# Project Operating Notes

## Active Phase

Current phase: M0-M1 startup.

The active deliverable is a small file-first foundation for a cognitive-processing runtime. The repository should stay closer to runtime setup than governance evidence.

## Source Of Truth

This repository owns its own project boundary and model registry.

External materials are reference inputs only:

- `C:\Users\wangq\Documents\Codex\knowledge-vault\work\internal\强哥的思想宇宙\Cognitive-OS-Wantsong项目总计划 v0.1.md`
- `C:\Users\wangq\Documents\Codex\work-projects\the-mindscape-of-bro-tsong`
- selected Owner-authored cognitive-system source documents in `knowledge-vault`

The old project is not an upstream branch and not a source tree to merge.

## Milestone Order

1. M0: project boundary freeze.
2. M1: model-management kernel.
3. M2: prompt/runtime skeleton.
4. M3: reader translation prompt and before/after translation check.
5. M4: first real sample run.
6. M5: first Local CCRA milestone review.

Do not skip from M1 into sample execution without an explicit owner instruction.

## Supplier Boundaries

This repository may record requests for external reusable tooling later, but M0-M1 should not create a supplier-request channel unless a real missing tool blocks progress.

Reusable policy, reviewers, and broader CCRA method should stay outside this product repo unless the owner explicitly asks to localize a milestone protocol.

## Naming

Use kebab-case for filenames and directories.

Use snake_case for registry `model_id` values when the model identity already uses an underscore, for example `intellectual_archaeology`.

Do not use `lite` suffixes in filenames or model IDs.