# arifOS Theory (v55.5)

**Governance First. Intelligence Second.**

This directory contains the **Constitutional Canon** of arifOS. These documents are the authoritative laws that the system code enforces.

## The Canon

### 1. Foundations & Law
*   **[000_FOUNDATIONS.md](000_FOUNDATIONS.md)** — **Philosophy**: The Gödel Lock & Thermodynamic justification.
*   **[000_LAW.md](000_LAW.md)** — **Constitution**: The 13 Constitutional Floors (F1-F13).
*   **[000_ARCHITECTURE.md](000_ARCHITECTURE.md)** — **Design**: The Metabolic Loop (000-999).
*   **[002_GOVERNANCE_EMERGENCE.md](002_GOVERNANCE_EMERGENCE.md)** — **Safety**: Why we prioritize Governance over "Safety".

### 2. The Metabolic Loop (111-999)
*   **[111_MIND_GENIUS.md](111_MIND_GENIUS.md)** — The Physics of Thought (Was 020).
*   **[333_MIND_ATLAS.md](333_MIND_ATLAS.md)** — The Map of Paradoxes (Was 030).
*   **[555_HEART_EMPATHY.md](555_HEART_EMPATHY.md)** — The Physics of Empathy (New).
*   **[777_SOUL_APEX.md](777_SOUL_APEX.md)** — Constitutional Physics (Was 020_APEX).
*   **[888_SOUL_VERDICT.md](888_SOUL_VERDICT.md)** — Verdict Logic (Was 012).
*   **[999_SOVEREIGN_VAULT.md](999_SOVEREIGN_VAULT.md)** — Human Authority (Was 099).

### 3. Federation & Reality
*   **[010_FEDERATION.md](010_FEDERATION.md)** — **⭐ The Reality Protocol**. The 4-Agent verification stack.
*   **[ROOTKEY_SPEC.md](ROOTKEY_SPEC.md)** — Cryptographic Identity & F1 implementation.
*   **[005_EVALS.md](005_EVALS.md)** — Validation & Testing strategy.

### 4. Technical Specifications
*   **[codebase/mcp/README.md](../codebase/mcp/README.md)** — The Model Context Protocol implementation.
*   **[codebase/mcp/tools/VAULT_SPEC.md](../codebase/mcp/tools/VAULT_SPEC.md)** — The Vault sealing protocol.


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## 🏛️ Archivist Notes
Legacy files (v50/v52) such as `FEDERATION.md` and `arifOS-Complete-Canon.md` have been moved to `archive/` to reduce noise.

**Motto:** *Ditempa Bukan Diberi* (Forged, Not Given)
