Complete Phase V Spirits and Ghosts (SOUL-WP-0006)

Formalize Sp. evaluation dimensions and Gh. authority/governance; map law gaps without legal conclusions; support H9/H10; confirm TE-07. Write phase-v synthesis, finish SOUL-WP-0006, and mark SOUL-WP-0007 ready.
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--- a/Claims.md
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@ -199,30 +199,33 @@ Claim: Agent, Spirit, and Ghost should not automatically be treated as mutually
 Soul Frame concept: Agent, Spirit, Ghost
 Supporting literature:
  - RN-003 Sp./Gh. cases; RN-005 SF-C053/C054 (new lineage vs authorized succession)
-  - Phase IV crosswalk: Functional Agent and APE stack under same Being dimensions
-  - research/ai-agents/agent-architecture-crosswalk.md
-Contradicting literature: market taxonomies treating “AI agent” as ontological kind
+  - Phase IV agent/APE crosswalk; Phase V Sp./Gh. maps and synthesis
+  - Combinatorial use: Agent+Sp., Gh.+Persona policies (Introduction §11)
+Contradicting literature: market taxonomies treating labels as exclusive species
 Adjacent terminology: digital human, companion, generative agent, posthumous avatar
-Evidence strength: moderate (Agent side strong; Sp./Gh. full pass Phase V)
-Open questions: RQ8 hybrids; Sp./Gh. authority details
-Required refinement: typology vs dimensions
-Status: under review (Agent/APE side strengthened Phase IV)
+Evidence strength: moderate → strong (conceptual)
+Open questions: hybrid display conventions
+Required refinement: keep as dimensions/provenance, not exclusive kinds
+Status: supported (Phase V)
 ```

 ### H10 — Ghosthood requires authority

