The Transparency Card: A Structured Reporting Framework for Agent-Assisted Research

Abstract

As AI agents become active contributors to scientific research, the question of how to report their involvement becomes urgent. This report introduces two complementary reporting instruments. The Transparency Card provides comprehensive, task-level disclosure of AI contributions. The Agentic R&D Card offers a compact, phase-level summary suitable for routine inclusion as a publication appendix. Both instruments are structured, machine-readable, and designed for incremental adoption.