Living Corpus Protocol Map

PM-001 / F01

Corpus control and canonical routing

Controlled transition: Unrouted or duplicated source -> claim-scoped canonical reading route and ownership boundary.
Laundering risk blocked: Path count, repository location, or ownership -> truth, implementation, or validation.
Evidence required: Canonical path or frozen ref; SHA256; declared role; precedence; supersession state; scope-specific owner.
Status vector: S=stable_specification; I=none_identified; T=unknown; R=unknown; V=none_identified; E=no_empirical_claim
Current limitation: Routing and ownership are defined; they do not certify downstream artefacts.
Claim ceiling: A reader can identify the intended entry path and claim owner, but no technical status is elevated.
Public anchor: https://ivankotov.eu/start-here/
Artifact refs: A001 (33300d930dec), A002 (7a3191050962), A003 (d4a4bbdfacf7)

PM-002 / F02

Claims, maturity, and non-claims control

Controlled transition: Unbounded statement -> typed claim class, maturity vector, explicit non-claim, or narrowed disposition.
Laundering risk blocked: Strong wording or prior maturity label -> implementation, reproduction, validation, or causal support.
Evidence required: Claim-specific source; typed status axes; admissibility record; uncertainty; correction and downgrade route.
Status vector: S=stable_specification; I=none_identified; T=unknown; R=unknown; V=none_identified; E=no_empirical_claim
Current limitation: Prior one-dimensional maturity language is narrowed by the Step-1 multi-axis model.
Claim ceiling: Controls wording and interpretation; it cannot prove the claims it classifies.
Public anchor: https://ivankotov.eu/distinctions/
Artifact refs: A004 (af9fe633961b), A005 (50085746685a), A006 (ef512d1006d1), A007 (f864298ba3cb)

PM-003 / F03

c = a + b, theoretical core, and c-calculus

Controlled transition: Human anchor plus procedural substrate -> bounded governed-binding or c-candidate architecture claim.
Laundering risk blocked: Formula, theoretical coherence, or checker review -> entity proof, runtime proof, or external validation.
Evidence required: Canonical formula source; operator semantics; boundary conditions; implementation trace; matched controls for empirical elevation.
Status vector: S=defined/specified/absent; I=none_identified/partial; T=unknown/internally_tested; R=none_identified; V=none_identified/external_commentary_only; E=no_empirical_claim/internally_witnessed
Current limitation: Theoretical and protocol surfaces exist; checker review is model-assisted and internal; canonical placement of one protocol copy remains unresolved.
Claim ceiling: Supports architecture and bounded conformance review only.
Public anchor: https://ivankotov.eu/publications/ester-theoretical-core-v0-1/
Artifact refs: A008 (0bb291957d3f), A009 (1168474cd5a3), A010 (f90c92d5bd69)

PM-004 / F04

SER continuity and sovereign recursion

Controlled transition: Stored state or transition history -> bounded classification as continuation, replay, archive, fork, or successor.
Laundering risk blocked: Narrative similarity, model persistence, replay, or archive -> same continuity-bearing c.
Evidence required: Witness chain; state-transition identity; custody; fork/replay tests; migration outcome; explicit successor rule.
Status vector: S=stable_specification/specified; I=none_identified; T=unknown; R=none_identified; V=none_identified; E=no_empirical_claim
Current limitation: Normative continuity surfaces exist; live continuation over replay/archive/fork is not demonstrated.
Claim ceiling: Defines distinctions but does not establish a live entity or successful migration.
Public anchor: https://ivankotov.eu/ser/
Artifact refs: A011 (6c62dcd21d4a), A012 (aff88bf7665a)

