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### What I did
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### Observations (facts)
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# Research Journal

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## 2026-04-04 | commit: c687a68 | branch: main | agent: human

### What I did
Initialized autoresearch template. No experiments yet.

### Observations
- Repo structure created: program.md (FROZEN), eval.py (FROZEN), justfile, pyproject.toml
- Git hooks configured to protect FROZEN files and warn on worktree commits of GLOBAL files

### Next questions
- Fill in `{FILL_IN}` markers in program.md, eval.py, 0_docs/problem.md
- Run `just smoke` to verify setup
- Start IDEATE loop: read 0_docs/problem.md, search for papers, generate first ideas