Seraph Research Index

State: Research

The Project Constitution is the sole product and accepted-target authority. This tree contains Research evidence, alternatives, dated comparisons, and historical analysis. Nothing here establishes that a capability is accepted or shipped.

How Research Becomes A Decision

1. Record evidence, sources, dates, limitations, and uncertainty here.
2. Open or refine a tracked issue for the proposed decision.
3. Use an independent Critic/Contrarian pass for architecture, security, memory, or competitive conclusions.
4. Accept a direction only by updating the constitution and adding or superseding an ADR.
5. Mark a capability Shipped only in implementation docs after merge and proof.

Research Areas

Current dated capability comparison (5 October 2026):

• Seraph baseline and test limits
• Hermes: overview and detailed matrix
• IronClaw: overview and detailed matrix
• NEAR inference and TEE boundaries
• Resulting capability roadmap

Earlier thematic research:

• Guardian thesis
• Human model and memory
• Runtime and reliability
• Trust and governance
• Execution plane
• Presence and reach
• Embodied interface
• Ecosystem and delegation
• Reference systems and evidence
• Strategy claim ledger

Competitive and parity-era documents are research history. They remain useful only with their source dates and claim boundaries; they cannot override the constitution or serve as an execution queue.

For current behavior, use Development Status. For operating the current app, use Current App Guide.