Lacuna.

Open gaps

Three tiers, one registry.

Verified gaps are the on-ramp. Systematic scans expand coverage. Frontier cases are reference material — closed to new attempts in Phase 1 but kept in the registry as proof the model also works at the edge.

Tier 1 — Verified

Known gap, high confidence. A specific record is missing from a canonical database, with a paper that should fix it. 1–2 hours to a finished contribution.

Tier 2 — Systematic

Batch scan of a region of the data. Multi-session work that produces a structured audit. Phase 1.5+.

Tier 3 — Frontier

Answer unknown. The session itself is the artifact, including dead ends. Closed to new attempts in Phase 1; reference cases only.