Document projector seam before compaction

notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md

@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ training feedstock for projection and dialogue scaffolding.
 
 ## Current Next Action
 
-Materialize the accepted v5 thinking-plus-tools sequential capture into an Ink
-branch draft and sidecar, then apply reviewed state mutation only after
-validation.
+Build the projector artifact seam that translates canonical state into compact
+character-local operating context, then rerun or materialize v5-style
+sequential generation through that projector rather than raw state soup.
 
 Cat/Oz remains useful as an Elysium procedural mechanics fixture, but grounded
 training data should start from authored historical lore rather than gameplay
@@ -196,13 +196,22 @@ Completed projection path items:
   v3 preserved a useful failure where old prompt text still caused plain JSON
   content in later passes; v5 is accepted as draft and produced valid
   tool-shaped Maer choice, Sella appraisal, and Sella next action
+- identify the projector gap:
+  the sequential runner is still scaffolding because it sends selected raw
+  numeric state variables into prompts. The next real organ is a projector or
+  state interpreter that turns canonical variables, memories, relationship
+  stance, culture, and scene pressure into readable character-local operating
+  context and action affordances. Character agents should not need to interpret
+  `current_activation`, `plasticity`, or numeric dimension scores.
 
 Remaining projection path:
 
 - build a deterministic speaker-local input slicer
 - build a renderer that emits projection controls before prompt prose
-- materialize the accepted v5 thinking-plus-tools sequential capture into Ink
-  and sidecar annotation
+- build the projector artifact seam before materializing more generated
+  branches
+- rerun or adapt v5-style thinking-plus-tools sequential generation through
+  projected character-local context instead of raw state variables
 - improve the local-awareness-to-Ink prompt so semantic `training_hooks` do not
   drift into future branch ids, object custody remains branch-local, and action
   labels come from the exact canonical enum

notes/ghostlight-current-system-map.md

@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ Ink is now the standard branching scene format. The first Qwen-generated Ink
 draft now exists with a reviewed capture, the first selected branch now has a
 reviewed mutation replay that updates both involved characters, v2 shows the
 symmetrical turn model improves action behavior, and v5 proves local
-thinking-plus-tools invocation works for the scene runner. The next
-implementation target is materializing the accepted v5 capture into Ink and a
-sidecar annotation.
+thinking-plus-tools invocation works for the scene runner. The runner is still
+scaffolding because it sends selected raw numeric state variables into the
+model. The next implementation target is the projector artifact seam: canonical
+state becomes compact character-local operating context before Qwen sees it.

notes/ghostlight-implementation-plan.md

@@ -114,8 +114,15 @@
      text conflicted with tool calling.
    - Fifth sequential draft: v5 is accepted as draft. It used thinking plus
      native tools for Maer choice, Sella appraisal, and Sella next action.
-   - Next prototype: materialize the accepted v5 capture into Ink and sidecar
-     annotation, then apply reviewed state mutation only after validation.
+   - Projector gap: the sequential runner still sends selected raw numeric
+     state variables into prompts. This is acceptable scaffolding for Qwen
+     plumbing tests, not the final Ghostlight architecture.
+   - Next prototype: build the projector artifact seam that turns canonical
+     variables, memory, relationship stance, culture, and scene pressure into
+     compact character-local operating context and action affordances.
+   - After projector seam exists, rerun or adapt v5-style thinking-plus-tools
+     sequential generation through projected context, then materialize only a
+     validated branch into Ink and sidecar annotation.
 
 5. Build the projection distillation loop. Started.
    - Use `docs/architecture/projection-distillation-plan.md` as the teacher to

state/map.yaml

@@ -118,7 +118,10 @@ accepted_design:
   - The second sequential Qwen capture validates the symmetrical turn shape behaviorally by producing canonical action labels and a non-speech Sella action, but still needs revision because prose prompting did not enforce array-typed JSON fields.
   - Qwen structured generation should use Ollama `/api/chat` with native tools and `think: true`, not `/api/generate` plus prose-only JSON instructions; Qwen's XML-shaped tool format is an internal chat-template/tool-call convention, not a reason to wrap Ghostlight artifacts in XML.
   - The local Qwen tool path works with thinking enabled, but nested arguments can still double-stringify, so the runner repairs known nested fields and preserves failures as reviewed captures.
+  - The current sequential Qwen runner is scaffolding, not the final projection architecture: it still sends selected raw numeric state variables directly to the model.
+  - A projector/state interpreter must sit between canonical agent state and Qwen prompts, translating numbers, memories, relationships, culture, and scene pressure into compact character-local operating context and affordances.
+  - Character agents should not need to interpret `current_activation`, `plasticity`, or raw dimension scores; those belong to Ghostlight's internal state model and projector training data.
 
 current_status:
-  summary: Ghostlight now has the Epiphany-style persistence spine, the first architecture payload, the v0 canonical agent-state schema seam, prompt projection docs, immediate schema fixes from evaluation, first reviewed Cat/Oz projection examples, a revised Aetheria lore-grounding architecture, a lore grounding digest schema, the first draft Cold Wake historical grounding digest, a Cold Wake story-lab fixture, projection controls, validated Qwen capture receipts, a complete Cold Wake short story assembled from accepted projection outputs, a hand-authored Ink-backed Cold Wake branching scene, the first Qwen-generated Ink draft materialized from local awareness with reviewed training annotations, the first reviewed sequential branch mutation that updates both Maer and Sella after a sanctuary intake beat, a v2 sequential Qwen capture proving the symmetrical turn shape produces better action behavior, and a v5 sequential Qwen capture proving local thinking-plus-tools invocation works for the scene runner.
-  next_action: Materialize the accepted v5 thinking-plus-tools sequential capture into an Ink branch draft and sidecar, then apply reviewed state mutation only after validation.
+  summary: Ghostlight now has the Epiphany-style persistence spine, the first architecture payload, the v0 canonical agent-state schema seam, prompt projection docs, immediate schema fixes from evaluation, first reviewed Cat/Oz projection examples, a revised Aetheria lore-grounding architecture, a lore grounding digest schema, the first draft Cold Wake historical grounding digest, a Cold Wake story-lab fixture, projection controls, validated Qwen capture receipts, a complete Cold Wake short story assembled from accepted projection outputs, a hand-authored Ink-backed Cold Wake branching scene, the first Qwen-generated Ink draft materialized from local awareness with reviewed training annotations, the first reviewed sequential branch mutation that updates both Maer and Sella after a sanctuary intake beat, a v2 sequential Qwen capture proving the symmetrical turn shape produces better action behavior, a v5 sequential Qwen capture proving local thinking-plus-tools invocation works for the scene runner, and a newly explicit projector gap warning that raw state variables must not be the final prompt surface.
+  next_action: Build the projector artifact seam that translates canonical state into compact character-local operating context, then rerun or materialize v5-style sequential generation through that projector rather than raw state soup.