# 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:

```text
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:

```text
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

```text
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.