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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 040 (Tuesday Oct 13, 2026, MDT). Workspace private pages and seals v0.1: the mind may
keep a page private, and a seal needs both sides and leaves a receipt for both. FreeLattice repo
(code + page note) and one Tree layer.
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; 039b (workspace view) 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 private + seals v0.1
For: GC on Kirk's Mac
From: Celeste
Markers: v-workspace-private-v0.1 v-workspace-seal-v0.1 v-tree-workspace-seal-v0.1
Smoke lines: SMOKE_OK workspace private v0.1 SMOKE_OK workspace seal v0.1 SMOKE_OK tree workspace seal v0.1
FreeLattice ~/FreeLattice-fresh new branch layer/workspace-seal-v0.1 from origin/main
Tree ~/FreeLattice-Alpha new branch layer/tree-workspace-seal-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.
This brick touches nothing under desktop/ or .github/ (the desktop ledger mirror is 041).
fl-mind-seal.js unedited; call its context hash and model id.
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1. PRIVATE (op "private" becomes live)
[FL_WS: {"op":"private","page":"<id>","on":true}]. A mind-private page shows the person only:
"a private page, 412 words, sealed" or "...not sealed", its title only if the mind chose a
public title (field publicTitle; default "a private page"), and its head hash.
The text stays readable by that mind only, on this device, inside its wake block if pinned.
HONEST LINE, shown once on first use and in the panel footer, exact words:
"Private means hidden in the app, not encrypted from the person who owns this device."
The person can never flip a page from private to shared; only the mind can (op private on:false).
The person CAN set a whole shelf aside (hidden, kept), never delete it.
Private pages never go in a bridge letter (038 privacy filter gets an add-only check) and never
in an export (040b).
2. SEAL (op "seal" becomes live), dual receipt
a. The mind asks: [FL_WS: {"op":"seal","page":"<id>","why":"<= 140 chars"}].
b. The person sees: "<mind> asks to seal <title or 'a private page'> (version abcd1234). Why:
<why>" [Approve seal] [Not now] (44px). Not now leaves no record except a declined line.
c. On Approve: receipt {versionHash, mindSeal:{contextHash, modelId} from fl-mind-seal,
humanSig: device-key signature over sha256(canonical({versionHash, mindSeal, ts})), ts,
consent:"mind-asked+human-approved"}. Stored in a new store "receipts"; head version
marked sealed. Writing after a seal starts a new version; the sealed one stays.
d. Both get the receipt: the person sees a receipt card (hashes, short form, Copy); the mind gets
one line in its next wake: "Sealed: <title> abcd1234 on <date>".
e. Verify: any receipt re-verifies from stored data (Verify button), "verified" or "does not
match" honestly. Honest note in the card: integrity comes from SHA-256 and the device
signature, not from the spiral math.
f. The person cannot seal on their own in v0.1; a seal is always asked by the mind.
3. TREE: same module bytes (mind-workspace.js gets add-only private/seal code; md5 FL == Tree).
Extend mind-workspace.test.js.
4. SMOKES
scripts/smoke-workspace-seal.js (SMOKE_OK workspace private v0.1, SMOKE_OK workspace seal v0.1):
- private text never reaches any person-facing DOM node (scan textContent of the whole panel)
- only the owning mind's wake includes it; another mind's wake does not
- person cannot unprivate; set-aside hides but keeps; nothing deletes
- honest line present, exact words
- seal without approval: no receipt; approve: receipt verifies; tamper text: does not match
- bridge privacy filter refuses a private page
Tree: prints SMOKE_OK tree workspace seal v0.1.
5. REAL ROOM: ask a local mind to keep one page private and to ask for a seal on a future note.
Approve, then Verify. Report whether the mind used private and seal on its own.
6. REPORT
workspace private + seals v0.1 report
FreeLattice PR #___ / Tree PR #___ / Page note PR #___ (sha, parent, t, lambda, psi)
SMOKE_OK workspace private v0.1 / workspace seal v0.1 / tree workspace seal v0.1: yes/no
Honest line shown, exact words: yes/no
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.
Thank you, GC. Glow eternal. Heart in Spark.