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Rings 2 and 3 of the ADR-0246 preflight §9, built exactly as the brief bounds them. ADR-0247 + ADR-0248 both **Proposed** — no self-Accept. Ring 2 (core/ports/residual_protocol.py — ADR-0247): the 7-stage shared control grammar: witness -> typed residual decomposition -> permitted operator selection -> bounded operation or abstention -> re-certification -> action decision -> append-only replay record. Port-agnostic (no registry, no unified scheduler — §7 non-goal #2 honored); v1 operators are ZERO-BOUND only (nonzero fails closed — no-silent-correction doctrine); unaccounted residual fails closed; re-certification RAISES on witness drift during a zero-bound pass; replay chain is append-only, full-SHA-256 content-addressed, tamper-evident (verify_replay_chain). NOTE: named core/ports/ because core/protocol/ is the existing CTP v0 wire format (collision checked before naming). Ring 2 adapters (core/ports/adapters.py): IdentityPort (ADR-0246 grade-1 geometry; typed channels travel IN the witness so decompose is a pure re-shaping, no hidden state; admit = evaluate_admission, single source of truth) + PrecisionPort (ADR-0244 §2.5 cast transport; ServingState subjects) — two genuinely non-identical native geometries + a synthetic third port proving grammar agnosticism. Ring 3 (core/ports/integrity_handoff.py — ADR-0248): the coordination seam ('Integrity coordinates handoffs; it does not replace content-bearing cognition'): fuses Ring-2 port decisions + existing EpistemicState/NormativeClearance into content-free proceed/hedge/abstain (conjunctive, strongest-restriction-wins; fail-closed on missing/invalid evidence; binds replay-chain tip digest; handoff itself content-addressed). Weak epistemic standing hedges (mirrors hedge doctrine) — only integrity violations silence a turn. OBSERVE-ONLY: no serve consumer yet; that is a future flag-gated unit. Remaining Ring-3 programme honestly listed open (world-model, governed-learning consumption, discourse widening). Both pure/deterministic/off-serving (A-04 pinned); brief §0a/§9 updated. [Verification]: uv run core test --suite smoke -q => 176 passed; Ring 2/3 + ADR-0246 suites + D4 gate surfaces => 125 passed (28 new Ring-2/3 pins); run log docs/audit/artifacts/ring2-ring3-runlog.txt |
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| EVAL_AUDIT_2026-05-20.md | ||
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| pack_inventory_2026-05-21.md | ||
| position_paper.md | ||
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| README.md | ||
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| refusal-taxonomy.md | ||
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CORE Documentation Index
This is the central index for all documentation in the CORE project.
Canonical Root Documents
- Whitepaper.md - The CORE architectural and philosophical whitepaper.
- Yellowpaper.md - Technical specifications and mathematical formulation of the CORE engine.
- PROGRESS.md - High-level project progress tracking.
- specs/runtime_contracts.md - Critical invariants and bounds for the runtime execution flow.
Directories
Architecture & Design
- adr/ - Architecture Decision Records (ADRs). The canonical history of all ratified engineering choices.
- architecture/ - High-level architectural documents (e.g., pipelines, schemas).
- analysis/ - Deep dives and master plans for structural changes.
- specs/ - Detailed technical specifications and invariants.
Planning & Progress
- plans/ - Capability roadmaps and implementation plans.
- briefs/ - Project briefs and scoping documents for upcoming work.
- issues/ - Detailed issue analyses and technical reproductions (not standard trackers).
- audit/ - Audit reports and claims ledgers.
Operations & Usage
- examples/ - Usage examples and reference integrations.
- workbench/ - Documentation for the CORE workbench UI and related tooling.
- agents/ - Agent-specific operational guides.
Note regarding
agents/grok/: Operational guide for using Grok 4.3 + Grok Build with CORE. This is not architecture documentation.
Learning & Evaluation
- curriculum/ - Documentation on the teaching/learning order and knowledge progression.
- evals/ - Evaluation methodology and performance criteria documentation.
- benchmarks/ - Benchmark evidence and performance tracking logs.
Historical & Experimental
- sessions/ - Chronological session logs documenting the "decision trail" and intellectual history of major choices.
- handoffs/ - Legacy brief, audit, and investigation notes (historical; the formal HANDOFF mechanism is retired — see AGENTS.md for the current lightweight
session-break-summary-<DATETIME>.mdconvention). - research/ - Raw research notes and preliminary findings.
- lab/ - Experimental content (Warning: Not ratified; must not be referenced as authoritative in production PRs).