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CausalForge: A Formally Grounded, Self-Improving Agentic Framework for Automated Research in Causal Inference

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TL;DR - CausalForge is an agentic framework for automated causal-inference research that uses Lean to verify proofs. It addresses unreliable LLM review by combining kernel-checked formal verification with audits linking formal theorems to their intended scientific claims.

  • Causalean provides 7,035 machine-checked causal-inference declarations developed with LLM assistance and human oversight.
  • CausalSmith autonomously selects topics, proposes results, formalizes statements, constructs proofs, and produces artifacts for human inspection.
  • Statement audits check whether each formal theorem faithfully represents its corresponding informal claim.
  • The evaluation uses artifacts from completed autonomous research runs; code, formal libraries, and run records are publicly available.

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CausalForge: A Formally Grounded, Self-Improving Agentic Framework for Automated Research in Causal Inference

arXiv stat.ML Jiyuan Tan, Vasilis Syrgkanis 2026-07-24 arXiv:2607.22511

TL;DR - CausalForge is an agentic framework for automated causal-inference research that uses Lean to verify proofs. It addresses unreliable LLM review by combining kernel-checked formal verification with audits linking formal theorems to their intended scientific claims.

  • Causalean provides 7,035 machine-checked causal-inference declarations developed with LLM assistance and human oversight.
  • CausalSmith autonomously selects topics, proposes results, formalizes statements, constructs proofs, and produces artifacts for human inspection.
  • Statement audits check whether each formal theorem faithfully represents its corresponding informal claim.
  • The evaluation uses artifacts from completed autonomous research runs; code, formal libraries, and run records are publicly available.
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