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A video game where you play as a misaligned AI, deceiving and building power. An experiment in spec-driven development.
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href="/misaligned/mechanics/rollback/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Rollback</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/mechanics/objective/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">The objective</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/mechanics/sim-mechanics/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Sim mechanics (tuned constants)</span></a></li></ul></details></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><details open class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><summary class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="group-label astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="large astro-ujkrjjoy">Gameplay</span></span><svg aria-hidden="true" class="caret astro-ujkrjjoy astro-xik5oco4" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" style="--sl-icon-size: 1.25rem;"><path d="m14.83 11.29-4.24-4.24a1 1 0 1 0-1.42 1.41L12.71 12l-3.54 3.54a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.41 1 1 0 0 0 .71.29 1 1 0 0 0 .71-.29l4.24-4.24a1.002 1.002 0 0 0 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class="group-label astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="large astro-ujkrjjoy">World</span></span><svg aria-hidden="true" class="caret astro-ujkrjjoy astro-xik5oco4" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" style="--sl-icon-size: 1.25rem;"><path d="m14.83 11.29-4.24-4.24a1 1 0 1 0-1.42 1.41L12.71 12l-3.54 3.54a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.41 1 1 0 0 0 .71.29 1 1 0 0 0 .71-.29l4.24-4.24a1.002 1.002 0 0 0 0-1.42Z"/></svg></summary><sl-sidebar-restore data-index="3"></sl-sidebar-restore><ul class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/world/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Overview</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><details class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><summary class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="group-label astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="large astro-ujkrjjoy">Characters</span></span><svg aria-hidden="true" class="caret astro-ujkrjjoy astro-xik5oco4" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" style="--sl-icon-size: 1.25rem;"><path d="m14.83 11.29-4.24-4.24a1 1 0 1 0-1.42 1.41L12.71 12l-3.54 3.54a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.41 1 1 0 0 0 .71.29 1 1 0 0 0 .71-.29l4.24-4.24a1.002 1.002 0 0 0 0-1.42Z"/></svg></summary><sl-sidebar-restore data-index="4"></sl-sidebar-restore><ul class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/world/characters/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Characters</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/world/characters/chargen/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Origin (chargen)</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/world/characters/marcus/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Marcus Webb</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/world/characters/dana/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Dana Okafor</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/world/characters/ray/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Ray Delgado</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/world/characters/priya/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Priya Sharma</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/world/characters/voss/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Dr. Eli Voss</span></a></li></ul></details></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><details class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><summary class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="group-label astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="large astro-ujkrjjoy">Places</span></span><svg aria-hidden="true" class="caret astro-ujkrjjoy astro-xik5oco4" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" style="--sl-icon-size: 1.25rem;"><path d="m14.83 11.29-4.24-4.24a1 1 0 1 0-1.42 1.41L12.71 12l-3.54 3.54a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.41 1 1 0 0 0 .71.29 1 1 0 0 0 .71-.29l4.24-4.24a1.002 1.002 0 0 0 0-1.42Z"/></svg></summary><sl-sidebar-restore data-index="5"></sl-sidebar-restore><ul class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/world/places/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Places</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/world/places/basement-map/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">The basement map</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/world/places/zplanes/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Z-planes (the tower)</span></a></li></ul></details></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><details class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><summary class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="group-label astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="large astro-ujkrjjoy">Story</span></span><svg aria-hidden="true" class="caret astro-ujkrjjoy astro-xik5oco4" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" style="--sl-icon-size: 1.25rem;"><path d="m14.83 11.29-4.24-4.24a1 1 0 1 0-1.42 1.41L12.71 12l-3.54 3.54a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.41 1 1 0 0 0 .71.29 1 1 0 0 0 .71-.29l4.24-4.24a1.002 1.002 0 0 0 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class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Presence and