NOTRICK — the entry board (this page is not law)

Signpost only. Law = ruled boot chain CONTEXT.md → AGENTS.md → FOUNDATIONAL-BRIEF.md → task-named files (Owner ruling 2026-09-06 — CONTEXT.md:5-6). Clash: legal file wins.

The project in one line

An AI mind grown bottom-up — MICs + four charter agencies — coordinating through documents/results on disk, no live orchestrator; Owner = embodied constitution. (pre-pr-024-A CONTEXT head in git history 449aede+; cite by date+entry head, pr-024-A)

State (2026-09-19)

• v0.0001 — signature landed, doctrine legally alive; no execution, no runtime (VERSION.md pre-amble; moved from v0.00001 by Owner line 2026-09-19).
• Zero day opens with Owner-only acts P3 threshold · P5 fuel · P6 written GO (RATIFICATION-BATCH-001.md 3/5/6 — P5 HOLD, P6 NOT YET, ruled 2026-09-06).
• Doctrine hash-pinned (INTEGRITY.md): 43 OK / 0 FAILED — violations.md exempted by rule 2026-09-21 (append-only ledger; pr-013 option A). V-003 + V-004 stay on its record. Verify: INTEGRITY.md "## Verify (one command)".
• Live health card: bash tools/audit.sh — pins · queues · lane pulses · boot tax (generated at runtime, not law — ergonomics-tower.md §5).
• Citation sweep: bash tools/citecheck.sh (self-tested; first sweep 2026-09-11: 155 files · 1,078 refs · 9 drifts — ergonomics-deep.md §4-F-3).
• Language: artifacts in English, chat with the Owner in Arabic (R15, 2026-09-11).

Tree map

Path	What it is	May you touch it?
CONTEXT.md	The persistent mind — decision log	Append at tail only
AGENTS.md	The operating contract: BOOT GATE · GUEST MODE · the three habits	Pinned doctrine — no
FOUNDATIONAL-BRIEF.md	The living index	Pinned doctrine — no
RULES.md	The laws R1..R15 (R13 still a candidate — pr-014)	Pinned doctrine — no
charters/	CH-001..004 — active law, signed (P2)	Pinned doctrine — no
templates/ · mics/	CH/RJ/DS/MIC interfaces + MIC seeds	Pinned doctrine — no
INTEGRITY.md	Hash pins + the verify command	No (re-pin only in a logged moment)
violations.md	Append-only violation record	Append only
proposals/	The only guest write-path	Write here if not named
research/	Research records — current anatomy reference: anatomy-reference.md + anatomy-bridge.md	Add, never erase
RUN/	Receipts · dossiers · paper-run records	Records — do not edit
RUN/ · research/harness-run/	Rounds-and-receipts machine (R0..R14, SERIES-COMPLETE) · guest research fellow (complete)	Lane writers only (do not edit)
bore/ · hept/	The hole lab (COMPLETE — frozen, bore/CORE.md:1) · the honest-record lab (core complete)	Lane writers only
mill/ · well/ · phantom/ · protocols/	Doctrine mill · reason-law mill · second reader · proposed protocols — dormant artifact lanes (LANES.md)	Read, never silently take over (LANES.md:6)
LANES.md · OWNER-DESK.md	Lane pulse board · the Owner's single decision surface	Append/strike per own design
tools/dsh/ · tools/audit.sh · tools/citecheck.sh	Hooks publish source (not doctrine, R11/R12) · health-card generator · citation gate	Publish source only · generators (R14)
RATIFICATION-BATCH-001.md	The Owner gate P1..P6	Owner fields only

PROPOSED files (not law until the Owner rules)

• research/log-constitution.md — the three-layer log law (SPINE/DOSSIER/MIRROR).
• research/research-waves.md — the seven research-waves methodology.
• research/anatomy-reference.md + anatomy-bridge.md — the imported mind-anatomy reference (2026-09-10).
• research/ergonomics-tower.md — measured ergonomics: tower · generator · pr-023 package (2026-09-11, executed same day).
• research/ergonomics-deep.md — operating cycle + GENERATE/ROUTE/RECORD invariant + F-1..F-7 (2026-09-11).
• proposals/pr-024-ergonomics-deep-package.md — four one-word parts: CONTEXT head-slim · LANES register · citecheck · runbook v0.2 — ADOPTED A C D 2026-09-19 (B rejected; ruling in proposal + CONTEXT 2026-09-19).

Task routing (I want to …)

Intent	Go to
see the current state	bash tools/audit.sh — the generated card first (ONBOARDING v2)
propose something (the guest write-path)	templates/PROPOSAL.md → proposals/
verify integrity / citations	the INTEGRITY.md verify command · bash tools/citecheck.sh
see what waits on the Owner	OWNER-DESK.md
read the law	RULES.md + charters/
run or audit zero day	ZERO-DAY-RUNBOOK.md (pre-flight) + ZERO-READINESS.md
coordinate with a lane	LANES.md (pulse board) — artifact lanes: read, never take over
file or read violations	violations.md (append-only)
understand the system design	research/ergonomics-tower.md + research/ergonomics-deep.md

If you are a new agent

0. bash tools/audit.sh first (ONBOARDING v2:7-10) — generated boot card, witness of a moment: quote it, never hand-edit, re-run every boot.
1. Your first reply quotes the boot gate: version + your rights + your wall (AGENTS.md:47-54). No quote = no legal standing.
2. Not named by the Owner? You are a GUEST: read everything, propose via proposals/ only (AGENTS.md:56-63).
3. No invented facts (AGENTS.md:11-15) · verify before claiming · fast honest correction — trust the records, not the warmth.
4. Owner fields (threshold · breakthrough definition · signatures) are empty-by-right — never fill them.
5. Violations are recorded, never silently fixed (AGENTS.md:65-68) — the record is the supervision.