Transformer Institute

Research on AI-human collaboration, cooperation structures, economy models, and risk management in the age of terminal AI tools.

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Student Admissions

We provide students with three months of hands-on mentorship and access to the most advanced AI tools available today — primarily Claude Code and the broader ecosystem of AI-native development instruments.

Education is completely free. Through our experience, we've found that students who work with us contribute more value to the Institute's research than we invest in their training. A great student is a win for everyone — the student grows, the mentor sharpens their thinking, and the Institute advances its mission.

Win-win-win.

What you get

  • 3 months of 1-on-1 mentorship with active researchers
  • Full access to Claude Code and AI development tools
  • Real research projects from day one
  • Open-source contributions under your name
  • Certificate of completion and recommendation
Selection process: Candidates go through a series of practical trials — no resumes, no formal interviews. We evaluate how you think, build, and collaborate with AI.

What we study

Six active research tracks exploring how AI reshapes work, security, economy, and human interaction.

01

Claude Code Repeat

Methodology and patterns for effective AI-assisted software development. How to think about, structure, and iterate on code when your pair programmer is an LLM. Reproducibility, prompt engineering, and workflow optimization.

02

Secure Protocols Evolution

SSH changed the world. With AI, there are many new ways security protocols are evolving. We research how trust, authentication, and encryption adapt when AI agents become network participants.

03

Unit Economy around AI

How AI is transforming classical business models. Token costs, inference economics, build-vs-buy decisions, and the emerging unit economics of AI-native products and services.

04

AI Tools Access Democratisation

Good AI can't stay expensive. It's critically important to think about how to make advanced AI accessible to talented people who want to contribute to the world, regardless of their economic starting point.

05

AI Agents Usecases

From AI-designer to AI-recruiter, from AI-constructor to AI-modelist engineer. Applied research on real-world agent architectures, their limitations, and where they genuinely outperform human workflows.

06

AI & Human Interaction

How is communication between people changing in the AI era? What's shifting in soft skills, leadership, conflict resolution, and collaboration when AI mediates and augments human relationships?

Recent work

Published research, tools, and open-source projects from our team.

NEW — Mar 2026

Soft Skills for the AI Era

An open-source diagnostic and training platform for human-centered competencies in an AI-driven workplace. Self-assessment, quiz training, and personalized assignments across 10 skill dimensions — from critical thinking to emotional intelligence.

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Projects

Research outputs, tools, and experiments across all directions.

Project Direction Description Status
Soft Skills Check AI & Human Interaction Open-source diagnostic platform for 10 core soft skills in the AI workplace released
Claude Code Workflow Patterns Claude Code Repeat Documented methodologies for effective AI pair programming — prompt structures, iteration loops, and review flows active
AI Recruiter Agent AI Agents Usecases End-to-end recruiting pipeline powered by AI — from screening to interview scheduling active
Gated Knowledge AI Tools Access MCP server for AI agents to access auth-gated data sources — Google Drive, BigQuery, Gmail, Slack active
Token Economy Calculator Unit Economy around AI Interactive tool for modeling AI product costs — inference pricing, context windows, caching strategies research
AI Agent Security Audit Framework Secure Protocols Evolution Methodology for evaluating security risks when AI agents access networks, APIs, and credentials research
Instant Publish AI Tools Access Zero-config publishing tool for sharing documents and reports — HTML in, shareable link out released
AI Communication Patterns Study AI & Human Interaction Research on how team communication dynamics shift when AI tools mediate collaboration research
Playwright Multi-Session Manager AI Agents Usecases Browser automation infrastructure for running parallel AI agent sessions with isolated Chrome profiles active
SSH Trust Models for AI Agents Secure Protocols Evolution How authentication and trust chains evolve when non-human actors participate in secure communications research