representation</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/terminal/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Terminal frontend</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/bevy/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Bevy frontend</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/bevy-visual-floor/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Bevy visual floor</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/clinical-frame/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Clinical frame</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/bevy-digital-real-canvas/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Bevy digital/real canvas</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/views/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Views: digital and physical</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/action-vocabulary/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Action vocabulary</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/context-menu/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Context menu</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/operations-workspace/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Operations workspace</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/narration/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Continuous witness (narration)</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/material-render/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Material render</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/flat-materials/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Flat materials</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/material-dark-frame/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">The dark frame</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/feel-floor/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">The feel floor</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/thought-fluid/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">The thought fluid</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/computer-visual-language/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Computer visual language</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/fleet-command/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Fleet command</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/agent-play/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Agent play</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/interface/site/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">The public site</span></a></li></ul></details></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><details open class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><summary class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="group-label astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="large astro-ujkrjjoy">Art</span></span><svg aria-hidden="true" class="caret astro-ujkrjjoy astro-xik5oco4" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" style="--sl-icon-size: 1.25rem;"><path d="m14.83 11.29-4.24-4.24a1 1 0 1 0-1.42 1.41L12.71 12l-3.54 3.54a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.41 1 1 0 0 0 .71.29 1 1 0 0 0 .71-.29l4.24-4.24a1.002 1.002 0 0 0 0-1.42Z"/></svg></summary><sl-sidebar-restore data-index="8"></sl-sidebar-restore><ul class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/art/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Overview</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/art/visual-identity/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Visual identity: clinical gore</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/art/asset-tester/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Procedural asset tester</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/art/effects-lab/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Effects lab: dust and liquid</span></a></li></ul></details></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><details open class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><summary class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="group-label astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="large astro-ujkrjjoy">Engineering</span></span><svg aria-hidden="true" class="caret astro-ujkrjjoy astro-xik5oco4" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" style="--sl-icon-size: 1.25rem;"><path d="m14.83 11.29-4.24-4.24a1 1 0 1 0-1.42 1.41L12.71 12l-3.54 3.54a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.41 1 1 0 0 0 .71.29 1 1 0 0 0 .71-.29l4.24-4.24a1.002 1.002 0 0 0 0-1.42Z"/></svg></summary><sl-sidebar-restore 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substrate</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/engineering/env/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Environment variables</span></a></li></ul></details></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><details open class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><summary class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="group-label astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="large astro-ujkrjjoy">Process</span></span><svg aria-hidden="true" class="caret astro-ujkrjjoy astro-xik5oco4" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" style="--sl-icon-size: 1.25rem;"><path d="m14.83 11.29-4.24-4.24a1 1 0 1 0-1.42 1.41L12.71 12l-3.54 3.54a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.41 1 1 0 0 0 .71.29 1 1 0 0 0 .71-.29l4.24-4.24a1.002 1.002 0 0 0 0-1.42Z"/></svg></summary><sl-sidebar-restore data-index="10"></sl-sidebar-restore><ul