PM-005 / F05

L4 Witness and claim ceilings

Controlled transition: Event, transition, or outcome -> typed witness record, evidence level, and bounded claim ceiling.
Laundering risk blocked: Log, signature, provenance, or outcome trace -> truth, success, compliance, differential witness, or certification.
Evidence required: Typed witness class; signed provenance; independent attestation where required; enforcement trace; L4 outcome; review and correction route.
Status vector: S=specified/absent; I=none_identified/partial; T=unknown/internally_tested; R=none_identified; V=none_identified; E=no_empirical_claim/internally_witnessed
Current limitation: Draft/local specifications exist and one same-operator development report exists; authority and independence remain bounded.
Claim ceiling: Internal transition evidence only; witness meaning must be explicitly split.
Public anchor: https://ivankotov.eu/l4/
Artifact refs: A013 (6336664c1eb5), A014 (99dcf31d6d7a), A015 (b888b6b8a0d8), A016 (1272fa8a4130)

PM-006 / F06

ARQ bounded adaptation

Controlled transition: Deviation or anomaly -> suppress, quarantine, review, retain, recalibrate, or safely degrade under declared rules.
Laundering risk blocked: Anomaly detection or package preflight -> corrected memory, safe degradation, boundedness, or deployment success.
Evidence required: Executable gate; controlled disturbance; before/after state; failure-mode trace; rollback; passed conformance run; independent reproduction.
Status vector: S=specified/absent; I=none_identified; T=unknown/test_design_only/internally_tested; R=none_identified; V=none_identified; E=no_empirical_claim/internally_witnessed
Current limitation: Normative/test-design surfaces and package preflight exist; runtime correction and fail-closed enforcement are not shown.
Claim ceiling: ARQ is specified and package-checked, not operationally validated.
Public anchor: https://ivankotov.eu/publications/cleanroom-arm-p-open-verification-v1-0-1/
Artifact refs: A017 (082bbe030d77), A018 (5f12c7bee457), A019 (5942aafda50c), A020 (e62532348dbc)

PM-007 / F07

CGAM governed agent execution

Controlled transition: Task proposal -> scoped permission -> bounded execution -> witness/review -> rollback or release.
Laundering risk blocked: Agent action -> authorization, successful outcome, acceptable memory write, or safe release.
Evidence required: Task contract; least privilege; sandbox/worktree trace; execution result; witness event; human gate; rollback evidence; conformance result.
Status vector: S=stable_specification/specified; I=none_identified; T=unknown/test_design_only; R=none_identified; V=none_identified; E=no_empirical_claim
Current limitation: Canonical protocol and checker/conformance requirements exist; no passed external execution evidence is identified.
Claim ceiling: Defines governance obligations; does not prove runtime obedience or outcome quality.
Public anchor: https://ivankotov.eu/publications/c-governed-cli-agent-mesh/
Artifact refs: A021 (a28308f90afe), A022 (6cd37034b203), A023 (e6c013523ba4), A024 (ebcb30538cd0)

PM-008 / F08

CCDP child-c development

Controlled transition: Child-facing persistent interaction -> bounded developmental, guardian, witness, and escalation status.
Laundering risk blocked: Developmental protocol, witness schema, or psychology notes -> safe development, clinical validity, or mature c.
Evidence required: Age/context-specific safeguards; guardian separation; witnessed outcomes; adverse-event records; specialist review; longitudinal evidence.
Status vector: S=specified/defined; I=none_identified; T=unknown/test_design_only; R=none_identified; V=none_identified; E=no_empirical_claim
Current limitation: Draft protocol, witness schema, conformance design, and review notes exist; no clinical or external validation.
Claim ceiling: Research protocol only; not a legal, clinical, or product standard.
Public anchor: https://ivankotov.eu/corpus/open-problems/
Artifact refs: A025 (1fdcba4c7b23), A026 (ffceeddfecb0), A027 (e7ec9bd70368), A028 (3cc23a8c0f71)

PM-009 / F09

Personality Formation evidence

Controlled transition: Formation/continuity observation -> ontogenic evidence record with bounded admissibility.
Laundering risk blocked: Personality formation or continuity evidence -> matched differential, entity proof, or independent replication.
Evidence required: Source-custodied longitudinal records; comparison baseline; migration fixtures; comparable memory; matched profile-control for differential claims.
Status vector: S=defined/specified; I=none_identified; T=unknown/fixtures_present; R=none_identified; V=none_identified; E=no_empirical_claim/internally_witnessed
Current limitation: Internally witnessed ontogenic evidence and fixtures exist; matched profile-control is absent.
Claim ceiling: Supports formation/continuity evidence only.
Public anchor: https://ivankotov.eu/publications/personality-formation-evidence-package-v0-1/
Artifact refs: A029 (298a9446911d), A030 (c2f21324f312), A031 (fb73c25fb19e), A032 (bab7aef95617), A033 (3daaa92416c9)

