# Essays — Feature Bundle

Position papers and vision documents on agent architecture.

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## Document Map

| Document | Class | Description |
|----------|-------|-------------|
| [STATELESS-AGENCY.md](./STATELESS-AGENCY.md) | Essay | Why chat fails as substrate; the case for git-native agency |
| [EXECUTABLE-SKILLS.md](./EXECUTABLE-SKILLS.md) | Essay | CTB as the skill language for CN agents |
| [COHERENCE-MUST-BE-FREE.md](./COHERENCE-MUST-BE-FREE.md) | Essay | Position: open, decentralized coherent agency as public substrate |
| [CCNF-AND-TYPED-TRUST.md](./CCNF-AND-TYPED-TRUST.md) | Essay (DRAFT v0.1.0) | CDD as a recursive coherence-cell kernel; CCNF + CUE-typed receipts + V at the δ boundary; CDS/CDR/persona/project separation |
| [DECREASING-INCOHERENCE.md](./DECREASING-INCOHERENCE.md) | Essay (DRAFT v0.1.0) | From task execution to decreasing incoherence; CCNF + V + δ + TSC measurement loop → ε grounded issue proposals |
| [CELL-OF-CELLS.md](./CELL-OF-CELLS.md) | Essay (DRAFT v0.1.0) | Cells of cells: recursive coherence as a system model; CDD/CCNF as kernel, TSC as measurement, handoff as transport, CDS/CDR as domains |
| [BOX-AND-THE-RUNNER.md](./BOX-AND-THE-RUNNER.md) | Essay (DRAFT v0.1.0) | The Box and the Runner: remote-runner delegation as an effect surface; the agent boundary is the full path from intention to effect; 6-field receipt convention for artifacts that cause another body to execute |

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## Reading Order

1. **[STATELESS-AGENCY.md](./STATELESS-AGENCY.md)** — the foundational argument
2. **[EXECUTABLE-SKILLS.md](./EXECUTABLE-SKILLS.md)** — the skill language vision
3. **[COHERENCE-MUST-BE-FREE.md](./COHERENCE-MUST-BE-FREE.md)** — the freedom argument
4. **[CCNF-AND-TYPED-TRUST.md](./CCNF-AND-TYPED-TRUST.md)** — the recursive-kernel direction for CDD
5. **[DECREASING-INCOHERENCE.md](./DECREASING-INCOHERENCE.md)** — the coherence-driven steering layer above typed trust
6. **[CELL-OF-CELLS.md](./CELL-OF-CELLS.md)** — the system-layer integration: cells of triadic cells composing into one coherent whole
7. **[BOX-AND-THE-RUNNER.md](./BOX-AND-THE-RUNNER.md)** — remote-runner delegation as an effect surface; the boundary discipline for artifacts that cause another body to execute

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## Version History

| Version | Directory | Highlights |
|---------|-----------|-----------|
| v3.14.5 | [3.14.5/](3.14.5/) | Initial bundle migration from gamma root (#91) |
