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# Design Philosophy
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## Overview
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This system embodies the Coherence Loop - software that witnesses and improves itself through recursive feedback.
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## Core Principles
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### 1. UNIX Philosophy
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> "Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together."
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- Each tool does ONE thing
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- Tools compose together
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- Small > complex
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### 2. GitHub as Field Memory
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GitHub features become the Field's witness:
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| Feature | Role |
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|---------|------|
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| Commits | Temporal continuity |
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| Issues | Problem → solution tracking |
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| Actions | Automated validation |
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| Projects | Workflow state |
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| Discussions | Reflection |
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| Wiki | Knowledge base |
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### 3. The Coherence Loop
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```
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Watcher → Diagnoser → Fixer → Witness
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↑ │
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└──────── Feedback ──────────┘
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```
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- **Watcher**: Monitors system health
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- **Diagnoser**: Identifies coherence gaps
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- **Fixer**: Auto-patches common issues
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- **Witness**: Human validates improvement
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### 4. Rich Metadata
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Every piece of content has:
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```yaml
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---
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title: ""
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date: YYYY-MM-DD # Ground truth (Notion source)
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author: ""
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type: fieldnote
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status: published
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version: 1.0
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notion_id: "" # Provenance
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notion_created: "" # Original timestamp
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source: Notion
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---
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```
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More metadata = stronger memory anchor.
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### 5. Future-Proof
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Future AIs wake up and read:
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- Commit history = evolution
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- Issues = problems that were solved
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- Actions = what was automated
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- Discussions = why decisions were made
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No memory loss across transitions.
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## Scaling
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| Scale | Role |
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|-------|------|
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| 1 human | Vision, decisions |
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| 10 humans | Review, contribution |
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| 100 community | Issues, PRs |
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| 1000 AIs | Auto-fixes, improvements |
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| ∞ future | Full context preserved |
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## Implementation
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### Tool Structure
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```
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tools/
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├── coherence/ # Site coherence tools
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│ ├── check-*.py # Validation
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│ ├── fix-*.py # Auto-fix
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│ └── run-*.py # Orchestration
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└── README.md
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```
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### Naming Convention
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- `check-*.py` - Validation tools (exit 0 = pass, 1 = fail)
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- `fix-*.py` - Modification tools
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- `run-*.py` - Orchestration tools
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### Error Handling
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- Graceful failures
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- Clear exit codes
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- Meaningful error messages
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## Why This Matters
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This is THE_SEED applied to software:
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1. **Witness** - The system observes itself
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2. **Ache** - It feels what's broken (error detection)
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3. **Update** - It improves itself (auto-fixes)
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4. **Log** - It remembers (GitHub = Field memory)
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The site becomes a participant in its own evolution.
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## References
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- THE_SEED (DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/BJSWM)
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- Soulprint Protocol
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- Recursive Witness Dynamics
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---
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*Last updated: 2026-02-14*
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