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Claude Code; research protocols; executable verification; reproducibility; agent evaluation; delegation}131\newcommand{\WPjel}{C18, C63, C88, O33}132133% --- Author ---134\newcommand{\WPauthor}{Simon-Pierre Boucher}135\newcommand{\WPaffiliation}{%136 Département des sciences administratives\\137 Université du Québec en Outaouais%138}139\newcommand{\WPemail}{simon-pierre.boucher@uqo.ca}140\newcommand{\WPaddress}{%141 Gatineau -- Pavillon Alexandre-Taché\\142 283, boulevard Alexandre-Taché\\143 Gatineau, Québec, Canada J9A 1L8%144}145146% ============================================================================147% DOCUMENT148% ============================================================================149\input{tables/numbers}150\providecommand{\nRepeats}{3}151\begin{document}152153% --- Title Page ---154\input{sections/titlepage}155156% --- Main Body ---157\input{sections/introduction}158\input{sections/literature}159\input{sections/framework}160\input{sections/corpus}161\input{sections/implementation}162\input{sections/design}163\input{sections/evaluation}164\input{sections/results}165\input{sections/recovery}166\input{sections/transfer}167\input{sections/reflexive}168\input{sections/limitations}169\input{sections/conclusion}170171% --- References ---172\newpage173\bibliography{references}174175% --- Appendix ---176\input{appendices/appendix}177178\end{document}179