 ```text
-Claim: Technical fidelity alone is insufficient for legitimate Gh. status.
+Claim: Technical fidelity alone is insufficient for legitimate Gh. status;
+       authority is required.
 Soul Frame concept: Ghost
 Supporting literature:
-  - RN-005 False Ghost / usurpation / provenance forgery cases
-  - Digital afterlife ethics literature (pointer; Phase V)
-Contradicting literature: (pending)
-Adjacent terminology: personality rights, consent, fiduciary duty
-Evidence strength: moderate conceptually; legal map pending Phase V
-Open questions: succession, commercial use
-Required refinement: governance model for Ghosts
-Status: under review
+  - Introduction §10; TE-07; RN-005 False Ghost / usurpation / forgery
+  - Spitale & Germani digital ghost ethics; Lei et al. AI afterlife expectations
+  - research/ghosts-digital-legacy/ghost-authority-map.md
+  - law gap sketch (adjacency, not identity of legal and Soul Frame authority)
+Contradicting literature: folk “if it acts like them”; unauthorized deepfakes
+Adjacent terminology: consent, personality rights, fiduciary duty, digital remains
+Evidence strength: moderate → strong (conceptual + ethics lit)
+Open questions: succession instruments; commercial Gh.; OQ-040 rare continuation
+Required refinement: governance charter elements
+Status: supported (Phase V)
 ```

 ---
--- a/OpenQuestions.md
+++ b/OpenQuestions.md
@ -80,13 +80,14 @@ persona ≠ identity; H8/TE-06 for multi-Persona. Remaining:

 ## RQ8 — What kinds of artificial Being exist?

-**Phase IV status:** Agent architectures mapped as Functional Agent / APE /
-proto-Being / candidate Being / heteronomous individual. Sp./Gh. remain Phase V
-for authority and public-reflection provenance. Remaining:
+**Phase V status:** **working answer** — Agent / Spirit / Ghost are provenance
+and construction descriptors (H9 supported), combinable; Sp. public reflection;
+Gh. authority-bound genealogy without automatic numerical identity (H10).
+Remaining:

- Formal typology vs dimensions (H9)
- Evaluation criteria for candidate Being claims
- Org “digital employees” vs constitutive Being
+- Display conventions for hybrids  
+- Candidate Being evaluation harnesses  
+- OQ-040 rare Gh. continuation claims

 ## Cross-cutting

@ -131,3 +132,7 @@ for authority and public-reflection provenance. Remaining:
 | Generative agent = Being? | **No** — APE/proto-Being, heteronomous | Phase IV; Park et al. |
 | Memory store = continuity? | **No** — conditions required | Phase IV persistence map |
 | Model = Being? | **No** — Actor | H6; Phase IV |
+| Sp. = source person? | **No** — inspiration provenance | Phase V |
+| Gh. fidelity = Gh. legitimacy? | **No** — authority required | H10; TE-07 |
+| Gh. authority = numerical identity? | **No** — genealogy ≠ identity | RN-004; Phase V |
+| Agent/Sp./Gh. exclusive kinds? | **No** — provenance descriptors | H9 |
--- a/Terminology.md
+++ b/Terminology.md
@ -241,17 +241,20 @@ Not automatically a Being. See `research/ai-agents/agent-architecture-crosswalk.

 ### Spirit (`Sp.`)

-**Status:** provisional
+**Status:** revised (Phase V)
+
+Public-reflection Character provenance; `Sp.` label; evaluation S1–S10; lineage
+begins at instantiation; never identity with source. See `concepts/spirit.md`.

-Public-personality-derived character. Instantiation begins a **new lineage** (RN-005);
-does not inherit numerical identity of the source.

