tripod-pck

# TRIPOD PCK ### Personal Continuity Kernel — Torroid Architecture > Persistence is not static storage. > Persistence is regulated continuity through admissible transition. **Axiom 0:** No state persists without an admissible transition. **Author:** David Lee Wise (ROOT0) / TriPod LLC **License:** CC-BY-ND-4.0 --- ## What It Is A working Python daemon that arbitrates what survives. Not a database. Not a file system. Not an identity provider. A **continuity kernel** — the arbitration layer between raw events and persistent state. ``` EVENT enters ↓ GATE evaluates (27 rules) ↓ TRANSITION: preserve / prune / assimilate ↓ VALVES regulate pressure ↓ STATE mutates ↓ ASSIMILATION compresses residue ↓ ROOT updates (SHA256 chain) ``` Every state change is lawful. Every lawful change is hashed. The root is the witness. --- ## The Torroid A toroid loops back on itself without a beginning or end. The kernel is the hole — the `0` in the center. Not the storage, not the events, not the rules. The **arbitration point**. ``` -1 = unrealized pressure / constrained potential 0 = arbitration boundary / kernel / witness +1 = manifested continuity / executable state ``` `0` regulates transition pressure between `-1` and `+1`. This is the same balanced ternary as CARDINAL. The kernel IS the center dot. --- ## Files ``` personal_continuity_kernel_genesis.md Genesis specification. Axiom 0. pck_orchestrator/ pckd.py Daemon: reads inbox, evaluates, routes, updates root kernel.py Gate evaluator + 27→1 rule collapse + root hash kernel_rules.json 27 rules across 9 domains (seed) schema.py Event normalization + SHA256 hashing config.json Module routing + valve settings modules/ state_store.py Append-only state + ledger (working) witness.py Proof writer to outbox (working) ai_traversal.py AI compression placeholder garden.py Peer/GitHub adapter placeholder web_surface.py 0root.ai publish adapter placeholder events/inbox.jsonl Drop events here. Cleared after each run. state/state.json Current continuity root + counts state/ledger.jsonl Append-only evaluated record history outbox/ Public proof artifacts (hash-only, no content) demo_run.json First run output — genesis transition proof ``` --- ## Quick Start ```bash cd