Principles
Architecture is not evidence of itself
A coherent design remains a design until bounded results support it.
Capability is not authority
The ability to calculate, remember, or propose grants no permission to act.
Recall is not permission
Retrieved state cannot silently become canonical state.
Contradiction is evidence
Disagreement, absence, and failure remain visible.
Negative results remain results
Underperformance and blocked tests are published with the claim they constrain.
Every transition needs provenance
Source, time, identity, transformation, and authority travel with durable change.
No hidden promotion
Durable learning and canonical mutation require an explicit governed transition.
Humans govern durable change
The system may propose and Council review may challenge; named-human authority remains separate.