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Shay 2177492646 docs(adr): resolve Agency + Tool-use scope decisions (ADR-0017, ADR-0018) 
Pins the two open scope decisions that the capability roadmap
(ADR-0016) tagged "Before Phase 3". Both are resolved with explicit
ADRs and PROGRESS.md is updated to reflect.

ADR-0017 - Agency: responsive-with-axiology
  - Turn boundary stays responsive (no autonomous initiative, no
    background agent loop, no inter-turn processes).
  - IdentityManifold value axes become load-bearing for articulator
    candidate selection (within a single turn). Goal-directedness
    lives inside the turn, not across turns.
  - Replay determinism is the load-bearing constraint that rules
    out pure agentic loops.
  - Rejects pure-responsive (would relegate identity to read-only)
    and pure-agentic (would break trace_hash replay contract).

ADR-0018 - Tool use: typed deterministic operators
  - Operators are pure functions over CORE's typed state. No
    external IO at this stage (no shells, network, external models).
  - Operator registry is curated, small, ADR-gated; no plug-in
    surface, no dynamic loading.
  - Operators participate in trace_hash so replay stays bit-stable.
  - Initial operator set lands in Phase 3 v2: transitive_walk over
    proposition graph + path_recall over vault. Closes Gap 1 + Gap 2
    from the inference-closure / multi-step-reasoning / compositionality
    / cross-domain-transfer v1 findings.
  - Rules out: generic plugin protocols, LLM-as-judge, approximate
    retrieval, anything that breaks the exact-CGA / replay
    contracts in CLAUDE.md.

Future extensions recorded but explicitly deferred: calculator
(Phase 4+), document retrieval over content-addressed packs,
metaphor / narrative / writing-style operators (downstream of
cross-domain-transfer literal case working).

This unblocks Phase 3 v2 engineering. Next: the transitive_walk +
path_recall bundle as a single bounded PR per ADR-0018, plus the
trace_hash extension to fold operator invocation records.
2026-05-16 14:51:42 -07:00
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ADR-0001-vocab-layer-invariants.md docs: add ADR log and session decision record for 2026-05-12 2026-05-12 20:56:21 -07:00
ADR-0002-ingest-layer-design.md docs: add ADR log and session decision record for 2026-05-12 2026-05-12 20:56:21 -07:00
ADR-0003-coordinate-system-dissolution.md docs: add ADR log and session decision record for 2026-05-12 2026-05-12 20:56:21 -07:00
ADR-0004-rotor-as-operator-not-property.md docs: add ADR log and session decision record for 2026-05-12 2026-05-12 20:56:21 -07:00
ADR-0005-language-pack-contract.md docs(decisions): ADR-0005 language pack contract + session addendum [Batch 1] 2026-05-12 21:16:00 -07:00
ADR-0006-field-energy-operator.md ADR-0006: wire energy recomputation into propagate_step, add test_energy.py, mark ADR Implemented 2026-05-14 12:39:49 -07:00
ADR-0007-valence-layer.md docs: ADR-0006 field energy operator, ADR-0007 valence layer, session addendum 2026-05-12-b 2026-05-12 22:13:29 -07:00
ADR-0008-allocation-physics.md feat(physics): add mind-physics layer — ADR-0008/0009/0010, blueprint, and operator stubs 2026-05-12 23:20:58 -07:00
ADR-0009-compositional-physics.md feat(physics): add mind-physics layer — ADR-0008/0009/0010, blueprint, and operator stubs 2026-05-12 23:20:58 -07:00
ADR-0010-identity-physics.md feat(physics): add mind-physics layer — ADR-0008/0009/0010, blueprint, and operator stubs 2026-05-12 23:20:58 -07:00
ADR-0011-renderer.md chore: fix package name, add core/__init__.py, ADR-0011, session note 2026-05-13 2026-05-13 10:44:42 -07:00
ADR-0012-core-ingest-governance-layer.md docs: add ADR-0012, ADR-0013, ADR-0014, SESSION-2026-05-13 2026-05-13 11:24:10 -07:00
ADR-0013-sensorium-multimodal-protocol.md docs: add ADR-0012, ADR-0013, ADR-0014, SESSION-2026-05-13 2026-05-13 11:24:10 -07:00
ADR-0014-train-learning-loop.md docs: add ADR-0012, ADR-0013, ADR-0014, SESSION-2026-05-13 2026-05-13 11:24:10 -07:00
ADR-0015-language-packs-and-holonomy-resonance.md Document language pack manifold contract 2026-05-13 13:13:06 -07:00
ADR-0016-capability-roadmap.md feat(evals): Phase 0 — benchmark methodology lock-in and eval framework 2026-05-15 22:36:53 -07:00
ADR-0017-agency-scope.md docs(adr): resolve Agency + Tool-use scope decisions (ADR-0017, ADR-0018) 2026-05-16 14:51:42 -07:00
ADR-0018-tool-use-scope.md docs(adr): resolve Agency + Tool-use scope decisions (ADR-0017, ADR-0018) 2026-05-16 14:51:42 -07:00
README.md docs: add ADRs 0012-0014, session log, update Whitepaper and Yellowpaper for ingest governance and sensorium layers 2026-05-13 11:16:03 -07:00
SESSION-2026-05-12-b.md docs: ADR-0006 field energy operator, ADR-0007 valence layer, session addendum 2026-05-12-b 2026-05-12 22:13:29 -07:00
SESSION-2026-05-12-language-packs-addendum.md docs(decisions): ADR-0005 language pack contract + session addendum [Batch 1] 2026-05-12 21:16:00 -07:00
SESSION-2026-05-12.md docs: add ADR log and session decision record for 2026-05-12 2026-05-12 20:56:21 -07:00
SESSION-2026-05-13.md docs: add ADR-0012, ADR-0013, ADR-0014, SESSION-2026-05-13 2026-05-13 11:24:10 -07:00

README.md

Architecture Decision Records

This directory contains the Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) for the CORE project.

ADRs record significant architectural decisions: what was decided, why, what alternatives were considered, and what consequences follow. They are permanent records — superseded ADRs are archived, not deleted.

Index

ADR Title Status
ADR-0001 Vocab Layer Invariants Accepted
ADR-0002 Ingest Layer Design (original) Archived — superseded by ADR-0012
ADR-0003 Coordinate System Dissolution Accepted
ADR-0004 Rotor as Operator, Not Property Accepted
ADR-0005 Language Pack Contract Accepted
ADR-0006 Field Energy Operator Accepted
ADR-0007 Valence Layer Accepted
ADR-0008 Allocation Physics Accepted
ADR-0009 Compositional Physics Accepted
ADR-0010 Identity Physics Accepted
ADR-0011 Renderer Accepted
ADR-0012 core_ingest Governance Layer Accepted
ADR-0013 sensorium/ Multimodal Protocol Layer Accepted
ADR-0014 train/ Learning Loop Accepted (Stub)

Session Logs

Session logs record the decisions and rationale from individual working sessions. They are not ADRs — they are the narrative record that informed the ADRs.

Date File
2026-05-12 SESSION-2026-05-12.md
2026-05-12 (addendum) SESSION-2026-05-12-b.md
2026-05-12 (language packs) SESSION-2026-05-12-language-packs-addendum.md
2026-05-13 SESSION-2026-05-13.md