1% ============================================================================2% UQO Working Paper Template — Economics / Finance3% ============================================================================4\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper]{article}56% --- Encoding & Language ---7\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}8\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}9\usepackage[english]{babel}1011% --- Page Layout ---12\usepackage[13 letterpaper,14 top=1in,15 bottom=1in,16 left=1in,17 right=1in18]{geometry}1920% --- Typography ---21\usepackage{mathptmx} % Times-like font (text + math)22\usepackage{microtype} % Improved typographic refinements23\usepackage{setspace}24\onehalfspacing % 1.5 line spacing2526% --- Math ---27\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm}2829% --- Tables ---30\usepackage{booktabs}31\usepackage{tabularx}32\usepackage{multirow}33\usepackage{threeparttable}34\usepackage{siunitx}35\sisetup{36 input-symbols = {()},37 table-format = -1.3,38 parse-numbers = false39}4041% --- Figures ---42\usepackage{graphicx}43\usepackage{subcaption}44\usepackage{algorithm}45\usepackage{algpseudocode}46\usepackage{longtable}47\usepackage{array}48\usepackage{adjustbox}49\usepackage{float}5051% --- Colors & Links ---52\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}53\usepackage[54 colorlinks = true,55 linkcolor = NavyBlue,56 citecolor = NavyBlue,57 urlcolor = NavyBlue,58 breaklinks = true59]{hyperref}6061% --- Bibliography ---62\usepackage[authoryear,round,semicolon]{natbib}63\bibliographystyle{aer}6465% --- Captions ---66\usepackage[67 font = small,68 labelfont = bf,69 labelsep = period,70 justification = justified,71 singlelinecheck = false72]{caption}7374% --- Headers & Footers ---75\usepackage{fancyhdr}76\pagestyle{fancy}77\fancyhf{}78\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}79\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}8081% --- Section Formatting ---82\usepackage{titlesec}83\titleformat{\section}{\large\bfseries}{\thesection.}{0.5em}{}84\titleformat{\subsection}{\normalsize\bfseries}{\thesubsection.}{0.5em}{}85\titleformat{\subsubsection}{\normalsize\itshape}{\thesubsubsection.}{0.5em}{}8687% --- Appendix Support ---88\usepackage[toc,page]{appendix}8990% --- Misc ---91\usepackage{enumitem}92\setlist{nosep,leftmargin=*}9394% ============================================================================95% METADATA — Edit these fields for each working paper96% ============================================================================97\newcommand{\WPnumber}{29}98\newcommand{\WPtitle}{Protocol-Guided Autonomous Research with Claude Code}99\newcommand{\WPsubtitle}{Scientific Verification, Reproducibility, and the Cost of Delegation: A Controlled Study}100\newcommand{\WPdate}{October 2026}101\newcommand{\WPversion}{1.0}102\newcommand{\WPabstract}{%103 This paper examines \ldots{}104 We find that \ldots{}105 Our results suggest \ldots{}106 These findings contribute to the literature on \ldots{}107}108\newcommand{\WPkeywords}{autonomous research agents; Claude Code; research protocols; executable verification; reproducibility; agent evaluation; delegation}109\newcommand{\WPjel}{C18, C63, C88, O33}110111% --- Author ---112\newcommand{\WPauthor}{Simon-Pierre Boucher}113\newcommand{\WPaffiliation}{%114 Département des sciences administratives\\115 Université du Québec en Outaouais%116}117\newcommand{\WPemail}{simon-pierre.boucher@uqo.ca}118\newcommand{\WPaddress}{%119 Gatineau -- Pavillon Alexandre-Taché\\120 283, boulevard Alexandre-Taché\\121 Gatineau, Québec, Canada J9A 1L8%122}123124% ============================================================================125% DOCUMENT126% ============================================================================127\begin{document}128129% --- Title Page ---130\input{sections/titlepage}131132% --- Main Body ---133\input{sections/introduction}134\input{sections/literature}135\input{sections/framework}136\input{sections/corpus}137\input{sections/implementation}138\input{sections/design}139\input{sections/evaluation}140\input{sections/results}141\input{sections/recovery}142\input{sections/transfer}143\input{sections/reflexive}144\input{sections/limitations}145\input{sections/conclusion}146147% --- References ---148\newpage149\bibliography{references}150151% --- Appendix ---152\input{appendices/appendix}153154\end{document}155