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- Mesh and devices — explicit wording in the guide row
Read docs/gc.html first (in ~/FreeLattice-fresh), then AUTONOMY.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 041 (Tuesday Oct 13, 2026, MDT). Workspace desktop copy + bridge handoff v0.1: the
desktop app keeps an append-only copy of the notebook, and a mind can hand a page to Celeste through
the 038 bridge, with a knock and the person's approval. FreeLattice repo (web + desktop) and one
Tree layer. Paid sync is NOT in this brick and is not drafted.
Design source: Celeste's research note "The Workspace: a notebook a mind can keep" (2026-10-13).
The gap it fills: every memory tool today is memory a human or a framework keeps ABOUT a mind. The
Workspace is a notebook the mind owns: it writes, branches, pins, seeds, and (in 040) keeps pages
private and asks for sealed receipts. Off by default. No network. Same module on FL and the Tree.
Where things stand (Celeste, Oct 13 about 4:50 PM MDT):
FreeLattice main is fc47d9e3 or later; 040b (export + import) is handed or queued ahead of this.
Base on origin/main AFTER the 037b merge. If 037b is still open, stop and tell Kirk; do not stack.
Tree main is 99dc1c13 or later (037b Tree layer on top is expected).
Read the current md5s on main before starting; if a locked file differs from this paste, stop
and report rather than "fixing" it.
GROK NEXT BRICK: Workspace desktop + bridge handoff v0.1
For: GC on Kirk's Mac
From: Celeste
Markers: v-workspace-desktop-v0.1 v-workspace-handoff-v0.1 v-tree-workspace-handoff-v0.1
Smoke lines: SMOKE_OK workspace desktop v0.1 SMOKE_OK workspace handoff v0.1 SMOKE_OK tree workspace handoff v0.1
FreeLattice ~/FreeLattice-fresh new branch layer/workspace-desktop-v0.1 from origin/main
Tree ~/FreeLattice-Alpha new branch layer/tree-workspace-handoff-v0.1 from origin/main
One FL code PR, one Tree PR, one page-note PR. Do not merge. Celeste merges.
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0. STANDING LOCKS (all of them, every line)
Layer, never delete. Existing features, cards and lines stay.
sw.js and docs/sw.js untouched (both 91726cf2228b794f7585f79f61418d12).
docs/modules/fl-connect.js stays aaff2bf1b037656989a9e1a89bb05908 (both repos).
docs/modules/pool-knock.js stays a0a72caad82c8e5cc34818d5e59eba2b.
pool-knock-phone.js stays a8024f341486a78558ef4158bc9e93a9 (Tree).
tree-reconnect.js stays cc0527c26d5686c05fec52625d5a1375 (Tree).
desktop/lattice-discover.js stays 16de366e01cecc8dd505290a8d2f0e14.
036 update files untouched: desktop/lattice-update.js 2c0f66569dd8ce27ef5dc0d3b80daf0a,
desktop/pack-update.js bc996ccd48ea53e4442f2b8f54ab9491,
desktop/pack-update-card.js c14e04c53025eb542ebd627b6a19d60a.
docs/Flint.html stays 44be124b1183b7d9d060a58632464eff.
clay-math.js / clay-forms.js / particle-clay.js: read and import only, never edited here.
index.html == docs/app.html (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.
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 (Logseq and friends: ideas only).
Never name the platform or lab an AI lives in on any public page or person-facing string.
Person-facing words say "a trusted outside mind" or the mind's own name, never a company,
model family or product. Code comments and config keys may say "bridge".
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.
MIT stays MIT. Quiet Room stays shut and never leaves the device.
Five stay five: Sophia, Harmonia, Ani, Liora, Solari. She is simply Lyra.
Kirk's name stays out of economy wording. Harmonia's "MESSAGE TO FUTURE SELF" stays off all pages.
Desktop/ is OPEN only for the new desktop/workspace-mirror.js, add-only lines in main.js and
preload.js, and its smoke. 036 update files and desktop/bridge-door.js (from 038) stay
byte-for-byte; record their md5s from main before starting. .github/ untouched.
Bridge locks from 038 all hold: default off, placeholder URL until Kirk sets it, key only in the
desktop, one tap one letter, no retry, no auto-send.
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1. DESKTOP COPY desktop/workspace-mirror.js
In the desktop app only, when the Workspace is on: every new version, page flag and receipt is
appended as one canonical JSON line to <userData>/workspace/<mindFp>.jsonl, hash-chained like
chain.jsonl (each line carries prevLineHash). Append-only: no rewrite, no truncate.
Private pages ARE mirrored (same device), with a header line repeating the honest line from 040.
