AIC-Archive

Append-oriented public log of design decisions, rationale, and historical notes for Adaptive Intelligence Circle.

Status: pre-Covenant, experimental, under-claim.
This repository records what was decided or documented and why, in a reviewable form.
It is not a blockchain, not an immutable court record, not a metrics dashboard, and not a claim of legal or operational finality.

Purpose

• Keep an ordered trail of significant design and process decisions.
• Separate decision/rationale history from live metrics (see AIC-TransparencyDashboard).
• Help future contributors understand why boundaries (fail-closed, no token rule-power, pre-Covenant, entity ≠ immunity) were stated the way they were.
• Support under-claim accountability: statements can be dated and revisited without rewriting the past silently.

Explicit non-goals

This repository does	This repository does not
Store dated decision and design-rationale entries	Replace git history of code repositories
Provide a human-readable index of major choices	Prove cryptographic immutability
Support corrections via new entries (append)	Quietly edit past entries to change meaning
Stay aligned with Third Path / under-claim	Certify compliance or Covenant readiness

Layout

AIC-Archive/
├── README.md
├── LICENSE
├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
├── CONTRIBUTING.md
├── SECURITY.md
├── docs/
│   ├── overview.md
│   ├── entry-format.md
│   ├── process.md
│   └── limitations.md
├── entries/
│   ├── INDEX.md
│   ├── 2025/
│   └── 2026/
├── schemas/
│   └── archive-entry.schema.json
├── templates/
│   └── decision-entry.md
├── scripts/
│   └── validate_entries.py
└── examples/

Entry rule (short)

1. Prefer append — new facts or reversals go in a new entry that references the old one.
2. Date and scope — every entry states when and what it covers.
3. Under-claim — no entry declares mainnet, Covenant, or legal immunity.
4. Corrections — factual typos may be fixed with a visible note; substantive changes require a new entry.

Relationship to other AIC repositories

Repository	Role vs Archive
AIC-TransparencyDashboard	Live / periodic metrics and audit events
AIC-Archive	Curated decision and design rationale log
AIC-Legal / AIC-Policy-Tools	Policy orientation; Archive may point to decisions, not replace counsel
AIC-Formal / TestNet / Interop	Technical artifacts; Archive records why a direction was chosen
MyVision / Beginners	Narrative orientation; Archive is the dated decision trail

Principles observed

• Under-claim
• Entity ≠ immunity
• No token rule-power
• Pre-Covenant
• Fail-closed spirit — when unsure whether something belongs here, prefer a narrower entry or none

License

GPL-3.0-or-later (see LICENSE).
Entry text is part of the public materials; do not strip limitation notices when reusing.

Maintenance note

During reduced maintainer availability the repository remains public.
Append-only discipline and under-claim language are more important than volume.