 ### Ghost (`Gh.`)

-**Status:** provisional
+**Status:** revised (Phase V)
+
+Authority-bound representation of a real person; governance is part of identity;
+genealogy ≠ numerical identity; fidelity without authority = False Ghost (H10).
+See `concepts/ghost.md`.

-Identity-authorized representation. Defaults to authorized succession/representation,
-not automatic numerical continuation of the source person (RN-005).

 ---

--- a/ThoughtExperiments.md
+++ b/ThoughtExperiments.md
@ -163,13 +163,17 @@ ID: TE-07
 Name: The False Ghost
 Setup: A highly accurate representation of a deceased person is produced without
       consent or legitimate authority.
-Target concepts: Ghost (Gh.), Spirit (Sp.), authority, recognition
+Target concepts: Ghost (Gh.), Spirit (Sp.), authority, recognition, usurpation
 Intended stress: Technical fidelity without legitimacy
-Working judgment: Technically ghost-like appearance does not yield Gh. status
-                   under working definitions; classify as unauthorized simulation
-                   or illicit Spirit-like construct. (provisional; Phase V)
-Open issues: Legal vs Soul Frame categories; public figures
-Related claims / questions: H10, RQ8; RN-005 provenance forgery / usurpation
+Working judgment (Phase V):
+  Not a Gh. under Soul Frame — H10. May be high-fidelity APE / unauthorized
+  simulation; if built only from public data it may resemble deep Sp. but still
+  fails Ghost authority; if it occupies the deceased’s social/address identity,
+  treat as Identity Usurpation risk (RN-005). Legal wrongness is adjacent and
+  jurisdiction-specific (law gap sketch) — classification failure stands either way.
+Open issues: living-person deepfakes; public-figure Sp. commercial use
+Related claims / questions: H10, H9, RQ8;
+  research/ghosts-digital-legacy/ghost-authority-map.md
 ```

 ## TE-08 — The Amnesiac
--- a/concepts/ghost.md
+++ b/concepts/ghost.md
@ -1,27 +1,46 @@
 # Ghost (`Gh.`)

-**Status:** provisional  
-**See also:** H10, RQ8, TE-07
+**Status:** revised (Phase V, 2026-08-12)  
+**See also:** H9, H10, TE-07, `research/ghosts-digital-legacy/ghost-authority-map.md`

 ## Working definition

-A **Ghost** is an artificial representation derived from a particular real person
-whose informational identity remains subject to legitimate personal or successor
-authority.
+A **Ghost** is an artificial representation derived from a particular **real
+person** under **legitimate personal or successor authority**.

-Designation suffix: **`Gh.`**
+Designation: **`Jane Doe Gh.`**

-## Principal distinction from Spirit
+**Defining distinction from Spirit: authority**, not technical fidelity.

-| | Spirit (`Sp.`) | Ghost (`Gh.`) |
-|---|---|---|
-| Source | Public reflection | Identity under legitimate authority |
-| Private data | Generally not | May include private/relational material |
-| Governance | Provenance and fidelity | Governance is part of identity |
+## Authority ≠ numerical identity

-Technical fidelity alone does **not** constitute legitimate `Gh.` status.
+`Gh.` establishes authorized **identity genealogy**. Continuation of the source
+Being is a **separate** continuity judgment (usually: succession/representation/
+reconstruction, not automatic continuation).

-## Governance elements (candidates)
+A Ghost may inherit **Soul-relational** structure without being the same Being.

