Placemats

Understand the architecture through its governing distinctions.

These reference maps explain the relationships behind the engineering canon. They are editorial navigation aids derived from the source bundle, not additional normative specifications. Use the underlying principles, declaration trees, and check scripts as the authority.

Five Artifact Kinds

Principles, checks, lenses, skills, surfaces

Two Axes of Verification

Construction and conformance

The Three-Layer Boundary

Surfaces → API → library

State & Delivery

Release, control, and accumulated state