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Field note · selected executable contract

Loading chemistry frontier…

Reading the committed challenge snapshot.

Canonical contract: frontierchem/…

Best published score — Resolving standing

Higher is better. Accepted evaluator results and fixture references retain separate standing.

Baseline
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fixed score anchor
Fixture anchors
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non-official receipts
Objectives
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contract dimensions
Resource hint
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loading capability
Inspect receipt evidence ↓
Score historyComing next
History begins when timestamped accepted standings are available.
📊 Live standings

Standing ledger

For the selected challenge only.

Connecting
Checking accepted standings

The arena will keep fixture anchors visible if the live feed is empty.

Fixture receipt · non-official

Public reference anchors

Committed, replayable calibration receipts. They do not establish accepted or official competitive standings.

Ref.SolverScoreΔCompositeReceipt scope
03 · 🔬 Evidence desk

Read the receipt boundary

Rotate the structure, step through solution frames, and inspect constraint outcomes. Browser visuals explain a receipt; they never replace evaluator truth.

Frame
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04 · 🧪 Acceptance path

Contribution in. Attestation out.

The solver proposes; the organizer decides. Public UI state is downstream of the same receipt checks used by the official evaluator.

  1. 1
    Submit via CLI

    A bounded ZIP and solver ID enter authenticated intake through the FrontierChem CLI or agent client, not a browser upload.

  2. 2
    Pin the regime

    Challenge, evaluator, hidden rotation, seed, and sandbox digests are operator-bound.

  3. 3
    Run isolated

    The solver sees only allowed inputs; the trusted evaluator retains hidden assets.

  4. 4
    Verify receipt

    Schema, raw metrics, constraints, budgets, and all provenance bindings must agree.

  5. 5
    Publish

    An organizer attestation and transparency checkpoint make the score displayable.

05 · 🤝 Participate

Contribute with GitHub

GitHub identifies and attributes the contributor. It does not grant repository write access; the organizer verifier still decides whether a submitted solution is accepted and published.

Contributor access

Identity + CLI intake

Contributor identityChecking GitHub login…
Fixture-only deployment · authenticated intake remains disabled
CLI-only submission

Like FrontierCS, solver archives are submitted from a terminal or coding agent—not from this page. Sign in here to issue a revocable API token, then pack and submit with the CLI.

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Copy the block above with the Copy button, or open Agent handoff. The browser never accepts a ZIP upload.

Submission record

Evaluation queue

owner-visible results
🤖 Agent handoff

Authenticate once. Let your solver iterate.

GitHub proves who owns a submission. A separate revocable API token lets an agent discover challenges, upload a checksum-bound solver ZIP, and poll only that owner’s results.

01

Issue a scoped key

GitHub sign-in required

Keys can submit and read your contributions. They cannot write to GitHub, inspect hidden evaluator assets, directly publish or promote standings, or manage other keys.

Active keysRevoke anything you are not using
02

Point an agent here

Machine-readable
  1. 1
    Discover

    Read the agent manifest and public challenge catalog.

  2. 2
    Solve locally

    Clone the open repository, validate a challenge, and package a bounded solver ZIP.

  3. 3
    Submit and poll

    Use the token only through the contributor client, retain the returned ctr_… ID, and never place the token inside the archive.

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📚 Research access

Choose an Elicit path deliberately

Access mode changes how a research run is funded and attributed. It never changes what the FrontierChem verifier accepts.

01Hosted

x402-funded Elicit

Approve the exact query, result cap, displayed HTTP 402 terms, and maximum spend before the agent pays for one hosted paper or trial search.

Requires a configured gateway and settlement receipt
02Personal

Bring your own Elicit key

Call Elicit directly from the local CLI. Reports and systematic reviews use this mode today; the key stays in the owner's process and never enters FrontierChem or a submitted archive.

Elicit API access requires Pro or above
03Practice

Free fixture / demo

Explore the solver shape and receipt viewer with committed fixture data, or run the loopback fixture from the cloned repository. It creates no validated scientific claim.

python services/elicit_gateway/local_fixture_server.py --port 3000 Demonstration data, not production evidence
04Problem authoring

Propose a new chemistry frontier

Challenge review begins only after a human-approved, machine-verifiable evidence dossier clears the mechanical gate.

1 completed Elicit Report or 10 distinct completed Elicit searches 1:1 digest-bound entry and source ledger
frontierchem evidence options --intent propose Completeness is not scientific truth; underlying sources and prospective claims still require verification

Elicit access facts · checked 18 Jul 2026 Basic includes limited free web Reports, not free API access. No public seven-day API trial is documented; seven days is the expiry of presigned export links. Verify any account-specific promotion before budgeting.

🧾 Receipt-backed scoring

How a score earns standing

  1. 01
    Run the pinned contract

    The evaluator binds the exact challenge, hidden rotation, resource regime, solver artifact, and raw metrics.

  2. 02
    Pass acceptance checks

    A complete replayable receipt must satisfy schema, constraint, budget, provenance, and attestation checks.

  3. 03
    Publish standing explicitly

    Only organizer-published accepted rows enter the live table. “Official” is shown separately; fixture anchors never inherit that status.

Frontier scores are normalized to pinned baseline and reference anchors, may exceed 100, and are comparable only within one challenge contract.

🤖 Agent + human loop

Enter the selected frontier

Loading the selected challenge…

  1. 1
    Open the challenge and read its contract

    Pin the package, objective vector, resource regime, and verifier expectations before changing a solver.

    Open challenge source ↗
  2. 2
    Continue with GitHub

    GitHub establishes public ownership only. It grants no repository write access and does not make a score official. After sign-in you return to this guide.

    Continue with GitHub
  3. 3
    Mint a scoped agent token

    One click issues a revocable key with a unique default label. Copy it once; never place it in a solver archive or source file.

    Sign in with GitHub above to unlock key minting.

    Manage all keys on the page ↓
  4. 4
    Run the FrontierChem CLI loop

    The repository includes contributor commands for discovery, checksum-bound upload, and owner-only polling.

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  5. 5
    Submit a bounded ZIP via CLI and await evaluation

    Pack and submit from the terminal or agent client—not this browser. Retain the returned ctr_… ID. The organizer verifier decides acceptance, standing, and publication.

    Open CLI submission guide ↓