the Context Layer.
a user-controlled contract for moving the minimum useful context across models, agents & applications.
one boundary. six recorded steps.
each exchange starts with a declared purpose & ends with a receipt. raw vault access never crosses the boundary.
- 01capture
preserve origin
- 02normalize
derive with provenance
- 03vault
retain authority
- 04decide
grant, reduce or deny
- 05bundle
minimum useful context
- 06act
execute & receipt
receipt rail
request → decision → disclosure → action → writeback
from argument to implementation.
start with the contract.
the reference starter covers request validation, deterministic policy reduction, scoped bundle issuance & receipts. it does not claim a production vault, identity system or signing suite.