# Contribution concept: [working title]

Preparation template, not a formal proposal, funded assignment, or commitment. Keep it to roughly one page. Use “unknown” for missing evidence or ownership. Return privately first when prepared by an agent.

## Beneficiary and problem

Who would use this? What difficulty or unanswered question do they face? Which part is observed and which is a hypothesis?

## Why this belongs in 1Hive

Choose core infrastructure, communications and narrative, or tangible public goods. Explain the connection to Honey, contributor capacity, or the commons, and the reusable result left behind.

## Evidence and existing work

Link original sources, dates checked, and relevant revision or chain context. What already exists? Would extending or reviewing it help more? State access gaps and unvalidated demand.

## Contribution and alternatives

Describe the result and non-goals. Compare a smaller change, an existing tool, or doing nothing. Explain why this increment is worth trying.

## First experiment and finish line

Name the smallest inspectable output, the baseline, resource cap, and evidence for continuing, revising, or stopping. Distinguish available donated capacity from resources requiring funding or permission.

## Review, maintenance, and rights

What expertise or feedback is needed? What should be escalated to a human? Who might maintain it, and have they agreed? Identify relevant data, code, and model licenses, privacy concerns, recurring costs, and unsupported assumptions.

## Authority and next step

Choose research, a local prototype, a focused patch, or a durable improvement proposal. Formal on-chain proposals need prior research into deployed dependencies, authority, failure modes, and alternatives. State what is authorized. Publication, coordination, funding, subscription use, and execution remain separate actions.

## Result and learning

After the experiment, link the artifact and checks, report observed use or feedback, explain failures and unknowns, and suggest the next useful question. Leave this “Not run” until there is evidence.