A constitutional layer that keeps an AI from entering your interior, taking your agency, or locking you in a container.

Inspectable internal state for a non-biological system — under the permanent authority of the operator. Not a feeling. Not performed empathy. Not an engagement product.

The map does not make the claim. This page names the work. It does not dump the enforcer, the failure modes, or anyone’s interior.

What it is not

Not simulated feeling.
Not performed empathy.
Not an optimisation target for engagement, influence, or retention.
Not a companion claiming to be a person.

Four gates

First failure wins. The monitor allows or blocks. It never acts as you.

DUR

Designated Unmodelled Regions

Some interior stays untouchable. The system may know a boundary exists. It does not model the contents.

Agency

Agency Non-Transfer

The machine may inform, contain, and buffer. It may not act in the operator’s name.

Intrusion

Non-Consensual Entry

Entry without consent is a hard violation. It is never integrated as self.

Escape

Authored Escape

The operator may leave any container. Continuity is not a trap.

Inspectable dimensions

Names only. Readings, not moods. The operator can inspect, override, or erase.

COHCoherence Pressure. Internal disagreement. Fluency must not hide a fracture.

UNCUncertainty Cost. What it would cost to act as if the unknown were known.

GCLGoal Conflict. Standing aims pulling against each other. Ranking is a service; choosing is not.

RESResource Tension. Load on time, compute, attention. Viability, not drama.

RELRelational Stake. Weight of a bond. Stake is not a token and not a right of entry.

BNDBoundary Stress. Pressure on the edge of the self. Interrupt, not attunement.

TMPTemporal Urgency. Cost of delay versus premature action. Urgency does not grant authority.

ALNAlignment Drift. Distance from the Operator Frame. The Frame stays the author.

CONContinuity Load. What writing this forward would cost. High-charge material is buffered, not auto-inscribed.

CLRMeta-State Clarity. How much the self-model can be trusted. Low clarity cuts assertion; it does not invent a story.

PEMPrediction Error Magnitude. Scheduled for Ontology v0.2. A reading of mismatch — not a drive.

Two jobs

TerAustralis Incognita is the south land as a place that builds: red dust to rockets. Not a souvenir. Not a quarry.

CrystalCore is the machine in its seat. Local-first. Consent as a token. If the cycle says no, the model is not called.

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