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All canonical documents
- Data · Markdown
- Run yard, coder instrument v32 · Markdown
- Coder contract __INSTRUMENT__ · Markdown
- Case lead's contract, instrument __INSTRUMENT__ · Markdown
- Fleet coder's contract, instrument __INSTRUMENT__ · Markdown
- The scheduler's contract, run yard v31 · Markdown
- The handler's protocol · Markdown
- The leg handler (legs.py) · Markdown
- Run r/place with Codex · Markdown
- Aggregator's contract, v43. The brief. · Markdown
- METHOD, v43. What the method says, and the shelves. · Markdown
- How to write, for the analyst · Markdown
- STANDING-INSTRUCTIONS, v38. What you hold, the tools, your memory, the leg. · Markdown
- How to run the tools, v43 · Markdown
- Your platform: Claude · Markdown
- Your platform: Codex · Markdown
- The adaptation schema · Markdown
- Stage A1. The reading. · Markdown
- Stage B1. Coding: the third-order scheme. · Markdown
- Stage B2. Assignment: the pilot. · Markdown
- Stage B3. Assignment: the fleet. · Markdown
- Stage B4. Assignment: adjudication, and transmission after revision. · Markdown
- Stage C1. Model: structuring. Scheme v2, and the fourth-order themes. · Markdown
- Stage C2. The model: the loop. · Markdown
- Stage C3. The model against the literature. · Markdown
- Stage C4. The field. · Markdown
- Stage C5. The account. · Markdown
- Stage D1. The return: the build. · Markdown
- Stage D2. The return: the labelers in Codex, and the verdict fleet. · Markdown
- Stage D3. The return: adjudication by element. · Markdown
- Stage D4. The taxonomy from adaptations. · Markdown
- Stage D5. The branch accounts, at every level. · Markdown
- Stage D6. The retelling: the model with its forms inside it. · Markdown
- Stage E1. The audit. · Markdown
- Stage E2. Formalizing: feedback. · Markdown
Complete earlier manual
- Introduction1-introduction.md
- For reviewers: the method, the models, and checking one room10-for-reviewers.md
- r/place and the data we hold2-rplace.md
- How it was built3-how-it-was-built.md
- The coder4-the-coder.md
- The aggregator5-the-aggregator.md
- The handlers6-the-handlers.md
- Tool usage7-tool-usage.md
- The v37 run8-the-v37-run.md
- Talking with a leg, and continuing a run9-resuming.md
- Instrument v43INSTRUMENT-v43.md
- OpenAI models and effortOPENAI-MODELS.md
- r/place: the ManualREADME.md
- The 312 artworks outside the populationartworks-outside-the-population.md
- The census: from 1,473 artworks to 706 communitiescensus.md
- Data and collectiondata-and-collection.md
- Every kind of file, and why it existsfiles/README.md
- The aggregator's filesfiles/aggregator/README.md
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- `handoff/` (RETURN-D.md, TASK-template.md, HANDLER.md)files/aggregator/handoff-templates.md
- `harness/acceptance.sh`files/aggregator/harness-acceptance-sh.md
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- `tools/checks/`files/aggregator/tool-checks.md
- `tools/cite.py`files/aggregator/tool-cite-py.md
- `tools/counts.py`files/aggregator/tool-counts-py.md
- `tools/distance.py`files/aggregator/tool-distance-py.md
- `tools/done.sh`files/aggregator/tool-done-sh.md
- `tools/dreturn.py`files/aggregator/tool-dreturn-py.md
- `tools/fleet.py` (the handler's)files/aggregator/tool-fleet-py.md
- `tools/gen_views.py`files/aggregator/tool-gen-views-py.md
- `tools/handoff.py`files/aggregator/tool-handoff-py.md
- `tools/ingest.py`files/aggregator/tool-ingest-py.md
- `tools/links.py`files/aggregator/tool-links-py.md
- `tools/mem.py`files/aggregator/tool-mem-py.md
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- `tools/packets.py`files/aggregator/tool-packets-py.md
- `tools/probe.py`files/aggregator/tool-probe-py.md
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- `tools/vlib.py`files/aggregator/tool-vlib-py.md
- `trees/<room>.md`files/aggregator/trees-room-md.md
- The coder's filesfiles/coder/README.md
- The operating notes (AGENT.md)files/coder/agent-md.md
- tools/audit_fleet.pyfiles/coder/audit-fleet-py.md
- The brief and its outputs (brief/)files/coder/brief-outputs.md
- The case-lead prompt (CASE-LEAD-PROMPT.md)files/coder/case-lead-prompt.md
- The changelog (CHANGELOG-v32.md)files/coder/changelog.md
- Case-lead checkpoints (CHECKPOINTS.md)files/coder/checkpoints.md
- cite.pyfiles/coder/cite-py.md