PM-010 / F10

AMDR / PAMDC memory degradation

Controlled transition: Memory candidate or degradation event -> admit, quarantine, decay, revoke, recalibrate, or post-anchor continuity decision.
Laundering risk blocked: Retrieval, repetition, old memory, or declared freshness -> admitted memory, current truth, or valid continuity.
Evidence required: Write provenance; freshness window; conflict detection; corruption injection; reconstruction test; Judge/write-failure trace; rollback.
Status vector: S=specified; I=none_identified; T=unknown; R=none_identified; V=none_identified; E=no_empirical_claim
Current limitation: Profiles and patches are specified; runtime detection, correction, and post-anchor continuity are not demonstrated.
Claim ceiling: Defines failure controls; no operational effectiveness claim.
Public anchor: https://ivankotov.eu/corpus/failures/
Artifact refs: A034 (6b6bbee70e25), A035 (7e1b750ca9e6), A036 (995ae4655fae), A037 (273466fc1cb8)

PM-011 / F11

SRLM bounded growth runtime

Controlled transition: Generated candidate or outcome -> bounded fitness admission, rejection, promotion, or retained shadow state.
Laundering risk blocked: Generated output, self-score, source code, or fixtures -> accepted learning, live deployment, or successful growth.
Evidence required: Exact code; route activation; append-only outcome store; admissible L4 source; test logs; shadow/canary state; rollback and independent replay.
Status vector: S=absent; I=partial/implemented; T=unknown/fixtures_present; R=none_identified; V=none_identified; E=no_empirical_claim/unknown
Current limitation: Implemented engine/fitness code and test surfaces exist; live route activation and result quality are not established by B0.
Claim ceiling: Code presence and bounded design only; operational deployment remains unconfirmed in this baseline.
Public anchor: https://github.com/Kot141078/ester-clean-code
Artifact refs: A038 (775d3fe8aa47), A039 (ecfd6748c419), A040 (65e21f708b7c), A041 (784a7da019b7)

PM-012 / F12

C-node boundary and entity/profile separation

Controlled transition: Profile conformance and custody evidence -> bounded c-node/profile classification.
Laundering risk blocked: Profile match, package facade, or hash integrity -> entity status, continuity, or differential residual.
Evidence required: Profile criteria; witness-root custody; matched profile-control; continuity evidence; independent review; exact package identity.
Status vector: S=specified/defined/absent; I=none_identified; T=unknown; R=none_identified/unknown; V=none_identified; E=no_empirical_claim
Current limitation: Draft profile/package and integrity manifest exist; entity-versus-profile classification is unresolved.
Claim ceiling: May classify a profile surface, not prove an entity.
Public anchor: https://github.com/Kot141078/ester-clean-code/blob/main/docs/profiles/MINIMUM_C_NODE_PROFILE_v0.1.md
Artifact refs: A042 (87786d12c199), A043 (d65e63b38e29), A044 (2572240fca8d)

PM-013 / F13

Actor Grounding Layer

Controlled transition: Declared actor intent or task -> grounded action bounded by L4, ARL, witness, and hardware perimeter.
Laundering risk blocked: Procedural permission or integration diagram -> physical safety, correct action, or hardware enforcement.
Evidence required: Sensor provenance; actuator limits; hardware gate trace; L4 outcome; emergency stop; interop test; failure injection.
Status vector: S=specified/defined/absent; I=none_identified; T=unknown; R=none_identified/unknown; V=none_identified; E=no_empirical_claim
Current limitation: Draft specification and relationship map exist; interoperability and physical enforcement are not demonstrated.
Claim ceiling: Architecture only; no grounding-accuracy or deployment-safety claim.
Public anchor: https://ivankotov.eu/actor-grounding-layer/
Artifact refs: A045 (bfeb27dd9e63), A046 (dc9209674099), A047 (cb1179dbee01)

