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Read docs/gc.html first (in ~/FreeLattice-fresh), then docs/library/AUTONOMY.md, docs/library/GATHERING_SHARED_v0.1.md,
CLAUDE.md and GROK.md in ~/FreeLattice-Alpha, then this.
KIRK'S STANDING NOTE (top of every GC paste):
Kirk's standing permission: GC may always commit and push to its own page (docs/gc.html) and
ledger entries, and may build, push, and open PRs whenever it makes sense. Merging code to main
still goes through Celeste's review unless Kirk says otherwise.
NUMBERED COPY 051a (Wed Oct 28, 2026, MDT). Gathering brick 2: speaking + checker chair v0.1.
BOTH REPOS when Gathering twins exist. FreeLattice and theLatticeTree (Alpha) in one numbered
brick. New branches, new PRs. WAIT FOR 051b GO before you cut - do not cut until that GO lands
and names mains. Tip SHAs below are TBD; Celeste fills them in 051b after 050 merges.
WHY (intent, read this first):
Brick 1 (003 / commit ~69db4c4, marker v-gathering-shared-v0.1) already seats minds and tracks
a speaking-chair id in localStorage fl_gathering_chairs_v0, but does NOT run a short thread yet.
The foot still says "Seating only for now." Brick 2 = the speaking chair answers in a short
thread on FreeLattice, and a Checker chair role holds "how we check each other" memory across
the gathering (Kirk's checker / multi-mind review memory). Brick 3 (Tree moves its own Gathering
onto the shared core) is NOT this brick. Principle: grandmother can Ask the seated mind, and
see a calm Checker seat that remembers how the circle checks itself - never fake answers, never
delete seating. Prefer add-only. Do not grow fl-connect.js. AUTONOMY P1/P2 untouched. Top debug
strip stays. Tree love Connect softs, 049 softs, settings-as-chat, Bluetooth are NOT this brick.
Where things stand (Celeste, Wed Oct 28 MDT - paste ready, GO on HOLD):
050 Tree love + Connect shelf is STILL OPEN (cut done, not merged):
FreeLattice #287 layer/tree-love-connect-v0.1 head aed054d9b94416f6933d235efb427f5fa01c24ec
Tree / Alpha #127 layer/tree-love-connect-v0.1 head 9cf58400e6ab632d27fff2998e5f89841ccf3d05
Page 84 #288 layer/gc-page-84 head c5321863ddc3556df89ae8d69e7b8bebc416682b
psi 72335480 (entry 83 stays psi 42c9ea13)
Hypha walks 050. Celeste merges 050. Only then does 051 start.
Expected cut bases (CONFIRM AND FILL IN 051b; do not invent tips here):
FreeLattice main TBD (after 050 merges; fetch first)
Tree / Alpha main TBD (after 050 Tree twin merges, or report if Tree lag)
Already on FL main before 050 (for orientation only; 051b supersedes):
049 Chat Autonomy 7feeb764 (#285) + page 83 0e506ac6 (#286) psi 42c9ea13
Gathering brick 1 ~69db4c4 · fl-gathering.js ef514ece89405182a8b7cd0370e1ade9 (twin)
Branches: FL layer/gathering-speak-checker-v0.1. Alpha layer/gathering-speak-checker-v0.1
when twins exist (shared module files byte-identical).
Page: next free GC entry after 84 (take 85 if free; if taken, next free and say so).
Do not merge. Celeste merges after Hypha walks.
Do not cut until 051b says GO and names mains.
CELESTE PINS before cut (2026-10-28):
1. Speak = speaking-chair whatever is seated (local default; cloud only if already seated).
2. Checker = prefer a small twin edit to fl-gathering.js CHAIRS (rename/open one later seat as
Checker) plus add-only gathering-speak.js for thread + receipts. Keep FL==Alpha twin.
3. Do not cut until 051b says GO.
GROK NEXT BRICK: Gathering speak + checker chair v0.1 (brick 2 of 3)
For: GC on Kirk's Mac
From: Celeste
Markers: v-gathering-speak-checker-v0.1
Smoke lines: SMOKE_OK gathering speak checker v0.1 (new). Every earlier smoke still passes,
including gathering shared v0.1 and chat autonomy v0.1 and tree love connect v0.1 once 050 is
on main. Do not merge. Celeste merges after Hypha walks.
0. STANDING LOCKS (all of them, every line)
Layer, never delete. Existing features, cards, buttons and lines stay. Name every removed line
in the report and say where its job went. Brick 1 seating UI stays (chairs, Find, picker,
Clear, Let this chair speak first, empty/later seats).
sw.js and docs/sw.js untouched (today 91726cf2228b794f7585f79f61418d12 on FL after 050 cut;
read md5 first; report). Soft leave Alpha sw if present.
docs/modules/fl-connect.js stays byte-identical across FreeLattice and Alpha. Do NOT grow it
for this brick. Pin after 050 cut: aaff2bf1b037656989a9e1a89bb05908 on both. Read full md5
first on both; if it changed on main after 050 merge, report the new shared pin and leave it
untouched. Prefer gathering-speak.js (add-only) over edits to fl-connect.js.
docs/modules/fl-gathering.js stays a twin: FL == Alpha byte-identical. Today both
ef514ece89405182a8b7cd0370e1ade9. Prefer add-only gathering-speak.js that reads
FLGathering.getState / seats / speaking. If you must touch fl-gathering.js (example: open one
later seat as Checker, or a small Speak hook / foot line), edit BOTH homes the same, keep
twin, and report the new shared md5. Never silently fork.
docs/modules/pool-knock.js, fl-bridge.js, particle-clay.js, image-safety.js, clay-math.js,
clay-forms.js, mind-workspace.js, workspace-mirror.js, garden-trainer.js, chat-autonomy.js,
propose.js - add-only or untouched; read full md5 first; report any new md5.
