Why open-source maintainers leave

How this study was produced: every step of the run with the file it wrote, and everything the run used, pinned to the exact version. The address of this page is derived from its content: if anything below changed, the address would change.

Example dossierOpen the study

Dossiersha256:cfb02e155c83a09c669aa9d496bf2097c195a36c047df14c10934c6976e36ae2

Dossier as JSON

Run settings

E2ER: example
Template: disciplined-imagination
AI backend: n/a
Models: n/a

Input data

SHA-256 of the data files, as recorded in the study's provenance.

none recorded

Workflow (1 steps)

The run in order, from the run's own record. Each specialist step shows the model and the file it wrote; the fingerprint is the SHA-256 of that file in the exported folder. Checks that stopped a step are listed where they happened. This is an example: the steps and files are invented.

Initial

conjecture generator notes/conjecture_generator.md (example)

What it was built with (4)

Each part with its authors and the version used. E2ER parts are pinned by git's content hash of their file at the commit above; follow a link to read that exact version.

Templates (1)

Template	By	Pinned version
Theory construction as disciplined imagination	Jun Sato	example · sha256 cfe89cc8b830

Specialists (1)

Specialist	By	Pinned version
conjecture_generator	Jun Sato	example · sha256 58fd829b095b

Skills (2)

Skill	By	Pinned version
Declaring selection criteria for conjectures	Jun Sato	example · sha256 89c4282d1017
Running thought trials	Jun Sato	example · sha256 1661c1025a01

Cite E2ER with this dossier

A paper produced with E2ER gives one reference for E2ER: this dossier. It credits everyone listed above.

@misc{e2er-cfb02e155c83a09c,
  title        = {E2ER dossier for "Why open-source maintainers leave"},
  author       = {{E2ER}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://e2er.org/d/cfb02e155c83a09c}},
  note         = {Workflow, templates, specialists, skills, connectors and models used, pinned by content hash. Dossier sha256:cfb02e155c83a09c669aa9d496bf2097c195a36c047df14c10934c6976e36ae2}
}