Cognitive-OS-Wantsong

status: m0_m1_startup owner: Wantsong date: 2026-06-20

Product Definition

Cognitive-OS-Wantsong is a lightweight, file-first cognitive-processing runtime for Wantsong's personal model system.

The project goal is not to prove that model files can be governed. The first product question is:

Given a real complex input, can the system chain Wantsong's cognitive models
and produce a useful internal cognitive-processing result plus a reader-facing translation?

The startup rule is:

First prove cognitive processing.
Only then govern the pieces that prove useful.

Current Milestone

This repository starts at M0-M1 only.

M0 freezes the project boundary:

• this is a new git repository, not a continuation branch of the-mindscape-of-bro-tsong;
• the old project is only an asset-seed archive and anti-pattern reference;
• old reports, review bundles, Local CCRA histories, selector calibration, full regression, and Round Conductor workflows are not migrated.

M1 creates the minimal model-management kernel:

• models/qpi.md;
• models/intellectual-archaeology.md;
• models/model-registry.json;
• model-management and orchestration rules under docs/.

Not In Scope

Do not add these during M0-M1:

• sample runs;
• prompt runners;
• frontend or backend service;
• database, RAG, vector store, or knowledge graph;
• 10-model expansion;
• full model lifecycle system;
• full selector;
• full regression suite;
• Web review bundle;
• ccra_review_bundle/;
• old reports/;
• old local_ccra_reviews/;
• Round Conductor.

Repository Map

README.md
AGENTS.md
PROJECTS.md
docs/
  PROJECT_BRIEF.md
  COGNITIVE_WORKFLOW_V0.md
  MODEL_MANAGEMENT_V0.md
  MODEL_ORCHESTRATION_V0.md
  READER_TRANSLATION_LAYER_V0.md
  LOCAL_CCRA_MILESTONE_PROTOCOL.md
  ASSET_MIGRATION_POLICY.md
  DECISIONS.md
models/
  qpi.md
  intellectual-archaeology.md
  model-registry.json

No model file uses a lite suffix. Minimality is expressed inside each model card with runtime_scope: minimal_v0 and governance_level: draft_callable.

Operating Posture

QPI is a front-routing and misframing-diagnostic model. It should not become the main product object again.

Intellectual Archaeology is the first deep-processing engine. It should be tested through real cognitive processing before expanding the model universe.

Local CCRA remains available only as a milestone review lane. It is not a default round factory.