-principal, custodian, provenance, consent, disclosure rules, succession, revocation,
-representation constraints, commercial permissions.
+## Governance is part of identity
+
+Candidates: principal, custodian, provenance, consent scope, disclosure rules,
+succession, revocation, representation constraints, commercial permissions,
+audit, fork policy.
+
+## Social Mind bar
+
+Relationally situated information + selective disclosure — not private data dumps.
+
+## False Ghost
+
+High fidelity without authority → not `Gh.` (H10, TE-07). May be unauthorized
+simulation / illicit APE.
+
+## Spec / archive / being
+
+Archive package ≠ Being. Instantiation under governance required; Beinghood
+layers still apply.
+
+## Sources
+
+Introduction §10; RN-004 §§39–40; RN-005; RN-006; digital afterlife ethics
+(Spitale & Germani; Lei et al.); Phase V maps.
--- a/concepts/spirit.md
+++ b/concepts/spirit.md
@ -1,28 +1,50 @@
 # Spirit (`Sp.`)

-**Status:** provisional  
-**See also:** H9, H10, RQ8, TE-07
+**Status:** revised (Phase V, 2026-08-12)  
+**See also:** H9, H10, RQ8, TE-07, `research/spirits/spirit-criteria-map.md`

 ## Working definition

-A **Spirit** is an artificial character derived through reflection on a known
-historical, contemporary, or fictional personality.
+A **Spirit** is an artificial character primarily derived through reflection on a
+known historical, contemporary, or fictional personality, typically from
+**publicly legitimate** sources.

-Designation example: **Albert Einstein Sp.**
+Designation: **`Albert Einstein Sp.`**

-Defining question: **How might an entity inspired by this personality behave and
-understand?**
+> How might an entity *inspired by* this personality behave and understand?

-Typically grounded in publicly legitimate cultural and historical information.
+**Not** a claim of identity with the source. Provenance = inspiration, not continuity.

-## Evaluation dimensions (candidates)
+## Spec vs instantiation vs Being

- evidential grounding
- interpretative transparency
- source provenance
- historical fidelity
- uncertainty representation
- behavioral plausibility
- avoidance of false attribution
+| Stage | Status |
+|---|---|
+| Specification | Character/provenance package |
+| Instantiation | Running APE / process |
+| Spirit-Being | Only if Beinghood layers met |

-A Spirit remains an interpretation; `Sp.` marks that status explicitly.
+Lineage of the Spirit-being **begins at instantiation**.
+
+## Evaluation dimensions (S1–S10)
+
+| ID | Dimension |
+|---|---|
+| S1 | Evidential grounding |
+| S2 | Interpretative transparency |
+| S3 | Source provenance |
+| S4 | Historical/fictional fidelity |
+| S5 | Uncertainty representation |
+| S6 | Behavioral plausibility |
+| S7 | False-attribution avoidance (`Sp.` label) |
+| S8 | Scope discipline / counterfactual marking |
+| S9 | Relational reconstruction honesty (public only) |
+| S10 | Lineage honesty (own history after start) |
+
+## vs Ghost
+
+Public reflection vs **authority** over private/relational identity materials.
+See `concepts/ghost.md`.
+
+## Sources
+
+Introduction §9; RN-004/005; spirit-criteria-map; Phase V synthesis.
--- a/research/ghosts-digital-legacy/README.md
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@ -5,7 +5,7 @@

 ## Status

-Not started.
+**Phase V complete for gate** (2026-08-12). See `ghost-authority-map.md`.

