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 # INTENT
 
+> **NetKingdom layering review — 2026-08-28.** This repository's role was reviewed
+> against the NetKingdom IT-security layer model: **Taxonomy → Tooling → Engines →
+> Staff**, layered by determinism and by the kind of artifact each layer produces.
+> Findings and the argument behind them:
+> `gate-house/history/2026-08-28-security-layer-model-and-gate-house-recut.md`.
+> The model as currently stated is `gate-house/INTENT.md` § "Where Gate House Sits";
+> it is ruled to become a `net-kingdom/canon/standards/` standard, not yet written.
+>
+> The layer rule that binds every repository: **Staff never touches tooling
+> directly. It acts only through engine APIs.**
+>
+> **This repository is Taxonomy — the estate's canon of record.** The layer model belongs here, in `canon/standards/`, as NetKingdom-flavored security architecture rather than general semantic contract. This INTENT should name the four layers as the structure of the estate and reference the standard once written. The canon currently holds no authority or Active Secrets Management standard, and does not mention gate-house at all.
+>
+> *This note records what should change. The body below is not yet adapted.*
+
 > This file captures **why this repository exists**,
 > the **direction it is moving toward**, and
 > the **kind of system it is meant to become**.