Spec Ladder

The constitutional stack: 18 numbered specs + 9 governance instruments across 7 layers.

OverviewSpec LadderTraceabilityBibliographyAuthor
27 total specs|6 ratified|21 speculative
3,253 total grounding lines
L1

Metaphysical Identity

RATIFIED

The system's foundational ontology: what entities exist, how identity persists, what primitives compose the world.

SPEC-000RATIFIED

System Manifesto

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SPEC-001RATIFIED

Ontology Charter

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SPEC-002RATIFIED

Primitive Register

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L2

Constitutional Logic

RATIFIED

Invariants, logical constraints, and the rulebook that governs system behavior and transitions.

SPEC-003RATIFIED

Invariant Register

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SPEC-004RATIFIED

Logical Specification

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SPEC-005RATIFIED

Rulebook

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L3A

Structural Architecture

SPECULATIVE

Architecture documents, interface contracts, and evolution/migration laws that shape the system's physical structure.

SPEC-006SPECULATIVE

Architecture Document

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SPEC-007SPECULATIVE

Interface Contract Spec

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SPEC-008SPECULATIVE

Evolution & Migration Law

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L3B

Governance Instruments

SPECULATIVE

Concrete governance mechanisms: fusion protocols, formation declarations, functional taxonomy, era transitions.

SPEC-012SPECULATIVE

Repo Fusion Protocol

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INST-FORMATIONSPECULATIVE

Formation Protocol

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INST-TAXONOMYSPECULATIVE

Functional Taxonomy

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INST-ERASPECULATIVE

Era Model

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L4A

Sensing & Observation

SPECULATIVE

Event spine, temporal metrics, variable resolution, and heartbeat/affect monitoring for system self-awareness.

INST-EVENT-SPINESPECULATIVE

Event Spine

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INST-TEMPORAL-METRICSSPECULATIVE

Temporal Metrics

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INST-VARIABLE-RESSPECULATIVE

Variable Resolution

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INST-HEARTBEATSPECULATIVE

Heartbeat & Affect

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L4B

Diagnosis & Meta-Evolution

SPECULATIVE

Structural interrogation, Alpha-Omega phase map, meta-evolution architecture, AMMOI reconciliation, and graph indices.

SPEC-009SPECULATIVE

Structural Interrogation

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SPEC-010SPECULATIVE

Alpha-Omega Phase Map

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SPEC-011SPECULATIVE

Meta-Evolution Architecture

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INST-AMMOISPECULATIVE

AMMOI Reconciliation

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INST-GRAPH-INDICESSPECULATIVE

Graph Indices (CCI/DDI/FVI/CRI/ECI)

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L5

Swarm Governance

SPECULATIVE

Agent topology, resource constraints, escalation policies, epistemic routing, and agent authority matrices.

SPEC-013SPECULATIVE

Agent Swarm Topology

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SPEC-014SPECULATIVE

Resource & Compute Constraints

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SPEC-015SPECULATIVE

Escalation & Attention Policy

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SPEC-016SPECULATIVE

Epistemic Routing

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SPEC-017SPECULATIVE

Agent Authority Matrix

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