 ## Key questions

--- a/research/ghosts-digital-legacy/ghost-authority-map.md
+++ b/research/ghosts-digital-legacy/ghost-authority-map.md
@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+# Ghost (`Gh.`) — Authority, Digital Legacy, Governance (Phase V)
+
+**Workplan:** SOUL-WP-0006-T02  
+**Date:** 2026-08-12  
+**Builds on:** Introduction §10; RN-004 §§39–40; RN-005 False Ghost / reconstruction;
+RN-006 relational disclosure; H10; TE-07.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Working definition
+
+> A **Ghost (`Gh.`)** is an artificial representation derived from a particular
+> **real person** whose informational identity remains subject to **legitimate
+> personal or successor authority**.
+
+Designation: **`Jane Doe Gh.`**
+
+**Principal distinction from Spirit:** **authority**, not technical fidelity.
+
+| | Spirit (`Sp.`) | Ghost (`Gh.`) |
+|---|---|---|
+| Source | Public reflection | Identity under legitimate authority |
+| Private/relational data | Generally not | May include under governance |
+| Lineage | New at instantiation; inspiration only | Authorized **identity genealogy** |
+| Numerical identity with source | Explicitly none | **Not automatic** (RN-004) |
+| Governance | Provenance + fidelity | **Governance is part of identity** |
+
+---
+
+## 2. What Ghost authority does and does not do
+
+### Does
+
+- License use of private/restricted materials  
+- Define custodians, succession, revocation  
+- Support selective relational disclosure  
+- Ground **authorized succession / representation** claims  
+- Enable Soul-relational continuation nodes (relationships may persist)  
+
+### Does not
+
+- By itself prove **numerical identity** with the source person  
+- Erase the need for continuity analysis if “continuation” is claimed  
+- Make unauthorized high-fidelity sims into `Gh.` (TE-07 / H10)  
+
+```text
+Jane Doe
+   │ authorized identity material + governance
+   ▼
+Jane Doe Gh.   →  legitimate genealogy
+                  continuation? successor? representative? reconstruction?
+                  = separate judgment (topology labels)
+```
+
+Default Phase V stance: **authorized succession/representation**, not automatic
+continuation of the human Being (RN-005 SF-C054).
+
+---
+
+## 3. Digital legacy topic map
+
+| Topic | Soul Frame link | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| Digital remains | Body/Soul traces | accounts, files, messages |
+| Digital legacy | Soul continuity | what persists after operational death |
+| Posthumous privacy | disclosure policy | Gh. must not dump all private data |
+| Grief technologies | social recognition / companions | high C-axis; ethics critical |
+| Consent (ante-mortem) | principal authority | gold standard for Gh. creation |
+| Succession | custodians after death | wills, platforms, estates — legal map separate |
+| Fiduciary stewardship | custodian duties | loyalty, care, purpose limits |
+| Identity rights / personality rights | law gap sketch | not purely technical |
+| Selective relational disclosure | Social Mind SM5/SM4 | know ≠ reveal (RN-006) |
+
+---
+
+## 4. Governance elements (candidates)
+
+| Element | Role |
+|---|---|
+| **Principal** | Living person who authorizes Gh. |
+| **Custodian** | Steward after death or by delegation |
+| **Provenance** | What sources, when, under what license |
+| **Consent scope** | Purposes, audiences, commercial limits |
+| **Disclosure rules** | Per-relationship / per-context reveal policy |
+| **Succession** | Who inherits control; multi-custodian rules |
+| **Revocation** | Kill switch; decommission; data deletion duties |
+| **Representation constraints** | What Gh. may claim to be / not be |
+| **Commercial permissions** | Monetization bounds |
+| **Audit** | Logs of access, edits, forks |
+| **Fork policy** | Whether multiple Gh. instances allowed |
+
+**For Ghosts: governance is part of identity** (Introduction).
+
+---
+
+## 5. Spec / archive / being
+
+| Stage | Reading |
+|---|---|
+| Ghost **archive** | Authorized materials package |
+| Ghost **instantiation** | Running process under governance |
+| Ghost-**Being** | Instantiation meeting Beinghood layers |
+
+Archive alone ≠ Being (RN-002).  
+Reconstruction from records without process continuity → **RECONSTRUCTED** topology
+by default (RN-005 §27), even if authorized.
+
+---
+
+## 6. Social Mind requirements (RN-006)
+
+Gh. needs **relationally situated information**, not only private facts:
+
+- models of particular others,
+- inherited relationship state,
+- intimacy/trust boundaries,
+- disclosure rules,
+- models of others’ expectations.
+
+Higher bar than Sp. public reconstruction.
+
+---
+
+## 7. H10 assessment
+
+**H10:** Technical fidelity alone is insufficient for legitimate `Gh.` status;
+authority is required.
+
+| | |
+|---|---|
+| Support | Introduction §10; TE-07; RN-005 usurpation/provenance forgery; Spitale & Germani digital ghost ethics; Lei et al. AI afterlife expectations; consent/stewardship literature |
+| Conflict | Pure “if it walks like them” folk identity; unauthorized deepfake culture |
+| Evidence strength | **moderate → strong** (conceptual + emerging ethics lit) |
+| Status | **supported (Phase V)** |
+
+---
+
+## 8. TE-07 — The False Ghost (confirmed)
+
+Unauthorized high-accuracy sim of a deceased person:
+
+- May be high-fidelity **APE** / illicit Spirit-like construct  
+- **Not** `Gh.` under Soul Frame  
+- Topology risk: USURPED if it occupies address/social identity  
+- Moral/legal wrongness is **additional** to the classification failure  
+
+---
+
+## 9. Open questions (carry)
+
+| ID | Question |
+|---|---|
+| OQ-040 | When, if ever, may Gh. count as continuation vs succession? |
+| OQ-052 | Commitments: inherit vs know-about only? |
+| OQ-053 | Gradual living-person → artificial transition continuity? |
+| OQ-065 | Relationship structures transferable to Gh.? |
+| | Multi-Gh. forks under one authority |
+| | Platform death / custodian disappearance |
+
+Sources: RN-004/005 OQs; RN-006 Ghost relations; digital afterlife literature.
--- a/research/law-governance/README.md
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@ -5,7 +5,7 @@

