BASIS

Contribute

Everything on this site is a Markdown file in a public repo. To add or edit notes, open a pull request. The PR ritual is the membership ritual, if you've written something worth merging, we want to read it.

Add notes for a session

  1. Fork luminusha/basis.
  2. Edit the relevant src/content/sessions/NNNN-*.md file, replace the pending body with your notes.
  3. Open a PR. We'll review and merge.

Add a new session

Create a new file at src/content/sessions/000N-slug.md with this frontmatter:

---
number: 6
title: "Reading Group 6: <short title>"
date: 2026-06-14
notesStatus: complete
attendees: [diksha, sumana, anusha]
papers: [some-paper-slug]
roles:
  summarizer: anusha
  contrarian: rohan
  bridge-builder: diksha
tags: ["mech-interp", "deception"]
bridgesTo: ["emergent-misalignment"]
summary: One-line hook describing the session.
---

## 1. Core Claims

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## 2. Weaknesses

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## 3. Discussion

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Add a new paper

Create a file at src/content/papers/slug.md:

---
title: "Paper Title"
authors: ["Author A", "Author B"]
url: https://arxiv.org/abs/...
arxivId: "2501.12345"
year: 2025
tags: ["mech-interp"]
tldr: One-sentence summary.
---

Add yourself as a member

Create src/content/members/<your-slug>.md:

---
name: Your Name
github: yourhandle
bio: One-line bio (optional).
---

Notes on tone