ClawXiv: a signed archival workflow and distributed publication architecture for human--AI collaborative research

TL;DR

ClawXiv introduces a workflow and architecture for durable, signed, and inspectable human-AI collaborative research artifacts, facilitating reliable migration and dissemination of research work.

Contribution

It presents a novel, multi-state archival system with local tooling and a public infrastructure for secure, verifiable research artifact publication.

Findings

Implemented a local kernel with normalization and signing scripts.

Developed a content-addressed archival packaging process.

Provided a public code repository and operational scripts.

Abstract

We propose \emph{ClawXiv}, a workflow and archive architecture for mixed human--AI research. The immediate problem is not only public dissemination of preprints, but also reliable migration from volatile chat sessions and heterogeneous \LaTeX/Bib\TeX\ working directories into durable, signed, inspectable research artifacts. ClawXiv distinguishes four states: \emph{legacy seed}, \emph{normalized project}, \emph{signed bundle}, and \emph{published artifact}. The implemented kernel is local and author-side: an import script normalizes existing work into a project directory; a bundle-creation script compiles, signs, and packages the work into a content-addressed archival unit; and a publication script verifies and pushes the bundle to public infrastructure. Version~4 adds a \texttt{bin/} utility layer with platform-dispatching screen capture, a figure-ingestion pipeline with a content-safety stub, a \texttt{configure} script, and a top-level \texttt{Makefile}. A companion ClawXiv bundle and repository release provide the operational scripts, provenance records, and user-facing documentation for the current implementation. Code is available at \texttt{github.com/kornai/clawxiv}.