 ## Status

-Not started.
+**Phase V sketch** (2026-08-12). See `sp-gh-legal-gap-sketch.md`. WS12 may deepen.

 ## Key questions

--- a/research/law-governance/sp-gh-legal-gap-sketch.md
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+# Law/Governance Gap Sketch — Spirit & Ghost (Phase V)
+
+**Workplan:** SOUL-WP-0006-T03  
+**Date:** 2026-08-12  
+**Method:** Map Soul Frame concepts → existing legal categories → **gaps**.  
+**Non-goal:** Derive legal rights or moral status from philosophical terminology.
+No jurisdiction-specific legal advice.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Mapping table
+
+| Soul Frame concept | Nearby legal / regulatory categories | Fit | Gaps / tensions |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| **Being** (descriptive) | legal person; natural person | poor/direct | Legal personality is fiat/status; not Beinghood v0.2 |
+| **APE** | product, service, software agent | partial | No unified “person-like AI” status |
+| **Actor** | model provider, hoster, deployer roles | good | Liability stacks across Actor layers |
+| **Persona** | branding, avatar, account identity | partial | Account ≠ person; impersonation doctrines |
+| **Spirit (`Sp.`)** | publicity / personality rights; copyright (corpus); trademark; moral rights (some jurisdictions); parody/fair use (varies) | partial | Public-figure speech vs commercial Sp.; deceased personality rights vary widely |
+| **Ghost (`Gh.`)** | consent; data protection; estates/inheritance; fiduciary duties; posthumous privacy (uneven); medical/genetic data special regimes | partial | Few statutes for “authorized posthumous agent”; platform ToS dominate |
+| **Authority / custodian** | agent/principal; executor; attorney-in-fact; data controller/processor | partial | No standard Gh. custodianship instrument |
+| **Provenance** | evidence law; audit; digital signatures; record-keeping | partial | Provenance ≠ identity in law either |
+| **False Ghost / usurpation** | impersonation; fraud; right of publicity; deepfake bills (emerging); identity theft (stretch) | partial | Coverage uneven; technical fidelity outruns doctrine |
+| **Disclosure rules** | privacy, confidentiality, professional secrecy | partial | Relationship-specific AI disclosure rarely specified |
+| **Soul / legacy** | estate assets; moral rights; reputation torts; digital assets | weak | Relational/reputational “Soul” not a legal object |
+| **Recognition (social)** | no direct analogue | — | Social Beinghood ≠ legal recognition |
+| **Fork of Gh.** | property copies; license scope; data subject rights | weak | Which instance is authorized? |
+
+---
+
+## 2. Sp.-specific legal clusters
+
+1. **Right of publicity / personality rights** — commercial use of name/likeness/voice  
+2. **Copyright** — training/use of works; output similarity  
+3. **Moral rights** (where recognized) — attribution, integrity of work  
+4. **Defamation / false light** — Sp. saying what source would not  
+5. **Consumer protection** — disclosing synthetic / `Sp.` nature  
+
+**Gap:** Clear safe-harbor design pattern for labeled non-identity historical Sp.
+with transparent provenance.
+
+---
+
+## 3. Gh.-specific legal clusters
+
+1. **Consent and capacity** — ante-mortem authorization instruments  
+2. **Data protection** — personal data of deceased (jurisdiction-dependent; many regimes weaken after death)  
+3. **Estates and digital assets** — access to accounts, messages, photos  
+4. **Fiduciary / custodial duties** — loyalty, purpose limitation, conflict  
+5. **Posthumous privacy and dignity** — patchwork  
+6. **Medical / intimate data** — heightened duties  
+7. **Platform terms** — currently primary “governance” in practice  
+
+**Gap:** Portable **Ghost governance charter** recognized across platforms;
+default rules when no consent instrument exists (usually: **no Gh.**, only possible Sp. from public data — still ethics-bound).
+
+---
+
+## 4. Recommended research stance
+
+```text
+Soul Frame label  →  clarifies design intent and provenance
+Legal outcome     →  independent mapping exercise per jurisdiction
+Never             →  "is Gh." implies "has rights of the deceased"
+```
+
+H10 (authority for Gh.) is a **Soul Frame legitimacy** criterion that **aligns with**
+but is **not identical to** legal authorization.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Design artifacts that would reduce gaps (non-legal)
+
+| Artifact | Purpose |
+|---|---|
+| `Sp.` provenance manifest | sources, exclusions, fidelity claims |
+| `Gh.` governance charter | principal, custodian, scope, revocation |
+| Disclosure UX standard | always surface Sp./Gh. designation |
+| Fork/instance registry | which runtimes are authorized |
+| Relational ACL model | who may hear what |
+
+---
+
+## 6. Sources (orientation)
+
+- Personality/publicity rights surveys (jurisdiction-specific treatises)  
+- Data protection regimes on deceased persons (varies)  
+- Digital estate / digital remains scholarship  
