---
kind: "stage-reading-key"
stage: "D6"
title: "Forming: the retelling"
purpose: "Retell the whole model with its organizational forms; new insights remain unvalidated proposals."
status: "finished"
closed_legs: 19
publication: "ac060ba6a06d"
status_note: "This describes source publication ac060ba6a06d, not live state."
authority: "This is a reading key. The linked contract and card hold the rules."
---

# D6: Forming: the retelling

Retell the whole model with its organizational forms; new insights remain unvalidated proposals.

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 D6 card](../reading/stage-D6.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

- `retelling-D6.md`
- `fractal-D6.jsonl`
- `figure-D6.md` (the figure as text: a
mermaid or dot source you can render, with a legend)
- empty `amendments-D6.jsonl`
- `proposals-D6.jsonl` (empty if none)
- `notes-D6.md`
- `handback-D6.md`
- the interview brief, `out/interview/D6b.md`.

## 4. Legs

| Leg | Role | Repeats | Interview point |
|---|---|---|---|
| `D6a` | dimension | yes | - |
| `D6b` | telling and figure | 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**, 19 recorded closed legs. This describes source publication `ac060ba6a06d`, not live state.


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