SIDUS · Creator handbook
How to write a Sidus guide
Read this once before your first guide. It is short on purpose: everything here is a rule we actually check.
Version 1 · September 2026
01 · What we publish
Structured guides on human biology that explain mechanisms: what happens in the body, why, and how sure we are. A good guide goes deeper than what a reader finds in the first search result. A list of tips is not a guide.
Guides are descriptive. They report what the research says. They never tell a reader what to do.
02 · Hard limits
You confirmed these when you applied. A guide that breaks one does not get published. A guide must not contain:
- dosages
- sourcing information (where or from whom to get a substance)
- application protocols (how to take, inject, cycle or combine something)
- individual recommendations (what a reader should do)
Fits
“Creatine raises phosphocreatine stores in skeletal muscle [1].”
Does not fit
“Take 5 g of creatine every morning.”
When in doubt, leave it out and ask us.
03 · Evidence grades
Every claim carries a grade from A to D. The grade follows the strongest source behind the claim, not how often the claim gets repeated.
Pooled or randomized human data
RCT or meta-analysis in humans with a relevant endpoint.
Controlled human study, with limits
Controlled human study with limitations, or strong cohort data.
Animal or mechanism only
Animal model, in-vitro, or a mechanistic inference with no human data.
Anecdote or theory
Anecdote, experience report, or theory with no supporting evidence.
In the editor, start the claim’s paragraph with its grade: [B] Caffeine taken 6 hours before bed still cut sleep by over an hour. Readers see the grade next to the claim; the tag itself is not shown.
A D claim is allowed. Hiding that it is a D is not.
04 · Sources
- Every claim needs a source. No source, no claim.
- Prefer primary research. Paste a DOI and the Guide-Creator fills in the reference for you.
- Only cite what you have read. An abstract is not the paper when the claim depends on the methods.
- Say what the study was: in humans or animals, how many participants, how long, what was measured. That context is what makes a grade honest.
05 · Review
We check the mechanisms, the sourcing and the depth. Not your follower count.
- 01Draft. Write in the Guide-Creator. Drafts are private and save automatically.
- 02Submit. Press Publish. Your guide goes into review instead of going live.
- 03Decision. Approved guides go live on the map. If something needs work, the guide comes back to you as a draft with notes.
06 · After publishing
- Updates ship as a new version with a changelog line. Readers can see what changed.
- Challenges. Readers can challenge a claim with a source. Answer it in public right under the challenge (with a source, or by saying what you changed). Sidus then closes it as answered, or keeps it standing if the objection holds. Open challenges show on your stats page.
- Withdraw, never delete. A published guide can be withdrawn, not erased, so readers who saved it keep a record.
07 · How you get paid
60% of net subscription revenue goes to creators: 50% goes into one pool, split across all guides by real engagement (time in the guide, completion, saves), and 10% goes to whoever brought the subscriber. Views and clickbait titles earn nothing.
Payouts start once the reader platform opens. The full terms are on sidus.bio/creators.
Questions
Reply to your acceptance mail or write to kjellwebsite@proton.me.