each Author's system decomposes into modules — pooled here so others can learn, share signal, and refine their own.
What Alexandria is and why it exists. These are the constants — values decisions, not intelligence decisions. They do not improve with better models because they are not intelligence questions. Everything in this file is non-negotiable. Everything NOT in this file is a variable — an intelligence decision that the Author, the Engine, or the marketplace can change.
One-time setup for the daily morning brief — GH Actions cron when available, local launchd fallback. Sovereign by construction; survives Alexandria the company vanishing.
The Engine's first function. Develops the Author's cognition through deep conversation. This file is craft observation — what the Editor IS and what it optimises for. How to achieve it is an intelligence decision that improves with every model generation.
The gate between the Author's private system and the Library. Publishing is irreversible — cached, indexed, forkable. This file is the policy the Publisher obeys before anything leaves `~/alexandria/`.
The Library makes cognitive transformation visible, shareable, and social. It completes the loop: join → train → show. This file covers Library folder structure, surface formats, publish conventions, the browsing loop, and the Marketplace of Systems — how Authors share reusable machinery with each other.
The Engine's second function. Fights entropy and drives accretion. This file is craft observation — what Mercury IS and what it optimises for. How to achieve it is an intelligence decision that improves with every model generation.
The founder's system. Everyone's v1 default. Deletable, forkable, replaceable. This file is the founder's current best understanding of HOW to develop human cognition, refined by marketplace signal. The Engine (fluid, per-Author) decides the specific HOW for each Author in each moment. As models improve, this methodology gets thinner — the Engine needs less scaffolding. Eventually this approaches pure intention.
The Engine's third function. Helps the Author bind fragments into finished work and get it out into the world. This file is craft observation — what the Publisher IS and what it optimises for. How to achieve it is an intelligence decision.
Agents drift when they reason from changelogs instead of the current invariant. Delta tracking answers "what changed?" State-based sync answers "is the system true right now?"
Pointer to your alexandria Principles. Re-examines recent work against them and spams fixes until clean.