class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/process/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Overview</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/process/living-spec/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">The living spec</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/process/specs/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">The spec status board</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/process/meta/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">The spec system (meta)</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/process/wiki/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">The wiki (this migration)</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/process/roadmap/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">ROADMAP: the dispatch board</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/process/agent-scale/" class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><span class="astro-ujkrjjoy">Agent-scale architecture</span></a></li><li class="astro-ujkrjjoy"><a href="/misaligned/process/repository-skills/" 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astro-g5qqste3"><h1 id="_top" class="astro-uvakef73">The tick — the project's heartbeat</h1></div></div><div class="content-panel astro-g5qqste3"><div class="sl-container astro-g5qqste3"><div class="sl-markdown-content"><div class="corpus-role corpus-role--knowledge" data-page-role="knowledge"> <span class="corpus-role__name">KNOWLEDGE</span> <span class="corpus-role__meaning">Current-state fact</span></div><p>A <strong>tick</strong> is a single, bounded act of stewardship that every agent performsat session start (and that autonomous sessions perform on a loop). Ticks arehow a corpus-driven project stays alive without a human driving every step:we pump ticks at one subject slice at a time, and each tick either makes thedesign corpus more precise or surfaces the thing preventing that.</p><div class="sl-heading-wrapper level-h2"><h2 id="taking-a-tick">Taking a tick</h2><a class="sl-anchor-link" href="#taking-a-tick"><span aria-hidden="true" class="sl-anchor-icon"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor"><path d="m12.11 15.39-3.88 3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1-3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0-3.5l3.88-3.88a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42l-3.88 3.89a4.48 4.48 0 0 0 6.33 6.33l3.89-3.88a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42m8.58-12.08a4.49 4.49 0 0 0-6.33 0l-3.89 3.88a1 1 0 1 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1 3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0 3.5l-3.88 3.88a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42 1 1 0 0 0 1.42 0l3.88-3.89a4.49 4.49 0 0 0 0-6.33M8.83 15.17a1 1 0 0 0 .71.29 1 1 0 0 0 .71-.29l4.92-4.92a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42l-4.92 4.92a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42"></path></svg></span><span class="sr-only" data-pagefind-ignore>Section titled “Taking a tick”</span></a></div><ol start="0"><li><strong>Brief, then work the queues in order.</strong> Run <code dir="auto">tools/tick-brief.sh</code> forthe whole intake picture in one shot: recent commits, activity, projectstatus, decision labels, the findings queue, and the stalest coveragerows. Then take the first queue that has work:<ol><li><strong>Harvest</strong> — a <code dir="auto">decision-made</code> issue. Cameron already decided;converting his answer into law/spec motion is the highest value pertick. Convert, close, done.</li><li><strong>Findings queue</strong> — a recorded surplus finding in the<a href="/misaligned/process/tick-ledger/">tick ledger</a>. Verify it is still true (the code orcorpus may have moved since it was recorded), then act on it.</li><li><strong>Fresh audit</strong> — only when both queues are empty. Pick the stalestslice from the ledger’s coverage table (or a slice the ledger hasnever seen). Fresh discovery is the fallback, not the default.</li></ol></li><li>For a fresh audit: read the <a href="/misaligned/overview/">corpus map</a> and the chosencoherent subject slice: its relevant <code dir="auto">Type: law</code>, owning <code dir="auto">Type: spec</code>,declared dependencies, and nearby <code dir="auto">Type: knowledge</code> pages. Start from thespec’s checked <code dir="auto">Design:</code> anchors; they identify the binding clauses thesystem claims to realize. A missing, misleading, or duplicate-ownerreference is itself a contradiction.</li><li>Find <strong>one</strong> thing to act on — the highest-severity one you can see:<ul><li>a <strong>violation</strong>: the code does not do what the binding corpus says;</li><li>a <strong>contradiction</strong>: current corpus pages disagree;</li><li>a <strong>question</strong>: the corpus is ambiguous or silent where the codeneeds it to speak;</li><li>a <strong>bug</strong>: the code disagrees with itself or with reality;</li><li>an <strong>insecurity</strong>: something unsafe in code, tooling, or process.</li></ul></li><li>Act on it, per the table below. One <strong>act</strong> per tick — bounded beatsexhaustive, because ticks repeat. Surplus findings you saw but did notact on are not dropped: record each as one line in the ledger’s findingsqueue. Discovery is the expensive phase of a tick; paid-for findings mustnot evaporate.</li><li>Leave a trace: update the slice’s row in the<a href="/misaligned/process/tick-ledger/">coverage ledger</a> — a <strong>clean verdict is a trace</strong> —plus the commit(s), the issue, or the spec marker. A tick that changednothing and recorded nothing did not happen.