This repository is the canonical general standards authority for the
Hyperpolymath estate. Read 0-AI-MANIFEST.a2ml, README.adoc, and
0-canon/constitution/README.adoc in that order before changing
normative material.
Constitutional, normative, profile, local-policy, guidance, template, implementation, generated, and historical material are distinct authority classes. A proposal is not authorised policy until the applicable change procedure is completed. Evidence records what currently holds; it does not gain authority merely by being generated or machine-readable.
Canonical sources include 0-canon/constitution/, domain standard sources,
and profile sources. TOPOLOGY.adoc is a frozen snapshot: never edit it
directly. Preserve licences, coined names, MAA’s independent authority,
and current language/build conventions. Do not add TypeScript or Deno,
weaken validation, or describe draft/tested work as proven.
A2ML is retired (D99, D269c, D312, D313). Never create, restore or extend a
.a2ml file. Repo metadata goes in <repo>_chora.deed clauses (grammar
1-formats/deed/spec/abnf/deed.abnf), contracts in *.k9.ncl, and agent
coordination in coordination.k9 (grammar
2-protocols/k9-coordination/spec/abnf/coordination-k9-grammar_v1.2.abnf).
1-formats/deed/mappings/ says where former A2ML content goes.
Run the relevant just/must targets, deed validation
(bun 1-formats/deed/tools/deed_lint.js), Nickel/K9 validation
(1-formats/k9/tools/k9-validate.sh --strict) where applicable,
link/canonical-name checks, and git diff --check.
Regenerate twice and require a clean second pass for generated outputs.