---
kind: "stage-reading-key"
stage: "A1"
title: "Reading: room notes"
purpose: "Read the communities before naming a common scheme."
status: "finished"
closed_legs: 57
publication: "c070d990be88"
status_note: "This describes source publication c070d990be88, not live state."
authority: "This is a reading key. The linked contract and card hold the rules."
---

# A1: Reading: room notes

Read the communities before naming a common scheme.

This is a reading key. The linked contract and card hold the rules.

## 1. Reading order

1. [Contract](../reading/contract.md), [method](../reading/method.md), [standing instructions](../reading/standing.md).
2. Your recorded platform: [Claude](../reading/platform-claude.md) or [Codex](../reading/platform-codex.md).
3. [Full A1 card](../reading/stage-A1.md), then the run's head, diary and handler deliveries as that card prescribes.

## 2. Inputs and permitted reading

Use the full card's startup packet and reading boundaries. Do not use files from later stages merely because this repository contains them. Historical interviews use the files in their selected bundle.

## 3. Outputs, quoted from the card

- `rooms/<sub>.md` one per room of the analysed set
- `lexicon-A1.md`
- `running-A1.md`
- `contrast.md`
- `dropped.jsonl` (written even when empty)
- `notes-A1.md`
- `coordinating-rule-A1.md`
- `organizing_end-A1.jsonl`
- `order-A1.txt`
- `leads-A1.jsonl` (written even when empty)
- `departures.jsonl` and `defects.jsonl` opened, empty or not
- `run_manifest.json`
- `handback-A1.md`
- `_head.md`, written for the first time at the first close. **No scheme is
written in this stage.**

## 4. Legs

| Leg | Role | Repeats | Interview point |
|---|---|---|---|
| `A1a` | checks and screen | no | - |
| `A1b` | reading block | yes | - |
| `A1c` | lexicon and analysed set | no | end |

## 5. Checks and handback

The stage card governs its checks. The [handler](../reading/handler.md) and [leg controller](../reading/legs.md) govern opening, close, pause and recovery. Do not infer permission to start from this page. Keep notes and the head current; the conversation and filesystem must match at any resumable close.

## 6. Published record

Status: **finished**, 57 recorded closed legs. This describes source publication `c070d990be88`, not live state.


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