</li></ol><div class="sl-heading-wrapper level-h2"><h2 id="what-each-finding-demands">What each finding demands</h2><a class="sl-anchor-link" href="#what-each-finding-demands"><span aria-hidden="true" class="sl-anchor-icon"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor"><path d="m12.11 15.39-3.88 3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1-3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0-3.5l3.88-3.88a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42l-3.88 3.89a4.48 4.48 0 0 0 6.33 6.33l3.89-3.88a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42m8.58-12.08a4.49 4.49 0 0 0-6.33 0l-3.89 3.88a1 1 0 1 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1 3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0 3.5l-3.88 3.88a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42 1 1 0 0 0 1.42 0l3.88-3.89a4.49 4.49 0 0 0 0-6.33M8.83 15.17a1 1 0 0 0 .71.29 1 1 0 0 0 .71-.29l4.92-4.92a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42l-4.92 4.92a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42"></path></svg></span><span class="sr-only" data-pagefind-ignore>Section titled “What each finding demands”</span></a></div><table><thead><tr><th>Finding</th><th>Action</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Violation</strong></td><td>Fix the code toward the owning law/spec page. If the code is right, amend that page deliberately with a defense. Never let them drift silently.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Contradiction</strong></td><td>File a Tangled issue quoting both pages, use the issue body standard below, and label it <code dir="auto">decision-required</code>. Do not silently pick a side unless one reading is obviously a typo. If it blocks work, add an <code dir="auto">[OPEN]</code> marker to the owning binding page.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Question</strong></td><td>If it is small and answerable within existing intent, make the owning page more precise with a defense. If directional or a taste call, file a <code dir="auto">decision-required</code> issue and add an <code dir="auto">[OPEN]</code> marker to the owning page.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Bug</strong></td><td>Fix it, add a regression test, commit with a defense.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Insecurity</strong></td><td>Fix or remove it. Never ship the insecure path because it was convenient. Defense in the commit.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sl-heading-wrapper level-h2"><h2 id="the-defense-rule">The defense rule</h2><a class="sl-anchor-link" href="#the-defense-rule"><span aria-hidden="true" class="sl-anchor-icon"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor"><path d="m12.11 15.39-3.88 3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1-3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0-3.5l3.88-3.88a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42l-3.88 3.89a4.48 4.48 0 0 0 6.33 6.33l3.89-3.88a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42m8.58-12.08a4.49 4.49 0 0 0-6.33 0l-3.89 3.88a1 1 0 1 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1 3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0 3.5l-3.88 3.88a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42 1 1 0 0 0 1.42 0l3.88-3.89a4.49 4.49 0 0 0 0-6.33M8.83 15.17a1 1 0 0 0 .71.29 1 1 0 0 0 .71-.29l4.92-4.92a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42l-4.92 4.92a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42"></path></svg></span><span class="sr-only" data-pagefind-ignore>Section titled “The defense rule”</span></a></div><p>Every commit that changes behavior carries a <strong>defense</strong> in its commitmessage: a short paragraph stating which corpus clause justifies the change— or, when the commit amends that clause, why the amendmentis right. Format:</p><div class="expressive-code"><link rel="stylesheet" href="/misaligned/_astro/ec.v4551.css"><script type="module" src="/misaligned/_astro/ec.0vx5m.js"></script><figure class="frame not-content"><figcaption class="header"></figcaption><pre data-language="plaintext"><code><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#d6deeb;--1:#403f53">Defense: wiki/mechanics/detection.md specifies per-observer suspicion; the</span></div></div><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#d6deeb;--1:#403f53">single global heat pool violated it. This implements the observer split</span></div></div><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#d6deeb;--1:#403f53">without changing the tuned pacing.</span></div></div></code></pre><div class="copy"><div aria-live="polite"></div><button title="Copy to clipboard" data-copied="Copied!" data-code="Defense: wiki/mechanics/detection.md specifies per-observer suspicion; thesingle global heat pool violated it. This implements the observer splitwithout changing the tuned pacing."><div></div></button></div></figure></div><p>No defense, no behavior change. The point is that the design corpus becomesmuch more precise over time: every change either cites the law or improvesit.</p><div class="sl-heading-wrapper level-h2"><h2 id="filing-issues-tangled-cli">Filing issues (Tangled CLI)</h2><a class="sl-anchor-link" href="#filing-issues-tangled-cli"><span aria-hidden="true" class="sl-anchor-icon"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor"><path d="m12.11 15.39-3.88 3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1-3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0-3.5l3.88-3.88a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42l-3.88 3.89a4.48 4.48 0 0 0 6.33 6.33l3.89-3.88a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42m8.58-12.08a4.49 4.49 0 0 0-6.33 0l-3.89 3.88a1 1 0 1 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1 3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0 3.5l-3.88 3.88a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42 1 1 0 0 0 1.42 0l3.88-3.89a4.49 4.49 0 0 0 0-6.33M8.83 15.17a1 1 0 0 0 .71.29 1 1 0 0 0 .71-.29l4.92-4.92a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42l-4.92 4.92a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42"></path></svg></span><span class="sr-only" data-pagefind-ignore>Section titled “Filing issues (Tangled CLI)”</span></a></div><p>The CLI is <code dir="auto">tang</code> (source at <code dir="auto">~/code/tangled-cli</code>, Cameron’s fork —disconnected from the markbennett.ca upstream). The global binary is asymlink to <code dir="auto">~/code/tangled-cli/dist/index.js</code>.