Discovery Certification Protocol Audits AI Research Agent Claims
September 6, 2026
The Discovery Certification Protocol (DCP) introduces a multi-gate framework to validate claims made by AI research agents. It uses executable recovery tests and withheld research history to ensure that agents are truly discovering new knowledge rather than retrieving known data.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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researcherThis provides a rigorous standard to prove your research agent's outputs are genuine discoveries.
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investorYou can use this protocol to verify the technical claims of companies building autonomous research agents.