Manifesto
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MANIFESTO.mdat the repository root is the canonical statement of these principles. This page is a short summary; the repo file is authoritative when in doubt.
Five principles. Non-negotiable. Every architectural, design, governance, and product decision is judged against them.
1. Lower friction for users, and for contributors
Section titled “1. Lower friction for users, and for contributors”Every install, every PR, every skill must be addable in under fifteen minutes. The cost of participation is the cost of contribution. If a new contributor has to read three files before they can do anything, the documentation has failed.
2. Local-first by default; cloud is opt-in
Section titled “2. Local-first by default; cloud is opt-in”Neurodivergent telemetry never leaves the user’s machine without an explicit consent action per scope. There is no “for your own good” exception.
3. Lived-experience review is decisive
Section titled “3. Lived-experience review is decisive”Reviewers with the relevant neurotype have final say on artefacts targeted at that neurotype. Self-identification is sufficient — diagnosis is never a gate.
4. Composable over monolithic
Section titled “4. Composable over monolithic”No god-modules. Profiles, skills, MCP servers, and plugins are swappable units. A user should be able to keep their cognitive graph and replace every other piece without losing what they have built.
5. Refuse where appropriate
Section titled “5. Refuse where appropriate”We build clinical guardrails into the substrate. AI that fuels rumination, hyperfocus, or anxiety is a regression, not a feature.
These principles bind every decision recorded in the Architecture Decision Records and every page in this documentation.