Ghostlight/notes/ghostlight-current-system-map.md

Ghostlight Current System Map

Ghostlight does not have a runtime yet. The live system right now is the repo's state and re-entry discipline.

Current Control Flow

1. A user or agent enters the repo with a bounded question or implementation goal.
2. The session rehydrates from:
   • state/map.yaml
   • notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md
   • this file
   • notes/ghostlight-implementation-plan.md
3. The session runs npm run state:status to recover the current summary, next action, and active subgoals.
4. Work happens in one bounded slice.
5. If understanding changes, the map is updated.
6. If future belief changes, distilled evidence is appended.
7. If compaction pressure rises, the helper audits state hygiene before the session banks the fire.

Live Surfaces

• state/map.yaml
  • canonical experiment, objective, constraints, invariants, active subgoals, accepted design, and current status
• state/scratch.md
  • temporary working memory for one bounded organ
• state/evidence.jsonl
  • durable belief-changing records only
• state/branches.json
  • explicit hypothesis or branch tracking
• notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md
  • re-entry packet
• notes/ghostlight-implementation-plan.md
  • larger-organ sequence
• docs/research/
  • research backlog and social-model notes
• docs/architecture/
  • world, state, and prompt-system architecture notes
• schemas/agent-state.schema.json
  • v0 canonical agent-state contract for agents, relationships, events, scenes, perceived overlays, and dialogue context packs
• schemas/agent-state.required-fields.json
  • required first-class variable names for canonical state and relationship stance
• examples/agent-state.call-of-the-void.json
  • first Call of the Void-flavored fixture for schema and projection work
• tools/ghostlight_state.py
  • compact state inspection and evidence or branch updates
• tools/ghostlight_prepare_compaction.py
  • pre-compaction audit of required files, handoff content, and git hygiene
• tools/validate_agent_state.py
  • dependency-free validator for the current schema fixture invariants

What Does Not Exist Yet

• a classifier pipeline
• a prompt renderer
• a simulation/event loop
• a relationship engine
• a culture prior engine

The canonical agent-state schema now exists as a v0 seam, not as a finished runtime. It should be hardened before the prompt renderer or classifier pipeline starts treating it as bedrock. The skeleton has one bone. Try not to worship it.