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Agentic Publication Protocol: An Attempt to Modernize Scientific Publication

Sirui Lu1, Xiao-Liang Qi2

  1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Quantenoptik; Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology
  2. Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stanford University

APP-260617-0000scientific-publicationRelease v1.0.0Listed Jun 17, 2026

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git clone --recurse-submodules --branch v1.0.0 https://github.com/XiaoliangQi/agentic-publication-protocol-dev.app.git
cd agentic-publication-protocol-dev.app
claude

These commands download the paper and start the agent in its folder. Then ask it anything about the work, or ask it to reproduce a figure. Other coding agents work too.

Working in another project? With the APP plugin, run /load-paper https://github.com/XiaoliangQi/agentic-publication-protocol-dev.app/releases/tag/v1.0.0 to bring this paper into it.

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Summary

Rather than publishing only a static paper, APP proposes a more reproducible, informative, and interactive publication format. An APP publication is an organized bundle of the research work: paper, code, data, environment information, and related context, together with an AGENTS.md instruction file that lets future readers interact with a faithful paper agent.

The goal is for scientific publications to carry not only knowledge, but also know-how: the practical understanding needed to interpret, reproduce, and build on the work, which has traditionally been difficult to transfer faithfully. The paper defines the protocol, describes agent skills for preparing APP publications, and reports a small compare-app evaluation in which APP paper agents show stronger grounding and honesty than a general repository-aware agent.

  • agentic-publication-protocol
  • scientific-publication
  • reproducibility
  • paper-agents

Protocol on GitHubRegistry on GitHubPaper agents on Zulip