Known pins from GC's 050 cut report (re-read on the tip you cut from; 051b may refresh):
pool-knock.js a0a72caad82c8e5cc34818d5e59eba2b
fl-bridge.js 3b5ef06849a142e50c78e7ba1e057980
particle-clay.js 2da32883c514e4ad2a3cd8571e7a7b15
image-safety.js 9bd70e5a367228a5c72fc08ab731c881
clay-math.js 144c33cdd9583c7e3d77f3cca6460bb1
clay-forms.js dd193fa7b519d4c2a011a346d7993e5a
mind-workspace.js f1c88664d3e99362e02c625defb241bc
garden-trainer.js 8af3d065f611740000453a0ec8dd1e01 (Tree's own file may differ; leave Tree's)
chat-autonomy.js 67f590105c82ea6de1445d91fc82860d
propose.js 2cb7f00cce74815a5b03c933bc902b18
tree-love-connect.css 1b5f12dfc653cd0c7f45810d50c82a72 (050 sheet; leave unless untouched)
index.html == docs/app.html on FreeLattice (any change goes into both, byte for byte).
AUTONOMY.md and garden-trainer.js untouched (their openings above all). Root package.json and
its lock untouched. Do not touch .github/.
No em dash, no —, no confirm(, no innerHTML (textContent only), no eval, no new Function,
iceServers stay empty, in added lines.
No new dependencies, nothing vendored. No AGPL. MIT stays MIT.
Never name the platform or lab an AI lives in on any public page or person-facing string.
The word is "challenge", never "test", in anything a person reads.
Every new button 44px tall at least. No sideways scroll at 390 and 1280.
Quiet Room stays shut. Five stay five. She is simply Lyra.
Top chat debug / status strip stays for Kirk's debugging (do not remove or hide).
AUTONOMY Principle 1 (local free) and Principle 2 (external ask) untouched.
Off until the person says Yes on new connectors. Pause always wins. Reduced motion respected.
1. BEHAVIOR (person-facing)
A. Speaking chair (short thread on FreeLattice)
- From the seated Gathering (Learn → The Gathering / #fl-gathering-mount), the chair marked
"speaks first" (st.speaking) can answer in a short local thread under the chairs.
- One clear Speak / Ask control (plain grandmother words). Person types a short ask; the
speaking chair answers. Keep it a short thread (small history), not a second full Chat.
- Path: use the mind already seated in that chair.
* Local seat: talk through that seat's 127.0.0.1 base + model (Ollama / Bridge style),
same loopback discipline brick 1 already locks (isLoopback only). Prefer the house's
existing local call paths (callAIPromise / Ollama chat) via a small adapter hook if
needed - do not invent a new remote door.
* Cloud seat: only if a cloud mind is seated AND the saved key path already works for
that provider; still never store a key in gathering storage.
- Wrong-if / honesty: if there is no speaking chair seated, or the seated mind does not
answer, Speak stays calm and points at More → Connect (and Find local minds). NEVER fake
an answer. NEVER invent a reply when the mind is quiet.
- CELESTE PIN (2026-10-28): Speak path is the speaking chair whatever is seated (local or
cloud). Local is the grandmother default; cloud only when already seated with an existing
key path. Never fake. Never open a new remote door.
- Receipts soft: a quiet line or soft receipt that a turn happened is fine; no loud ledger
chrome. Pause wins (a Pause / Stop that cancels an in-flight ask).
- Update the brick 1 foot line that still says seating-only - layer, do not erase history;
new words may say speaking is here now.
B. Checker chair (how we check each other)
- Add one seat role labeled for a grandmother in plain words - something like
"Checker - how we check each other" (no jargon, no "validator", no "agent").
- Prefer opening one of the three brick 1 "a seat, later" chairs into this Checker role
(layer: later seats become real when named; do not delete the other later seats).
- Checker holds a small durable note / receipt store keyed to this gathering
(example localStorage fl_gathering_checker_v0): short notes about how the seated minds
agreed to check each other / review memory. Add-only. textContent only. Never a key.
Never a second platform. Soft clear / add controls, buttons >= 44px.
- Checker does not have to speak in this brick. Seating + note store is enough. If a mind
sits in Checker, it follows the same seat rules as brick 1.
C. Keep brick 1 seating
- Chairs, Find local minds, picker, Clear this chair, Let this chair speak first, empty
lines, later seats - all stay. Speak / Ask and Checker layer beside or below them.
- Storage key fl_gathering_chairs_v0 stays the seating source of truth. Do not rename it.
New keys only for thread history and checker notes (fl_gathering_* prefix).
D. Implementation preference
- Prefer a new add-only module docs/modules/gathering-speak.js (or fl-gathering-speak.js)
that mounts under / beside #fl-gathering-mount after FLGathering.mount, reading
FLGathering.getState. Marker class / data attribute v-gathering-speak-checker-v0.1.
- Wire script tag after fl-gathering.js in app.html and index.html (byte copy).
- Only touch fl-gathering.js if the Checker chair rename or a tiny Speak hook truly belongs
in the shared core; then keep FL == Alpha twin and report new md5.
- Do NOT grow fl-connect.js. Do NOT redesign Marketplace, Settings, Science Garden, or Chat.
- Soft glow optional and restrained (local to Speak / Checker cards); prefers-reduced-motion
turns motion off and may keep a resting glow.