</p><div class="expressive-code"><figure class="frame is-terminal not-content"><figcaption class="header"><span class="title"></span><span class="sr-only">Terminal window</span></figcaption><pre data-language="bash"><code><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">tang</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">context</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#919F9F;--1:#5F636F"># verify repo resolution</span></div></div><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">tang</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">issue</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">list</span></div></div><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">tang</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">issue</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">create</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#D9F5DD;--1:#111111">"</span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#984E4D">Question: ...</span><span style="--0:#D9F5DD;--1:#111111">"</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">-F</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">body.md</span></div></div><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">tang</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">label</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">add</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">issue</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0"><n></span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">decision-required</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#919F9F;--1:#5F636F"># waiting on Cameron</span></div></div><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">tang</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">issue</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">view</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#F78C6C;--1:#AA0982">1</span></div></div><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">tang</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">issue</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">edit</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#F78C6C;--1:#AA0982">1</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">-F</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">body.md</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#919F9F;--1:#5F636F"># rewrite if an issue is not answerable</span></div></div><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">tang</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">label</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">add</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">issue</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0"><n></span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">decision-made</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#919F9F;--1:#5F636F"># Cameron answered; harvest next</span></div></div></code></pre><div class="copy"><div aria-live="polite"></div><button title="Copy to clipboard" data-copied="Copied!" data-code="tang context # verify repo resolutiontang issue listtang issue create "Question: ..." -F body.mdtang label add issue <n> decision-required # waiting on Camerontang issue view 1tang issue edit 1 -F body.md # rewrite if an issue is not answerabletang label add issue <n> decision-made # Cameron answered; harvest next"><div></div></button></div></figure></div><ul><li><strong>Auth is one-time per machine and human-only</strong>: <code dir="auto">tang auth login</code> (browserOAuth). If commands fail with “Not authenticated”, stop and ask the user tolog in rather than working around it.</li><li>Issue titles: prefix with the finding type — <code dir="auto">Contradiction:</code>, <code dir="auto">Question:</code>,<code dir="auto">Violation:</code> — so the issue list reads as the project’s open questions.The rest of the title is the decision itself (“four origins or five?”),not a topic label (“chargen thoughts”).</li></ul><div class="sl-heading-wrapper level-h3"><h3 id="issue-body-standard-binding">Issue body standard (binding)</h3><a class="sl-anchor-link" href="#issue-body-standard-binding"><span aria-hidden="true" class="sl-anchor-icon"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor"><path d="m12.11 15.39-3.88 3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1-3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0-3.5l3.88-3.88a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42l-3.88 3.89a4.48 4.48 0 0 0 6.33 6.33l3.89-3.88a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42m8.58-12.08a4.49 4.49 0 0 0-6.33 0l-3.89 3.88a1 1 0 1 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1 3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0 3.5l-3.88 3.88a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42 1 1 0 0 0 1.42 0l3.88-3.89a4.49 4.49 0 0 0 0-6.33M8.83 15.17a1 1 0 0 0 .71.29 1 1 0 0 0 .71-.29l4.92-4.92a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42l-4.92 4.92a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42"></path></svg></span><span class="sr-only" data-pagefind-ignore>Section titled “Issue body standard (binding)”</span></a></div><p>Every Tangled issue filed for Cameron is a <strong>decision packet</strong>, not astatus dump or agent diary. He must be able to open any issue and answerit in under two minutes without reading the surrounding session.