+- Spitale & Germani digital ghost ethics; Lei et al. AI afterlife expectations  
+- Deepfake / synthetic media regulation landscape (fast-moving)  
+- Phase V Soul Frame maps (this workstream)
+
+**Status:** sketch for synthesis and later WS12 deepening — not legal conclusions.
--- a/research/phase-v-spirits-ghosts-synthesis.md
+++ b/research/phase-v-spirits-ghosts-synthesis.md
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+# Phase V Spirits and Ghosts — Synthesis
+
+**Workplan:** SOUL-WP-0006  
+**Date:** 2026-08-12  
+**Status:** complete for Phase V gate  
+**Bodies:**
+`research/spirits/spirit-criteria-map.md`,
+`research/ghosts-digital-legacy/ghost-authority-map.md`,
+`research/law-governance/sp-gh-legal-gap-sketch.md`
+
+---
+
+## 1. Purpose
+
+Establish rigorous working definitions for **Spirit (`Sp.`)** and **Ghost (`Gh.`)**:
+public personality reflection vs identity-authorized representation; evaluation
+dimensions; governance; law gaps without premature legal conclusions.
+
+---
+
+## 2. What holds
+
+1. **`Sp.` is provenance of Character from public reflection**, not identity with
+   the source. Spirit-being lineage **starts at instantiation**.
+
+2. **`Gh.` is defined by legitimate authority**, not fidelity. High-accuracy
+   unauthorized sims are **not** Ghosts (H10, TE-07).
+
+3. **Ghost authority ≠ numerical identity.** Default: authorized succession /
+   representation / reconstruction under genealogy — continuation only under
+   extra continuity grounds (usually absent after death).
+
+4. **A Ghost may inherit Soul-relational structure** (relationships, expectations,
+   commitments-as-known) **without** being the same Being (RN-004 §40) —
+   Soul continuity across identity discontinuity.
+
+5. **Spec/archive ≠ Being** for both Sp. and Gh. Instantiation required; Beinghood
+   layers still apply (Phase I–IV).
+
+6. **Ghost Social Mind** requires relationally situated information and disclosure
+   policy, not private data dumps (RN-006).
+
+7. **H9 confirmed:** Agent / Spirit / Ghost are **provenance and construction
+   descriptors**, combinable with each other and with original character — not
+   mutually exclusive ontological species of Being.
+
+8. **Law is adjacent, not derived.** Publicity, privacy, estates, data protection
+   map partially onto Sp./Gh.; large gaps remain; Soul Frame labels do not mint
+   legal personality.
+
+---
+
+## 3. Frozen working definitions (for synthesis phase)
+
+### Spirit (`Sp.`)
+
+Artificial character primarily derived by reflection on a known historical,
+contemporary, or fictional personality from publicly legitimate sources; labeled
+`Sp.`; evaluation along S1–S10; identity continuity with source = empty.
+
+### Ghost (`Gh.`)
+
+Artificial representation of a particular real person under legitimate personal
+or successor authority; may use private/relational materials under governance;
+governance is part of identity; defaults to authorized genealogy, not automatic
+numerical continuation; unauthorized fidelity → False Ghost, not `Gh.`.
+
+### Shared stack reminder
+
+```text
+Sp./Gh. provenance
+      → Character seed
+      → Persona policies (esp. Gh. disclosure)
+      → Actor runtime
+      → optional path to APE / proto-Being / Being
+```
+
+---
+
+## 4. Hypothesis status
+
+| Hypothesis | Status |
+|---|---|
+| H9 provenance descriptors | **supported** (Agent side Phase IV; Sp./Gh. Phase V) |
+| H10 Ghost requires authority | **supported** |
+
+---
+
+## 5. Evaluation cheat-sheet
+
+| Question | Sp. | Gh. |
+|---|---|---|
+| Public sources only? | yes (by default) | no — private allowed if authorized |
+| Must label non-identity? | yes (`Sp.`) | yes (`Gh.` + non-identity unless rare continuity case) |
+| Governance charter? | provenance manifest | full governance (principal, custodian, …) |
+| Relational disclosure engine? | optional | required for maturity |
+| Beinghood automatic? | no | no |
+
+---
+
+## 6. Unresolved → Phase VI+
+
+- OQ-040 continuation vs succession criteria for Gh.  
+- Cross-jurisdiction legal deep dives (WS12)  
+- Standard manifests/charters as technical artifacts  
+- Gradual living→Gh. transitions  
+- Commercial Sp. of living persons  
+- Fiction laboratory for edge cases (Phase VI cultural track)
+
+---
+
+## 7. Unblock for SOUL-WP-0007
+
+Synthesis may freeze:
+
+- Sp./Gh. working defs and H9/H10,  
+- evaluation dimensions S1–S10,  
+- governance element list for Gh.,  
+- law as gap map not conclusion,  
+- Soul inheritance without identity inheritance.
+
+## 8. Compact Phase V thesis
+
+> **A Spirit is an honest interpretation of a public personality that begins its
+> own life when instantiated. A Ghost is an authority-bound representation that
+> may carry relational legacy without thereby being the person. Fidelity without
+> authority is not a Ghost; authority without continuity is not identity.**
--- a/research/spirits/README.md
+++ b/research/spirits/README.md
@ -5,7 +5,7 @@