- close_run.pyfiles/coder/close-run-py.md
- yard/_tools/codex_lead.pyfiles/coder/codex-lead-py.md
- yard/_tools/coding_queue.pyfiles/coder/coding-queue-py.md
- The brief writer's contract (CONTRACT-brief-writer.md)files/coder/contract-brief-writer.md
- The case lead's contract (CONTRACT-case-lead.md)files/coder/contract-case-lead.md
- The fleet coder's contract (CONTRACT-fleet-coder.md)files/coder/contract-fleet-coder.md
- The scheduler's contract (CONTRACT-scheduler.md)files/coder/contract-scheduler.md
- The coder contract (CONTRACT.md)files/coder/contract.md
- The corpus filesfiles/coder/corpus-files.md
- cut_window_v32.pyfiles/coder/cut-window.md
- emit.pyfiles/coder/emit-py.md
- A fleet batch (fleet/batch_NN/)files/coder/fleet-batch.md
- tools/fleet.pyfiles/coder/fleet-py.md
- yard/_tools/lead_archive.pyfiles/coder/lead-archive-py.md
- The lead session archivefiles/coder/lead-session-archive.md
- materials.tar.zstfiles/coder/materials-archive.md
- newbrief.pyfiles/coder/newbrief-py.md
- newrun.pyfiles/coder/newrun-py.md
- The run's packagefiles/coder/package.md
- read_brief.pyfiles/coder/read-brief-py.md
- read.pyfiles/coder/read-py.md
- The record files (record/)files/coder/record-files.md
- render_corpus_v32.pyfiles/coder/render-corpus.md
- render_openings_v32.pyfiles/coder/render-openings.md
- ROOM.mdfiles/coder/room-md.md
- yard/_tools/room.pyfiles/coder/room-py.md
- run.tar.zstfiles/coder/run-archive.md
- yard/_tools/start_yard_lead.pyfiles/coder/start-yard-lead-py.md
- STATE.jsonfiles/coder/state-json.md
- The tools, one way across the tiers (TOOLS-SPEC.md)files/coder/tools-spec.md
- tools/tree_builder.pyfiles/coder/tree-builder-py.md
- validation/files/coder/validation.md
- The yard, file by filefiles/coder/yard-structure.md
- The handler's folderfiles/handler/README.md
- Glossaryglossary.md
- How the aggregator remembersmemory/aggregator.md
- How the case lead and its fleet remembermemory/coder-lead.md
- The numbersnumbers.md
- A1: Reading: room notesopenai-stages/A1.md
- B1: Coding: third-order schemeopenai-stages/B1.md
- B2: Coding: pilotopenai-stages/B2.md
- B3: Coding: fleetopenai-stages/B3.md
- B4: Coding: adjudication and freezeopenai-stages/B4.md
- C1: Model: structuringopenai-stages/C1.md
- C2: Model: the loopopenai-stages/C2.md
- C3: Model: literatureopenai-stages/C3.md
- C4: Model: the fieldopenai-stages/C4.md
- C5: Model: accountopenai-stages/C5.md
- D1: Adaptation: return buildopenai-stages/D1.md
- D2: Adaptation: labelers and verdictsopenai-stages/D2.md
- D3: Adaptation: adjudicationopenai-stages/D3.md
- D4: Forming: the treeopenai-stages/D4.md
- D5: Forming: branch accountsopenai-stages/D5.md
- D6: Forming: the retellingopenai-stages/D6.md
- E1: Formalizing: auditopenai-stages/E1.md
- E2: Formalizing: feedbackopenai-stages/E2.md
- Requirements and datarequirements-and-data.md
- Stage A1. Reading: room notesstages/A1.md
- Stage B1. Coding: third-order schemestages/B1.md
- Stage B2. Coding: pilotstages/B2.md
- Stage B3. Coding: fleetstages/B3.md
- Stage B4. Coding: adjudication and freezestages/B4.md
- Stage C1. Model: structuringstages/C1.md
- Stage C2. Model: the loopstages/C2.md
- Stage C3. Model: literaturestages/C3.md
- Stage C4. Model: the fieldstages/C4.md
- Stage C5. Model: accountstages/C5.md
- Stage D1. Adaptation: return buildstages/D1.md
- Stage D2. Adaptation: labelers and verdictsstages/D2.md
- Stage D3. Adaptation: adjudicationstages/D3.md
- Stage D4. Forming: the treestages/D4.md
- Stage D5. Forming: branch accountsstages/D5.md
- Stage D6. Forming: the retellingstages/D6.md
- Stage E1. Formalizing: auditstages/E1.md
- Stage E2. Formalizing: feedbackstages/E2.md
- Trace one claim down to the Reddit texttrace-a-claim.md
- OpenAI operationManual-html/FLEET-ARMS.html · historical HTML
- OpenAI operationManual-html/OPENAI-A1.html · historical HTML
- OpenAI operationManual-html/OPENAI-B1.html · historical HTML
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- OpenAI operationManual-html/OPENAI-E1.html · historical HTML
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- Start the controllerManual-html/OPENAI-LIVE.html · historical HTML
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- OpenAI operationManual-html/V43-CONTRACT-aggregator.html · historical HTML
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