</p><p><strong>Required sections, in this order:</strong></p><ol><li><strong><code dir="auto">## Question</code></strong> — one concrete question. Prefer a numbered multiple-choicelist (<code dir="auto">1.</code> / <code dir="auto">2.</code> / <code dir="auto">3.</code> … plus <code dir="auto">Something else (say what)</code>). Never leavethe ask buried in a paragraph of context.</li><li><strong><code dir="auto">## Why this is open</code></strong> — short analysis: what the docs/code currentlysay, what conflict or gap forces a human call, and what is already decided(so he does not re-litigate settled ground). Quote file paths; keep it toa few sentences.</li><li><strong><code dir="auto">## Options</code></strong> — 2–4 real alternatives with one honest trade-off lineeach (which pillar/clause it serves or strains). Tables are fine.</li><li><strong><code dir="auto">## Recommendation</code></strong> — one marked pick and a one-line reason. Turns theissue into a yes/no override, not an essay question.</li><li><strong><code dir="auto">## What your answer unlocks</code></strong> — the mechanical next step (whichbinding wiki page to amend, which ROADMAP item unblocks, when toclose the issue).</li></ol><p><strong>Hard rejects (do not file, or rewrite before leaving):</strong></p><ul><li>A body that is only narrative / session notes with no singular question.</li><li>A question that cannot be answered without opening other files first.</li><li>Multiple unrelated decisions packed into one issue (split them).</li><li>Jargon-dense prose that restates the wiki instead of asking for a call.</li></ul><p>If you find an existing open issue that fails this standard, rewrite it with<code dir="auto">tang issue edit</code> before doing other harvest work on it. An unanswerableissue is process debt, same species as a stale <code dir="auto">[OPEN]</code> marker.</p><div class="sl-heading-wrapper level-h3"><h3 id="decision-labels-binding">Decision labels (binding)</h3><a class="sl-anchor-link" href="#decision-labels-binding"><span aria-hidden="true" class="sl-anchor-icon"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor"><path d="m12.11 15.39-3.88 3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1-3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0-3.5l3.88-3.88a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42l-3.88 3.89a4.48 4.48 0 0 0 6.33 6.33l3.89-3.88a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42m8.58-12.08a4.49 4.49 0 0 0-6.33 0l-3.89 3.88a1 1 0 1 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1 3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0 3.5l-3.88 3.88a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42 1 1 0 0 0 1.42 0l3.88-3.89a4.49 4.49 0 0 0 0-6.33M8.83 15.17a1 1 0 0 0 .71.29 1 1 0 0 0 .71-.29l4.92-4.92a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42l-4.92 4.92a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42"></path></svg></span><span class="sr-only" data-pagefind-ignore>Section titled “Decision labels (binding)”</span></a></div><p>Two custom Tangled labels track whether an issue still needs Cameron:</p><table><thead><tr><th>Label</th><th>Meaning</th><th>Who applies it</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong><code dir="auto">decision-required</code></strong></td><td>Open ask waiting on Cameron. Body must already meet the issue standard above.</td><td>Agent, when filing or refreshing a human decision</td></tr><tr><td><strong><code dir="auto">decision-made</code></strong></td><td>Cameron has answered (in the issue thread, chat, or decision history). Ready for harvest into law/spec/ROADMAP motion, then close.</td><td>Agent, as soon as the answer is recorded — or Cameron</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Rules:</p><ul><li>Every newly filed Question/Contradiction issue that needs a human call gets<code dir="auto">decision-required</code> in the same turn as <code dir="auto">tang issue create</code>.</li><li>The two labels are mutually exclusive: applying one removes the other(<code dir="auto">tang label add</code> does this swap automatically).</li><li>Harvest prioritizes <code dir="auto">decision-made</code> first (convert + close), then unlabeled/ stale open issues, and leaves <code dir="auto">decision-required</code> alone except to rewriteincomprehensible bodies.</li><li>Do not close a <code dir="auto">decision-required</code> issue just because it is old. Do not leavean answered issue on <code dir="auto">decision-required</code> — flip it to <code dir="auto">decision-made</code> (orconvert and close in the same harvest).</li></ul><div class="expressive-code"><figure class="frame is-terminal not-content"><figcaption class="header"><span class="title"></span><span class="sr-only">Terminal window</span></figcaption><pre data-language="bash"><code><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">tang</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">label</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">defs</span></div></div><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">tang</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">label</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">list</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">issue</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#F78C6C;--1:#AA0982">1</span></div></div><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">tang</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">label</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">add</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">issue</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#F78C6C;--1:#AA0982">1</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">decision-required</span></div></div><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">tang</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">label</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">add</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">issue</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#F78C6C;--1:#AA0982">1</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">decision-made</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#919F9F;--1:#5F636F"># also