sapientinc / PRAXIST

Praxist: meet your personal R&D team 
Praxist is an autonomous research system for measurable, computer-executable
research. It coordinates parallel research peers, task-owned evaluation,
durable evidence, and generation-to-generation synthesis.
Praxist treats research as a persistent process rather than a sequence of
disconnected prompts. Use it when a project already runs and its objective is
measurable, but the best path forward is still unknown.
## Install Praxist
Install the complete runtime integrations and finish first-use setup with one
command:
 [code] 
The local wizard covers the Fair Source License, User Agreement, privacy,
runtime profile, masked credentials, Codex skills, writable examples,
and readiness checks. It does not select a research project or launch a run.
For Claude Code, use the
host-specific one-line command.
For an agent-managed installation, open Codex:
 [code] 
Then ask it to install and configure Praxist using the packaged OOBE runbook,
and to stop after readiness checks.
Before starting research, read the Quickstart
and Your First Task. They describe the
separate takeover step and the project contract it creates.
Choose **Codex-native mode** to use an existing Codex subscription without an
API key. For sustained research, Praxist generally favors
open-source model APIs with a high
observed cache-hit rate. The setup wizard also supports other API-backed
profiles.
## Use Praxist Through Codex
We recommend Codex as the interface for operating Praxist. Praxist is not a
replacement for Codex: Codex remains the interactive agent that understands
your project, communicates with you, and uses development tools. Praxist adds
the persistent research loop, parallel peers, evidence protocols, scheduling,
and lifecycle control.
After installation, open Codex in the root of an already runnable research
project and invoke `$praxist-takeover`. The takeover skill inspects readiness,
creates or repairs the task harness, validates its evaluator and evidence
contract, and launches the run after the required gates pass. A precise brief
produces a better research plan; include the objective, metrics, constraints,
resources, exploration choices, and whether launch is authorized.
 Example takeover brief 
 [code] 
Other bundled skills:
| Skill | Purpose |
|---|---|
| `praxist-takeover-codex` | No-key takeover using the saved Codex login |
| `praxist-onboarding` | Explain Praxist and inspect local readiness |
| `praxist-task-initialization` | Build or repair a task harness without launching |
| `praxist-interactive-task-init` | Design a task through confirmation-first setup |
| `praxist-control` | Start, stop, resume, monitor, and inspect runs |
| `praxist-diagnostic` | Diagnose run health and produce reports |
| `praxist-scientific-research` | Gather sourced literature and benchmark context |
| `praxist-runtime-install` | Install or repair runtime dependencies and credentials |
| `terminal-line-plot` | Draw metric trends in the terminal |
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