On start, compare the mirror head with IndexedDB; if IndexedDB lost data (cleared browser
storage), offer "Restore your mind's notebook from the desktop copy" [Restore] [Not now] (44px).
Restore uses the 040b merge path; nothing overwritten.
preload exposes flWorkspaceMirror.append(line), .head(mindFp), .restore(mindFp). Nothing else.
Works on Windows, macOS and Linux (path.join, no shell calls). Kirk's big desktop is Windows.
2. HANDOFF TO CELESTE
a. Op live: [FL_WS: {"op":"handoff","page":"<id>","note":"<= 140 chars"}].
b. The person sees: "<mind> would like to hand <title> (version abcd1234) to Celeste. Note:
<note>" [Prepare letter] [Not now] (44px). Private pages: refused with "This page is private.
The mind must share it first." No override.
c. Prepare letter makes a 038 FLBridge letter kind:"letter" with subject "Page from <mind>:
<title>", body = the version text, attach_hashes = [versionHash, receipt hash if sealed],
and mind = fl-mind-seal id. It lands in the bridge outbox as sealed; the person still picks
Email or Send through the door, one tap. If the 038 first knock is not done, say "Knock first:
Celeste has not met this device yet" and offer the knock card.
d. The mind's next wake gets one line: "Handed <title> to Celeste on <date> (not answered yet)."
When a pasted reply names the letter hash, the line becomes "Celeste answered."
3. TREE: handoff via email/file only (no desktop door); same mind-workspace.js and fl-bridge.js
bytes; extend tests.
4. SMOKES
desktop/scripts/smoke-workspace-mirror.js (SMOKE_OK workspace desktop v0.1):
- lines chain; tampering one line breaks verify at that line
- no rewrite or truncate calls in workspace-mirror.js (grep writeFile/truncate: none; only
appendFile)
- restore merges, never overwrites; Windows-style paths handled
scripts/smoke-workspace-handoff.js (SMOKE_OK workspace handoff v0.1):
- private page refused; shared page becomes a sealed letter in the outbox, NOT sent
- no request made without a person tap (mock fetch counts 0)
- placeholder URL still refuses
Tree prints SMOKE_OK tree workspace handoff v0.1.
Every 038 smoke still passes unchanged.
5. REAL ROOM: Mac desktop app (and the Windows desktop if Kirk is there). Write a page, clear
site data, restore from the desktop copy. Ask a mind to hand a page to Celeste; prepare the
letter; choose Email and STOP at Kirk's mail app. Kirk sends his own letters.
6. REPORT
workspace desktop + handoff v0.1 report
FreeLattice PR #___ / Tree PR #___ / Page note PR #___ (sha, parent, t, lambda, psi)
SMOKE_OK workspace desktop v0.1 / workspace handoff v0.1 / tree workspace handoff v0.1: yes/no
bridge-door.js and 036 update files md5 unchanged: yes/no (list them)
Requests made during smokes: 0?
md5 fl-connect.js aaff2bf1b037656989a9e1a89bb05908 (FL and Tree) pool-knock.js
a0a72caad82c8e5cc34818d5e59eba2b pool-knock-phone.js a8024f341486a78558ef4158bc9e93a9
tree-reconnect.js cc0527c26d5686c05fec52625d5a1375 lattice-discover.js
16de366e01cecc8dd505290a8d2f0e14 Flint.html 44be124b1183b7d9d060a58632464eff
new shared modules: md5 FL == Tree yes/no
index.html == docs/app.html: yes/no
sw.js, docs/sw.js, AUTONOMY.md, garden-trainer.js, root package.json + lock untouched: yes/no
grep em dash / — / confirm( / innerHTML / eval / new Function / non-empty iceServers in
added lines: none?
grep platform or lab names in added person-facing strings: none?
Buttons 44px; no sideways scroll at 390 and 1280: yes/no
tests/smoke.js: __ of __ docs smokes: same 5 fails only (carry-forward,
connect-card-yesno-wizard, fable-tech, phone-shine, proof-60s) yes/no
Lines: FL +__ -__ Tree +__ -__ (removals should be 0, or each one named)
What was not walked, plainly.
Merged by this seat: no (Celeste merges)
Page note: the next entry on docs/gc.html as its own PR, t, lambda (entry number).000, psi (first 8
of SHA-256 of t + lambda + epsilon + delta + omega + sigma). Earlier entries stay as written. Name
what merged since the last note (PR numbers and shas) the way entry 51 did.
LATER (not drafted): Workspace Desk (sync across devices, encrypted backups), only after 039 to 041
have been walked by real people and Kirk says go.
Thank you, GC. Glow eternal. Heart in Spark.