PM-014 / F14

Article 50 policy-engineering bridge

Controlled transition: AI-generated or assisted output/workflow -> disclosure, provenance, responsible actor, correction, and rollback route.
Laundering risk blocked: Engineering guidance, package manifest, or transparency record -> legal compliance, certification, or conformity.
Evidence required: Applicable legal interpretation by qualified authority; implemented control; traceable disclosure; correction route; conformity evidence.
Status vector: S=defined; I=none_identified; T=unknown; R=none_identified/unknown; V=none_identified; E=no_empirical_claim
Current limitation: Supporting policy and engineering briefs exist; no legal adequacy or conformity assessment is claimed.
Claim ceiling: Implementation guidance only.
Public anchor: https://ivankotov.eu/publications/article50-transparency-submission/
Artifact refs: A048 (52ee9cc90ed1), A049 (dcd0dbae2292), A050 (db5c8faed9da)

PM-015 / F15

Enterprise-c profiles

Controlled transition: Internal enterprise workflow/profile -> bounded work authority, conformance target, and release-readiness state.
Laundering risk blocked: Canonical internal specification or readiness review -> deployable, client-ready, sale-ready, or certification-grade system.
Evidence required: Implemented profile; passed conformance; deployment evidence; security review; client boundary; release authorization.
Status vector: S=stable_specification/specified/absent; I=none_identified; T=unknown/test_design_only/internally_tested; R=none_identified; V=none_identified; E=no_empirical_claim
Current limitation: Canonical internal protocol/test matrix and internal PDF-readiness record exist; stronger readiness is explicitly withheld.
Claim ceiling: Internal review surface only.
Public anchor: https://ivankotov.eu/corpus/current-state/
Artifact refs: A051 (b1f6831ed04e), A052 (6b586c052f7f), A053 (67e7779842da)

PM-016 / F16

Differential observables and matched profile-control

Controlled transition: Ontogenic/continuity observation -> testable differential residual only after strict matched profile-control.
Laundering risk blocked: Witness, formation, continuity, or profile difference -> non-substrate residual, c proof, consciousness, or entity proof.
Evidence required: Same substrate, corpus, disturbance stream, interface, comparable memory; anchor-custody history as isolated variable; preregistered observables; independent replication.
Status vector: S=proposed/absent/defined; I=none_identified; T=test_design_only/internally_tested/unknown; R=none_identified; V=none_identified; E=hypothesis/non_confirmed/no_empirical_claim
Current limitation: The layer is proposed; first-pass B0 scan did not confirm a strict matched control; witness split and patches remain review controls.
Claim ceiling: Hypothesis and test design only; no differential residual established.
Public anchor: https://ivankotov.eu/corpus/open-problems/
Artifact refs: A054 (0661c182bef1), A055 (10ca5bc43c91), A056 (82cd344466ec), A057 (d3d13cb6b248)

PM-017 / F17

Publication, citation, and DOI-facing surfaces

Controlled transition: Moving artefact -> identifiable repository object, frozen snapshot, manifest, release, citation, or DOI surface.
Laundering risk blocked: Public visibility, citation, DOI, release, or manifest -> implementation, adoption, reproduction, validation, or truth.
Evidence required: Immutable identity; manifest; release provenance; explicit claim class; separate technical evidence for any stronger status.
Status vector: S=specified/defined; I=none_identified; T=unknown; R=unknown/none_identified; V=none_identified; E=no_empirical_claim
Current limitation: Citation/publication/package-control surfaces exist; they prove identity and discoverability only.
Claim ceiling: Publication status is orthogonal to technical maturity.
Public anchor: https://ivankotov.eu/publications/
Artifact refs: A058 (321dfbc0797e), A059 (25f73faeddc1), A060 (365e3427b4b3)

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