regulates? What compliance mechanisms exist? Is code substituting for law?”

not used in published research yet · Examples: 1 example study No evaluations yet Theory lab · Tier 7 · Law & Regulation

Intellectual Property

“What knowledge is being protected? How does IP shape incentives to create?”

not used in published research yet No evaluations yet Example

First order coder

Codes transcripts in the informants' own terms.

No evaluations yet Example

Second order theorist

Groups concepts into themes and dimensions and relates them into a model.

No evaluations yet Example

Conjecture generator

Generates conjectures from the perspective of one field.

No evaluations yet Example

Selection judge

Applies declared selection criteria and records its reasons.

No evaluations yet

Specialists for theory building

The E2ET theory lab brings specialists from 60 fields to a phenomenon. Each reasons from its field's canonical models and asks that field's diagnostic question. A few core roles run the process.

Researchers from these fields: edit your field's specialist. Its diagnostic question, canonical models and known biases should come from people who work in the field. Open a specialist and choose "Edit this specialist"; your name is credited on it.

Example specialists (marked Example in the list) are invented for the Gioia grounded-theory and disciplined-imagination templates.

Compose a panel

Example of the scout director's rules

The scout director picks a core team of three or four field specialists that stays fixed across rounds. A guest pool of two or three rotates between rounds. No specialist can be in both.

Hold Ctrl or ⌘ to select several.

See an example theory brief

What a specialist's description will state

Under draft 0.1 every specialist declares its role, inputs, outputs and the artifact it must produce, so a researcher can judge whether it fits before running it.

Describe a specialist