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The document contract for the entire ORE Studio information graph. Every document in doc/ follows the rules defined here. Read in order on first contact; refer back to individual entries as needed.

1. Glossary — what we mean by task, story, sprint, version, function, plan, recipe, and many other architectural terms.
2. Cybernetics — what cybernetics is and how it informs ORE Studio.
3. Viable System Model — Beer's five-system model and the S3* audit channel.
4. Cybernetic levels — the five levels of concern and what each is responsible for.
5. Document types — every document type, its frontmatter contract, filename convention, and required sections.
6. Lifecycle — TODO state transitions and where each state lives.
7. Execution model — how LLMs and agents operate inside this system.