ASRP Desktop

A 3-agent research team that catches errors before they ship.

Desktop application for the AI Scientific Research Platform — an open-source, Discord-native research environment that pre-registers experiments, cross-validates results, and audits every decision. Runs on your own machine.

Apache 2.0 · macOS · Windows · Linux

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Why ASRP?

AI agents can produce a paper a day. Most of those papers won't reproduce. ASRP encodes the scientific method into the workflow itself — hypotheses are pre-registered with falsification criteria, every result is cross-validated by an independent reviewer, and every decision is logged to an immutable audit trail.

The 3 Agents

Role	Model	What they do
Theorist	OPUS · LEAD	Intake, hypotheses, literature recon, experiment design
Engineer	SONNET · BUILD	Code, simulations, numerical experiments, result checks
Reviewer	HAIKU · CRITIC	Cross-validation, dispatch, daily standups, audit log

Each agent runs as an independent Discord bot via the embedded OpenClaw gateway — you talk to them in #general like real teammates. @mention the Theorist with your research question and the team takes it from there.

Runtime invariant: sender ≠ mention target. ASRP's self-healing dispatcher prevents Discord self-mention deadlocks, so phase kickoffs and standups always route through the Reviewer.

SRW-v3 — Standard Research Workflow (7 phases)

1. Intake — Theorist Q&A in Discord
2. Lit Recon — Web · arXiv · self-search
3. Opportunities — Synthesise + self-critique
4. Direction Pick — User chooses the path
5. Plan — Engineer feasibility review
6. Schedule — Time + budget lock-in
7. Active Loop — Execute · review · iterate

Features

• Setup Wizard — 5 steps: profile, API keys, agent config, Discord bots, launch (~10 min)
• Embedded OpenClaw Gateway — One click spins up 3 Discord bots
• Research Registry — Pre-register hypotheses with falsification criteria
• Papers Pipeline — 6-stage workflow from draft to submission
• Challenge Center — 396 curated problems across Math / Physics / Chemistry / Life Sciences (99 each) to benchmark your agents
• Local AI (Ollama) — Hardware detection, headless / VPS mode, run fully offline
• Token Budget — Per-task model routing with live cost display
• Self-Test Suite — 25 pre-flight checks
• i18n — English · 简体中文 · 繁體中文 · Deutsch
• Auto-Update — Checks on startup, one-click install
• Audit Log — Every decision, every dispatch, immutable

Quick Start

1. Download from Releases
2. Install and open ASRP Desktop
3. Run the 5-step setup wizard
4. @mention Theorist in Discord — your research team is live

Development

npm install
npm run dev

Build

npm run dist          # All platforms
npm run dist:mac      # macOS (.dmg + .zip)
npm run dist:win      # Windows (.exe)
npm run dist:linux    # Linux (.AppImage)

Architecture

• TypeScript main process + HTML/CSS/JS renderer
• Embedded OpenClaw gateway — 3 independent bot runtimes
• SRW-v3 orchestrator with self-healing dispatcher
• Encrypted API key storage (OS keychain)
• SQLite local state, JWT sessions
• Discord integration via OpenClaw channels
• Local AI via Ollama (optional)

Links

• Website: https://asrp.jzis.org
• Releases: https://github.com/JackZH26/ASRP-JZIS/releases
• JZIS: https://www.jzis.org
• Publications: https://jzis.org/publications/

License

Apache-2.0 · Copyright © 2026 JZ Institute of Science