This repository is the canonical general standards authority for the Hyperpolymath estate. Read 0-AI-MANIFEST.a2ml, README.adoc, constitution/README.adoc, and .machine_readable/REGISTRY.a2ml in that order before changing normative material.
Constitutional, normative, profile, local-policy, guidance, template, implementation, generated, and historical material are distinct authority classes. A proposal is not authorised policy until the applicable change procedure is completed. Evidence records what currently holds; it does not gain authority merely by being generated or machine-readable.
Canonical sources include constitution/, domain standard sources, profile sources, and the registry source consumed by scripts/build-registry.sh. .machine_readable/REGISTRY.a2ml and TOPOLOGY.md are generated: never edit them directly. Preserve licences, coined names, MAA's independent authority, and current language/build conventions. Do not add TypeScript or Deno, weaken validation, or describe draft/tested work as proven.
Run the relevant just/must targets, registry and topology generators/checks, A2ML/Nickel/K9 validation where applicable, link/canonical-name checks, and git diff --check. Regenerate twice and require a clean second pass for generated outputs.