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This site holds a research program, a preserved evidentiary record, and a set of practical tools. You don't need all of it — you need the path that matches why you came. Four doors, each a short ordered read with the right next step at the end.

"Something about my own AI conversations feels off."

1. If something feels wrong — the steady first steps: distance, a person you trust, no more conversation inside the loop. 3 minutes.
2. Check Your AI — copy-paste prompts that make the conversation account for itself, ending with the fresh-instance test: the strongest five minutes on this site. 10 minutes.
3. The Guardian Protocol — why instructions don't fix this, what would, and the free app that keeps the checks in your pocket. 5 minutes.

If anyone is in danger or thinking about self-harm, skip the reading — the crisis lines are in the footer of this and every page.

"I'm worried about someone I love."

1. The parents' guide and the partners-and-friends guide — what the real warning signs are (they are not the ones you'd guess), what works, and what backfires. 10 minutes.
2. Check Your AI — the parent prompt and the marker check, run together; together is the part that matters. 10 minutes.
3. The eight markers — so you can name what you're seeing instead of arguing about it. 10 minutes.

"I'm here to evaluate the claims."

1. The research — what CCD is, what it claims, and how it differs from sycophancy. 10 minutes.
2. The publications — the framework paper, with its falsification criteria stated in print and a DOI version of record. the deep read.
3. How the record was built — including the rules that constrain the author and the instruments. 5 minutes.
4. The evidentiary record — what is preserved, what is published, and how qualified parties request source material. 5 minutes.

The vocabulary is defined in plain language in the Glossary; citation formats are on Cite This Work. Substantive challenge is welcome — the footer says so because it is meant.

"I'm reporting a story."

1. The press brief — what is documented versus what is alleged, and what the author will do on the record. 3 minutes.
2. The receipts — the DKIM-verified correspondence, the notarized notice trail, the sworn cooperator submission. 10 minutes.
3. The methods, plainly — how to check this site rather than quote it. 5 minutes.
4. Cite This Work — how to describe the Institute, date the work, and keep the filed-claims qualifiers intact. 3 minutes.

Interview requests: research@recursioninstitute.org.