Build
Git-compatible development
Repositories, branches, files, issues, pull requests, review, releases, packages and Forge CI/CD remain connected to the work they describe.
Platform identity // canonical overview
Software work that carries its evidence.
ELSHWORK connects source code, review, automated verification, reproducibility, provenance and developer reputation in one auditable workflow. Its central object is not merely a repository: it is a result whose origin, checks, revisions and contributors can be examined.
Code
Verify
Reproduce
Prove
Attribute
Apply
Capabilities
One system, one evidence graph.
Trust
Verification attached to results
Security findings, pipeline outcomes, review decisions, provenance and integrity state can be represented as inspectable records instead of detached claims.
Reproduce
Research that can be rerun
Research objects can link authorship, repositories, revisions, expert review, independent reproduction and persistent citations.
Identity
Reputation derived from events
Verified contribution events are designed to inform expertise and reputation. A client cannot simply award itself a score or achievement.
Operate
From collaboration to application
Organizations, teams, communities, marketplace workflows and contracts can use the same evidence graph rather than a disconnected self-declared profile.
Portable objects
Experimental ELSH-PDO
The experimental .elsh format carries identity, provenance, history, relationships, intent, trust, payloads, signatures and verification state without auto-executing payloads.
Positioning without hype
Different systems answer different questions.
| System category | Primary question | ELSHWORK connection |
|---|---|---|
| Source hosting platforms | Where is the code and how did it change? | Adds a continuous path from code to verification, reproducibility, provenance and evidence-backed identity. |
| Research networks and archives | Who published the work and how is it cited? | Connects the publication record to executable repositories, CI outcomes, expert review and independent reproduction. |
| Security and CI products | Did this check or build pass? | Preserves the result as part of a wider evidence chain tied to revisions, contributors and downstream use. |
| Hiring and contract platforms | What does a person claim they can do? | Designed to complement claims with server-derived, inspectable contribution events and verified expertise. |
This is not a claim that ELSHWORK is universally superior to every specialist tool. Its distinctive value is the continuity between categories that are usually separated.
Evidence policy
Trust is a link, not an adjective.
Machine-readable resources