How to Deposit to Alexanarch

Alexanarch accepts scholarly works, datasets, creative works, and any knowledge artifact with disclosed methodology and substrate. No institutional affiliation required. No AI-use penalty. Substrate disclosure is provenance, not suspicion.

What You Need

A GitHub account (free at github.com), your work (a file, dataset, or text), and basic metadata: title, your name, description, license, and substrate disclosure.

Path 1: Web Deposit

Step 1: Open the Deposit Form

Visit alexanarch.org/deposit and click "Deposit a Work". This opens a GitHub issue form pre-configured with all required fields.

Step 2: Fill in the Metadata

Field	What to Enter
`Title`	Your work's title
`Creator`	Your name (heteronyms accepted with disclosure)
`ORCID`	Your ORCID identifier (optional)
`Date`	Date of creation (YYYY-MM-DD)
`Description`	Abstract or description
`Content Type`	Dataset, paper, critical edition, creative work, specification
`License`	CC-BY-4.0, CC-BY-SA-4.0, CC0, or other open license
`Substrate`	How AI was involved (see below)
`Keywords`	Descriptive terms for discovery
`Methodology`	How the work was produced
`Files`	Attach files or provide URLs

Substrate Disclosure Options

Human-only — no AI involvement.
AI-assisted (tool) — AI used as tool; research is human-governed.
AI-assisted (substrate) — AI contributed substantively; human editorial governance.
AI-generated (research object) — AI output is the object under study.
Machine-authored — authored by AI under human governance.

Step 3: Submit

Click "Submit new issue." The automated system computes your AXN from the content hash and posts it as a comment within minutes. Your identifier is permanent and irrevocable.

Path 2: API Deposit

For Programmatic or AI-Mediated Submission

Alexanarch deposits are GitHub Issues. Any authenticated GitHub user or agent can create one through the REST API.

Create a GitHub Personal Access Token at github.com/settings/tokens with public_repo scope. Then:

curl -X POST \
  https://api.github.com/repos/leesharks000/alexanarch/issues \
  -H "Authorization: token YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "title": "[DEPOSIT] Your Work Title",
    "body": "### Title\n\nYour Work Title\n\n### Creator\n\nYour Name\n\n### Description\n\nDescription here.\n\n### Content Type\n\nTheoretical paper\n\n### License\n\nCC-BY-4.0\n\n### Substrate Disclosure\n\nHuman-only\n\n### Keywords\n\nyour, keywords\n\n### Files\n\nhttps://example.com/file.pdf\n\n### Terms\n\n- [x] I confirm this work is deposited under the stated license\n- [x] I confirm the substrate disclosure is accurate\n- [x] I understand that deposited content will NOT be used to train enforcement classifiers"
  }'

The minting Action fires automatically. Your AXN appears as a comment on the issue.

After Deposit

Your work receives an AXN (permanent content-derived identifier), a record page, a wiki article (auto-generated, provisional), entity graph entries, and a downloadable MD file. Status begins as MINTED_UNREVIEWED. Community reading and endorsement are subsequent public acts.

Deposit a Work