Goals / RFCs

One RFC, one goal. Read the proposal, discuss it, deliver the outcome.

5 RFCs · 2 pilot drafts · 3 in review

Pilot draft
RFC-001

Make project work visible and reviewable

Spec: Project work in Slayer Labs

Move tasks to GitHub Projects and Issues with owners, review criteria, evidence and a clear completion decision.

Revision merged; the RFC still proposes a pilot.

Pilot draft
RFC-002

Track datasets from submission to release

Spec: Dataset lifecycle in Slayer Labs

Record immutable dataset versions, checks, DS and legal review decisions, and the exact contents of each release.

Revision merged; the RFC still proposes a pilot.

In review
RFC-003

Build a reproducible corpus pipeline

Spec: Corpus build pipeline (data plane)

Produce a corpus from a declared configuration, with filtering, deduplication, PII processing, provenance and an independent release gate.

Open proposal.

In review
RFC-004

Define contribution, review and release

Spec: Contribution and release

Define source intake, acceptance, publication, withdrawal and erasure, with clear reviewer and publisher responsibilities.

Open proposal; would supersede RFC-002 once accepted.

In review
RFC-005

Train a 250M English base model

Spec: 250M English base-model research program

Select the recipe through 10-20 proxy runs. Target 100B tokens, with 25B/50B checkpoints, an optional 200B extension and confirmation seeds.

Open research proposal.