Session Note — 2026-05-13

Key Clarification: `core` is the primary work. `core-ai` is the archive.

Context

AssetOverflow/core-ai was the original implementation of the Versor Engine. Over time it drifted from its architectural intent — the geometry got buried under operational infrastructure: CoreChatRuntime, RuntimeMemoryAuthority, GradeGuard, core_logos as a full articulation subsystem, core_ca as an apprenticeship platform, bounded continuity state, proof scripts, and a deployed-product authority hierarchy (core_ha, core_vault, core_logos, core_engine as separate governance domains).

That work was real engineering but it was solving the wrong problem at the wrong time — it was building a product on top of the model before the model itself was defined and correct.

AssetOverflow/core is the reset: back to first principles, two primitives, one injection gate, the field as native state, Cl(4,1) as the only substrate. Every layer has exactly one job.

Decision

AssetOverflow/core is the primary, active, authoritative repository.
AssetOverflow/core-ai is a reference archive. It is not a source of patterns, conventions, or designs to pull forward unless they are explicitly evaluated against the seven axioms and the three engineering pillars in core's README.
The following from core-ai are worth reviewing for future mining (not direct import):
- core_ingest — CandidateGeometricPressure design and governance tier
- core_vault — frozen storage semantics
The following from core-ai must not be re-introduced into core:
- Any chat runtime, authority hierarchy, or proof-script infrastructure
- core_logos as a subsystem (articulation in core is a thin final layer, not a subsystem)
- core_ca apprenticeship layer (out of scope for the engine itself)
- RuntimeMemoryAuthority or any tiered memory governance (vault + field are sufficient)

Structural Issues Fixed This Session

pyproject.toml: renamed package from core-ai to core-versor
core/__init__.py: created — the core/ Python package previously had no top-level init
ADR-0011 written: Renderer layer contract

Open Items

ingest/gate.py is the correct shape but core_ingest's CandidateGeometricPressure envelope design deserves evaluation as a pre-gate normalization step (see previous session analysis)
docs/decisions/README.md ADR index needs update through ADR-0011

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