Let the data speak.
Zoom into a signal, compare a series, inspect the source. Keep the evidence within reach.
Lead with the promise. Prove it with something people can use.
My recommendation: the clearest introduction to the product.Let the website feel like the research someone could publish.
Best for an editorial, academic identity. Takes longer to explain the toolkit.Make the first step feel concrete: an idea, an agent, and a site.
Best for an agent-led launch. The scientific tools need a second look.An Astro starter for inventors & researchers
Turn your research into something people can explore.
Articles, interactive charts, 3D models, and working experiments. A thoughtful starting point for your own corner of the web.
bring the question. show the working.
Try the workbenchgo on, change something ↙
Synthetic dataset · line
A signal finding its quiet
A synthetic damped oscillator. Explore the data at any scale.
Shift + scroll to zoom · drag to pan
Data table
The table loads alongside the chart.
Show sourceoscillation.csv
---
import AlkChart from '@alkemist/ui/AlkChart.astro';
---
<AlkChart
src="/test/oscillation.csv"
type="line"
x="time"
y="position"
title="A signal finding its quiet"
description="A synthetic damped oscillator. Explore the data at any scale."
xLabel="Time (s)"
yLabel="Position (m)"
height={170}
grid={true}
sample={true}
/>The CSV is included with this demo. Use your own URL and column names.
3D model · glTF 2.0
A knot, from every angle
An Alkemist-generated specimen. Uncompressed GLB / glTF 2.0.
Drag to orbit · scroll to zoom
Show sourcetorus-knot.glb
---
import AlkModel from '@alkemist/ui/AlkModel.astro';
---
<AlkModel
src="/test/torus-knot.glb"
title="A knot, from every angle"
poster="/test/torus-knot.svg"
description="An Alkemist-generated specimen. Uncompressed GLB / glTF 2.0."
/>The model is included with this demo. This viewer supports uncompressed GLB and glTF; NeRF and splat viewers are planned.
Mathematical writing
An equation you can explore.
AlkMath renders the equation; this small site widget draws the signal.
Show equation sourcesignal.astro
---
import AlkMath from '@alkemist/ui/AlkMath.astro';
---
<AlkMath
tex={"s_\\omega(t)=\\sin(\\omega t)"}
label="A family of signals, one parameter."
/>This source renders the equation. The slider and SVG plot are ordinary site-owned HTML and TypeScript.
Give the idea dimension.
Make a model something people can turn over and understand for themselves.
Keep the whole story.
Bring equations, code, notes, and interactive figures together in the same article.
Make it yours
One workbench.
Your kind of website.
Your identity, your pages, your arrangement. Start with the pieces that fit the work.
Your researchBlog / Labs / Info
A personal research notebook
Questions worth keeping open.
Notes, experiments, and ideas from a work in progress.
Latest writing ↗Selected experiments ↗
Your labBlog / Labs / Info
People working on hard questions
Small team. Shared curiosity.
Introduce your team, explain the work, and let people explore the results.
Research directions ↗Meet the team ↗
Your projectBlog / Labs / Info
A working idea, explained
Here is what we are building.
Give your project a home for its demo, documentation, and development story.
Try the demo ↗Read the documentation ↗
Illustrative layouts for comparison. The current starter gives you one editable Astro site; these preset compositions are design proposals.
From a starting point to your own site
Built to begin.
Yours to keep building.
Start with a coding agent or a terminal. Your content lives in your site; shared components can be updated as Alkemist grows.
Alkemist / A home for curious work
Good ideas deserve
good explanations.
A research notebook, a place to experiment, a website of your own. Built on Astro, with the instruments already on the desk.
A small experiment in explanationMade with Alkemist
What becomes clear when you can explore it?
A curve tells a story. Its samples let you check it. An interactive view lets you ask your own question.
Bring the explanation and the evidence together. Inspect the data below, turn the geometry, or look at the equation and its source.
Synthetic dataset · line
A signal finding its quiet
A synthetic damped oscillator. Explore the data at any scale.
Shift + scroll to zoom · drag to pan
Data table
The table loads alongside the chart.
Show sourceoscillation.csv
---
import AlkChart from '@alkemist/ui/AlkChart.astro';
---
<AlkChart
src="/test/oscillation.csv"
type="line"
x="time"
y="position"
title="A signal finding its quiet"
description="A synthetic damped oscillator. Explore the data at any scale."
xLabel="Time (s)"
yLabel="Position (m)"
height={170}
grid={true}
sample={true}
/>The CSV is included with this demo. Use your own URL and column names.
3D model · glTF 2.0
A knot, from every angle
An Alkemist-generated specimen. Uncompressed GLB / glTF 2.0.
