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Evidence, newest first

Section titled “Evidence, newest first”

Three kinds of document, kept apart because they are read for three different reasons:

  • Notes are dated (YYYY-MM-DD-topic.md) and indexed newest first. A note from yesterday is evidence about today’s tree; a note from 2026-09-21 is history. Nothing here is maintained — it is what was believed, with its measurements.
  • Papers & specs are one page per paper: our transcription of a formula, or our reading of an upstream reference implementation. Reference material — read when you need the equation, not when you need the status.
  • Decisions are the owner’s decision sheets: inputs to a decision, not records of one.

A note is a snapshot of a belief on a date. Where a note and the agent rulebook disagree, the rulebook is later: it is the one that records retractions.