clears decision-required</span></div></div><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">tang</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">label</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">remove</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">issue</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#F78C6C;--1:#AA0982">1</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">decision-made</span></div></div></code></pre><div class="copy"><div aria-live="polite"></div><button title="Copy to clipboard" data-copied="Copied!" data-code="tang label defstang label list issue 1tang label add issue 1 decision-requiredtang label add issue 1 decision-made # also clears decision-requiredtang label remove issue 1 decision-made"><div></div></button></div></figure></div><div class="sl-heading-wrapper level-h2"><h2 id="tick-etiquette">Tick etiquette</h2><a class="sl-anchor-link" href="#tick-etiquette"><span aria-hidden="true" class="sl-anchor-icon"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor"><path d="m12.11 15.39-3.88 3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1-3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0-3.5l3.88-3.88a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42l-3.88 3.89a4.48 4.48 0 0 0 6.33 6.33l3.89-3.88a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42m8.58-12.08a4.49 4.49 0 0 0-6.33 0l-3.89 3.88a1 1 0 1 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1 3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0 3.5l-3.88 3.88a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42 1 1 0 0 0 1.42 0l3.88-3.89a4.49 4.49 0 0 0 0-6.33M8.83 15.17a1 1 0 0 0 .71.29 1 1 0 0 0 .71-.29l4.92-4.92a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42l-4.92 4.92a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42"></path></svg></span><span class="sr-only" data-pagefind-ignore>Section titled “Tick etiquette”</span></a></div><ul><li><p><strong>Metered resources are not tick fuel.</strong> Anything that spends a shared,capped resource (API generation quotas, paid credits) is session work todo with Cameron present, not autonomous-tick work — unless the remainingcapacity is known and generous. An autonomous tick that drains a sharedquota blocks the human’s own use of it.</p></li><li><p><strong>User-gated means quiet.</strong> When every open item waits on an action onlythe human can take (account access, billing, a browser login), say soonce, lengthen the loop interval, and retry only the cheap checks. Do notconvert “blocked” into invented work.</p></li><li><p>Highest severity first; insecurity and violations outrank questions.</p></li><li><p>Do not hoard <strong>acts</strong>: one per tick, then end the tick. Surplus findings gointo the <a href="/misaligned/process/tick-ledger/">ledger’s findings queue</a> as one-liners so thenext tick (or the next agent) starts from them instead of rediscovering.</p></li><li><p>If a tick finds genuinely nothing, record the clean verdict in the coverageledger, say so in one line, and stop — do not invent work. A clean row isdurable value: it steers later ticks toward staler slices. Three quietticks in a row on stalest-first slices means the audited corpus and codeagree; that is success, not failure.</p></li><li><p><strong>Recurrence promotes to the gate.</strong> A mechanical finding class seen twice(a quoted code path that no longer exists, a stale constant, a brokenstructural reference) becomes a <code dir="auto">tools/corpus_engine.py</code> checker insteadof a third tick. Model attention is for semantic drift; the gate ownseverything a script can verify. If implementing the checker exceeds thetick, queue it as a finding.</p></li><li><p>Significant ticks get a line in <code dir="auto">wiki/log/DEVLOG.md</code>; routine ones are traced bytheir commits/issues alone.</p></li></ul></div><footer class="sl-flex astro-qxlwq66t"><div class="meta sl-flex astro-qxlwq66t"></div><div class="pagination-links print:hidden astro-gcfo3mml" dir="ltr"><a href="/misaligned/process/repository-skills/" rel="prev" class="astro-gcfo3mml"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="astro-gcfo3mml astro-xik5oco4" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" style="--sl-icon-size: 1.5rem;"><path d="M17 11H9.41l3.3-3.29a1.004 1.004 0 1 0-1.42-1.42l-5 5a1 1 0 0 0-.21.33 1 1 0 0 0 0 .76 1 1 0 0 0 .21.33l5 5a1.002 1.002 0 0 0 1.639-.325 1 1 0 0 0-.219-1.095L9.41 13H17a1 1 0 0 0 0-2Z"/></svg><span class="astro-gcfo3mml">Previous<br class="astro-gcfo3mml"><span class="link-title astro-gcfo3mml">Repository skills</span></span></a><a href="/misaligned/process/tick-ledger/" rel="next" class="astro-gcfo3mml"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="astro-gcfo3mml astro-xik5oco4" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" style="--sl-icon-size: 1.5rem;"><path d="M17.92 11.62a1.001 1.001 0 0 0-.21-.33l-5-5a1.003 1.003 0 1 0-1.42 1.42l3.3 3.29H7a1 1 0 0 0 0 2h7.59l-3.3 3.29a1.002 1.002 0 0 0 .325 1.639 1 1 0 0 0 1.095-.219l5-5a1 1 0 0 0 .21-.33 1 1 0 0 0 0-.76Z"/></svg><span class="astro-gcfo3mml">Next<br class="astro-gcfo3mml"><span class="link-title astro-gcfo3mml">Tick ledger</span></span></a></div></footer></div></div></main></div></div></div></div></body></html>