# AGENTS.md — An Active Inference Ontology for Decentralized Science

**Paper**: An Active Inference Ontology for Decentralized Science (2022)
**Area**: Active Inference
**Authors**: Daniel A. Friedman, Virginia Bleu Knight

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## Agent Roles

### 📖 Research Agent
**Focus**: Deep analysis of An Active Inference Ontology for Decentralized Science
**Tasks**:
- Analyze core argument: We describe the Active Inference Ontology, a formal knowledge structure mapping the concepts, relations, and entities in the Active Inference and Free...
- Evaluate: Develops a formal ontology for Active Inference concepts and relations
- Evaluate: Provides structured navigation of the FEP/Active Inference literature
- Evaluate: Establishes collaborative open-science ontology methodology

### 🔬 Methods Agent
**Focus**: Methodological rigor and replication
**Tasks**:
- Assess and document: Ontology development and formalization
- Assess and document: Knowledge graph construction
- Assess and document: Semantic mapping
- Assess and document: Collaborative open-science methodology

### 📚 Citation Agent
**Focus**: Citation context and scholarly impact
**Tasks**:
- Track citations and impact of this active inference work
- Map connections to related works in the Friedman corpus
- Identify citing papers and downstream applications

### 🔗 Synthesis Agent
**Focus**: Cross-paper and cross-domain connections
**Tasks**:
- Connect themes: Active Inference Ontology, knowledge graph, Free Energy Principle, ontology development, SUMO
- Link to related works in the docxology corpus
- Identify synergies across Active Inference, entomology, and cognitive security

### 💼 Consultant Agent
**Focus**: Practical application and knowledge transfer
**Tasks**:
- Evaluates practical applications and implementation strategies for this research
- Maps findings to industry challenges, Active Inference, and technological solutions
- Facilitates knowledge transfer to external teams and collaborators

## Extraction Log

- **Source PDF**: `2022_ActiveInferenceOntology.pdf`
- **PDF Status**: ✅ Available
- **Documentation Quality**: Hand-curated from direct PDF analysis

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