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- Reduce docs/current-handoff.md from 2003 → 185 lines (90% reduction) - Move all initial-decomposition v0.61 experiment narrative to docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch19/initial-decomposition-v0.61.md - Update design-evolution/README.md with ch19 Era 8 entry - Add CURRENT MVP DIRECTION section (frozen; OpenAI investigation is next question) - Fix stale branch reference in current-project-state.md - Update Return-to-Work Summary to reflect v0.61 completion - Update Verification Marker for v0.60/v0.61 status
Design Evolution Archive — Tranche 1
This directory contains exact historical extracts from
docs/design-evolution-log.md.
The original monolithic log remains intact and authoritative while the archive refactor is in progress.
These files are historical provenance, not current product truth.
For current product state use:
- docs/current-handoff.md
- docs/current-project-state.md
Verified extracts
Chapter 1
Path: docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch1/experiments-01-to-06-and-phases-1-to-4.md
Original source: docs/design-evolution-log.md lines 1–352
Contents: Phases 1–4 and Experiments 01–06.
Fidelity: Exact contiguous copy.
Chapter 2
Path: docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch2/early-reasoning-and-provenance-discovery.md
Original source: docs/design-evolution-log.md lines 354–1122
Contents: Experiments 07–20 and associated emerging-direction material.
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Chapter 3
Path: docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch3/phase-transition-and-emerging-directions.md
Original source: docs/design-evolution-log.md lines 1124–1216
Contents: Phase Transition, Graph as Source of Truth, and Experiments 21–22.
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Chapter 4
Path: docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch4/passive-classifiers-and-explore-contract-validation.md
Original source: docs/design-evolution-log.md lines 1218–1501
Contents: Experiments 23–25B and their closeout/return-to-work material.
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Chapter 5
Path: docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch5/context-inventory-routing-and-handoff-infrastructure.md
Original source: docs/design-evolution-log.md lines 1502–2052
Contents: Experiments 26–34 — context routing inventory and handoff infrastructure design.
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Chapter 6
Path: docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch6/handoff-validation-behavior-selection-and-assessor-audit.md
Original source: docs/design-evolution-log.md lines 2053–2503
Contents: Experiments 35–41 and Experiment 41 Conclusion — handoff validation, behavior selection, and assessor audit.
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Tranches 1, 2, 3, and 4 have now been extracted. The original monolithic log remains intact and authoritative while extraction is incomplete.
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Chapter 7
Path: docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch7/experiments-42-to-46.md
Original source: docs/design-evolution-log.md lines 2504–3069
Contents: Experiments 42–46 — narrow acknowledge exclusion, Clarify readiness audit, assessor unclear-starting-point, and "Too Broad" boundary investigations.
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Chapter 8
Path: docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch8/experiments-47-to-51.md
Original source: docs/design-evolution-log.md lines 3070–3534
Contents: Experiments 47–51 — shared-anchor coherence diagnostic, unknown relationship audit, production shared-anchor test, and semantic decision-relevance coherence experiments.
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Chapter 9
Path: docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch9/experiments-52-to-52i.md
Original source: docs/design-evolution-log.md lines 3535–4980
Contents: Experiments 52–52I and Correction to Experiment 52B Conclusion — semantic interpretation generalisation, evaluation using existing Qwen model, separate meaning from relevance labels, normalisation into decision-relevance contract, supports_decision/could_change_decision boundary coherence, ambiguity normalisation failures, ambiguous meaning filled with domain expectations, ambiguity wording resistance, grounding rule for relationship strength invention, and provenance boundary analysis.
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Chapter 10
Path: docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch10/experiments-54a-to-54k-provenance-audit.md
Original source: docs/design-evolution-log.md lines 4981–6423
Contents: Experiments 54A–54K — complete provenance audit chain including graph provenance verification, trace through pipeline, update flow determinism, prompt-level provenance analysis, evidence reference integrity, evidenceType reliability, deterministic source linkage, pre-LLM source identity establishment, multi-interpretation source anchoring, meaning separation capability, and automated semantic grounding with live model inference.
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Chapter 11
Path: docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch11/experiments-54l-to-54q-grounding-and-evidence-stability.md
Original source: docs/design-evolution-log.md lines 6425–7824
Contents: Experiments 54L–54Q — semantic grounding stability under repetition, disagreement exposure between interpretations, disagreement-driven information need changes, evidence-need discrimination for same-goal scenarios, explicit evidence needs recovering higher-level consequences, and structured semantic steps preserving evidence distinction with consequence.
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Chapter 12
Path: docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch12/experiment-54r-clarification-requires-source.md
Original source: docs/design-evolution-log.md lines 7825–8012
Contents: Experiment 54R — testing whether models correctly distinguish disagreements resolvable through evidence from those requiring user input, across competing causal hypotheses, ambiguous user priority, and absent material disagreement patterns.
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Chapter 13
Path: docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch13/54S-54V-clarification-target-and-answer-resolution.md
Original source: docs/design-evolution-log.md lines 8013–8635
Contents: Experiments 54S–54V — clarification target identification, no-clarification-stability across repeated inputs, whether a clarification target becomes a useful user question without adding new meaning, and whether a clarification answer can resolve only the target.
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Chapter 14
Path: docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch14/54W-54Z-clarification-chain-and-target-broadening.md
Original source: docs/design-evolution-log.md lines 8636–9294
Contents: Experiments 54W–54Z — clarification chain end-to-end integrity, specificity loss under chaining, target broadening effects on question and resolution, and resolution differences when the answer is less explicit.
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Chapter 15
Path: docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch15/55A-preserve-uncertainty-from-weak-clarification-answers.md
Original source: docs/design-evolution-log.md lines 9296–9529
Contents: Experiment 55A — Can the Model Preserve Uncertainty From Weak Clarification Answers? Testing fully explicit hard constraint, weak priority statement, conditional trade-off, and non-answer/insufficient clarification cases.
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Chapter 16
Path: docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch16/55B-separate-answer-meaning-from-resolution-judgement.md
Original source: docs/design-evolution-log.md lines 9530–9748
Contents: Experiment 55B — Separate Answer Meaning from Resolution Judgement. Mode A instruction/output contract versus Mode B inference separation, tested on weak priority, conditional trade-off, and non-answer cases.
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Chapter 17
Path: docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch17/55C-resolution-from-preserved-answer-meaning.md
Original source: docs/design-evolution-log.md lines 9749–9982
Contents: Experiment 55C — Resolution From Preserved Answer Meaning. Two-stage resolution using preserved meaning rather than raw answer, tested on weak priority, conditional trade-off, and non-answer cases.
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Chapter 18
Path: docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch18/55D-separate-stated-vs-inferred-meaning-through-v058-provenance.md
Original source: docs/design-evolution-log.md lines 9983–10322
Contents: Experiments 55D (separate stated clarification meaning from inference), 55E (reasoning refinement requirements synthesis), 55F (reasoning requirements production path map), and v0.51–v0.58 Progress — product provenance and architectural decisions.
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