Drag to orbit · scroll to zoom
Show sourcetorus-knot.glb
---
import AlkModel from '@alkemist/ui/AlkModel.astro';
---
<AlkModel
src="/test/torus-knot.glb"
title="A knot, from every angle"
poster="/test/torus-knot.svg"
description="An Alkemist-generated specimen. Uncompressed GLB / glTF 2.0."
/>The model is included with this demo. This viewer supports uncompressed GLB and glTF; NeRF and splat viewers are planned.
Mathematical writing
An equation you can explore.
AlkMath renders the equation; this small site widget draws the signal.
Show equation sourcesignal.astro
---
import AlkMath from '@alkemist/ui/AlkMath.astro';
---
<AlkMath
tex={"s_\\omega(t)=\\sin(\\omega t)"}
label="A family of signals, one parameter."
/>This source renders the equation. The slider and SVG plot are ordinary site-owned HTML and TypeScript.
A useful research website gives the reader somewhere to go next: into the figure, back to the data, or on to the next idea.
See the components behind the page →Write clearly
Math & code ↗
Give the derivation the typography it deserves.
Leave something usefulWorking labs ↗
A small tool can carry an idea further.
Make a home for itYour own structure ↗
Blog, Labs, Info. Add project docs when you need them.
Keep an open notebook.
Begin with the Alkemist starter, then make it sound and feel like you.
Start using Alkemist ↗Your idea / Your agent / Your website
Bring the idea.
Build the rest
with your agent.
An Astro starting point for research websites—with scientific components, clear docs, and a setup brief your coding agent can follow.
Start with a useful instructionmake it yours ↓
“Set up my own research website with Alkemist. Give it a home for my writing, interactive experiments, and the people behind the work.”
The full brief includes installation, customization, Git, hosting, and checks for the deployed site.
Read the complete instructions →A site of your own.
Generate an independent project with real installed components and editable examples.
Bring in the work.
Add articles, CSV data, models, and small interactive apps to ordinary Astro pages.
Publish, then iterate.
Connect your repository to your host. Check a preview before sharing a new version.
A small vocabulary. Useful results.
The building blocks
are already here.
Start with a real chart, a real model, or an equation. Open the source to see what creates the result.
npm run create:site -- ../my-lab --provider cloudflareSynthetic dataset · line
A signal finding its quiet
A synthetic damped oscillator. Explore the data at any scale.
Shift + scroll to zoom · drag to pan
Data table
The table loads alongside the chart.
Show sourceoscillation.csv
---
import AlkChart from '@alkemist/ui/AlkChart.astro';
---
<AlkChart
src="/test/oscillation.csv"
type="line"
x="time"
y="position"
title="A signal finding its quiet"
description="A synthetic damped oscillator. Explore the data at any scale."
xLabel="Time (s)"
yLabel="Position (m)"
height={170}
grid={true}
sample={true}
/>The CSV is included with this demo. Use your own URL and column names.
3D model · glTF 2.0
A knot, from every angle
An Alkemist-generated specimen. Uncompressed GLB / glTF 2.0.
Drag to orbit · scroll to zoom
Show sourcetorus-knot.glb
---
import AlkModel from '@alkemist/ui/AlkModel.astro';
---
<AlkModel
src="/test/torus-knot.glb"
title="A knot, from every angle"
poster="/test/torus-knot.svg"
description="An Alkemist-generated specimen. Uncompressed GLB / glTF 2.0."
/>The model is included with this demo. This viewer supports uncompressed GLB and glTF; NeRF and splat viewers are planned.
Mathematical writing
An equation you can explore.
AlkMath renders the equation; this small site widget draws the signal.
Show equation sourcesignal.astro
---
import AlkMath from '@alkemist/ui/AlkMath.astro';
---
<AlkMath
tex={"s_\\omega(t)=\\sin(\\omega t)"}
label="A family of signals, one parameter."
/>This source renders the equation. The slider and SVG plot are ordinary site-owned HTML and TypeScript.
Make it yours
One workbench.
Your kind of website.
Your identity, your pages, your arrangement. Start with the pieces that fit the work.
Your researchBlog / Labs / Info
A personal research notebook
Questions worth keeping open.
Notes, experiments, and ideas from a work in progress.
Latest writing ↗Selected experiments ↗
Your labBlog / Labs / Info
People working on hard questions
Small team. Shared curiosity.
Introduce your team, explain the work, and let people explore the results.
Research directions ↗Meet the team ↗
Your projectBlog / Labs / Info
A working idea, explained
Here is what we are building.
Give your project a home for its demo, documentation, and development story.
Try the demo ↗Read the documentation ↗
Illustrative layouts for comparison. The current starter gives you one editable Astro site; these preset compositions are design proposals.
Repository access required · packages are not on npm yetImplemented features & current limits →
Your turn
Choose a base.
Keep the good parts.
I recommend A · Workbench: visitors see what Alkemist is and try it immediately. Borrow C’s setup brief and B’s handwritten editorial details.
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