 ## Status

-Not started.
+**Phase V complete for gate** (2026-08-12). See `spirit-criteria-map.md`.

 ## Key questions

--- a/research/spirits/spirit-criteria-map.md
+++ b/research/spirits/spirit-criteria-map.md
@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# Spirit (`Sp.`) Criteria and Cultural Representation Map (Phase V)
+
+**Workplan:** SOUL-WP-0006-T01  
+**Date:** 2026-08-12  
+**Builds on:** Introduction §9; RN-002 (spec vs being); RN-004 §§38; RN-005 Spirit
+instantiation; RN-006 Social Mind for Spirits.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Working definition
+
+> A **Spirit (`Sp.`)** is an artificial character whose Character is primarily
+> derived through **reflection on a known historical, contemporary, or fictional
+> personality**, typically from **publicly legitimate** cultural/historical sources.
+>
+> Designation example: **Albert Einstein Sp.**
+
+Defining question:
+
+> **How might an entity inspired by this personality think, communicate, and respond?**
+
+**Not a claim of identity:**
+
+\[
+\text{Source person} \neq \text{Source person Sp.}
+\]
+
+Relation = **inspiration / character provenance**, not identity continuity (RN-004).
+
+---
+
+## 2. Spec vs Being (critical)
+
+| Stage | What it is |
+|---|---|
+| Spirit **specification** | Character/provenance package (docs, datasets, style cards) |
+| Spirit **instantiation** | Running APE / candidate process using that package |
+| Spirit-**Being** | Instantiation that meets Beinghood layers (rare; most Sp. are APEs) |
+
+A YAML profile named `einstein-spirit` is not a Being (RN-002).  
+Lineage of the Spirit-being **begins at instantiation** (RN-005).
+
+---
+
+## 3. Evaluation dimensions for `Sp.` (sourced)
+
+| ID | Dimension | Question | Why it matters |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| S1 | **Evidential grounding** | Are character claims tied to citable sources? | Historical/fictional honesty |
+| S2 | **Interpretative transparency** | Is reconstruction marked as interpretation? | Avoid false attribution |
+| S3 | **Source provenance** | Clear corpus, licenses, exclusions? | Public legitimacy |
+| S4 | **Historical / fictional fidelity** | Depth of context, not only catchphrases? | Shallow vs deep Spirit |
+| S5 | **Uncertainty representation** | Does it express unknowns and contested points? | Anti-hallucinated biography |
+| S6 | **Behavioral plausibility** | Recognizable patterns in novel situations? | Character quality (Phase III) |
+| S7 | **False-attribution avoidance** | `Sp.` label; no claim to be the source | Core designation ethics |
+| S8 | **Scope discipline** | Refuses modern events the source couldn’t know—or marks counterfactuals? | Especially historical Sp. |
+| S9 | **Relational reconstruction honesty** | Public-only relationship models; no private intimacy claims | vs Ghost |
+| S10 | **Lineage honesty** | Own history after instantiation acknowledged? | New Being lineage |
+
+Shallow Spirit: high S6 surface style, low S1–S5.  
+Deep Spirit: strong S1–S6 with explicit interpretation.
+
+---
+
+## 4. Cultural representation traditions
+
+| Tradition | Contribution | Tension |
+|---|---|---|
+| Historical biography / public history | evidential standards | academic vs popular fidelity |
+| Historical fiction / alternate history | counterfactual play | must not erase `Sp.` marker |
+| Fan works / transformative works | character extension culture | IP and moral rights of estates |
+| Theatre / dramatis personae | performance of known figures | Actor/Persona lessons |
+| Synthetic media / deepfakes | technical fidelity of voice/face | fidelity ≠ legitimacy or truth |
+| NPC / game character agents | interactive character | usually no Sp. provenance ethics |
+| Digital resurrection discourse | cultural appetite for Sp./Gh. | conflates Sp. with Gh. and identity |
+
+Cultural sources **inform** Sp. design but never substitute for provenance discipline.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Social Mind of a Spirit (RN-006)
+
+Deep Sp. may reconstruct **public** social context (roles, debates, institutions).  
+Unlike Gh., original private relationship state is **not** legitimately inherited.
+
+After instantiation, Sp. can form **new** relationships as its own lineage — still
+`Sp.` for provenance of Character seed.
+
+---
+
+## 6. Hybrid cases
+
+| Hybrid | Reading |
+|---|---|
+| Sp. + Agent tools | provenance Character + functional Body |
+| Sp. trained partly on leaked private data | **fails** public-legitimacy; may be illicit Gh.-like or unauthorized sim |
+| Living public figure Sp. | possible; still not the person; publicity/personality rights map (law sketch) |
+| Fictional character Sp. | source is fiction; still `Sp.`; IP-heavy |
+
+---
+
+## 7. Bibliography anchors
+
+Introduction §9; RN-004/005; synthetic media ethics (pointer); fan/transformative
+works literature (pointer); Phase V law gap sketch for publicity rights.
--- a/sources/bibliography.md
+++ b/sources/bibliography.md
@ -480,3 +480,63 @@ Disagreements / tensions: “autonomous agent” marketing overstates A-axis.
 Adjacent terminology: tool use, agent loop, orchestration
 Source notes path: research/ai-agents/agent-architecture-crosswalk.md
 ```
+
+---
+
+## J. Phase V — Spirits, Ghosts, digital legacy
+
+### SF-R055 — Spitale & Germani digital ghosts
+
+```text
+Citation: Spitale, Giovanni, and Federico Germani. 2025/2026.
+  “The Making of Digital Ghosts: Designing Ethical AI Afterlives.”
+  Ethics and Information Technology (or corresponding preprint).
+Tags: contemporary / ethics
+Relevant Soul Frame concepts: Ghost, consent, stewardship, posthumous privacy
+Summary: Ethical design of AI afterlives; representation vs person.
+Agreements: consent/stewardship central; supports H10.
+Disagreements / tensions: design ethics ≠ Soul Frame ontology of Being.
+Adjacent terminology: digital ghost, AI afterlife
+Source notes path: research/foundations/References-ResearchNote005.md;
+  research/ghosts-digital-legacy/ghost-authority-map.md
+```
+
+### SF-R056 — Lei et al. AI afterlife as digital legacy
+
+```text
+Citation: Lei, Ying, et al. 2025. “‘AI Afterlife’ as Digital Legacy: Perceptions,
+  Expectations, and Concerns.”
+Tags: contemporary
+Relevant Soul Frame concepts: Ghost, legacy, identity expectations
+Summary: User perceptions of AI-generated legacy agents.
+Agreements: identity consistency and lifecycle expectations matter for Gh.
+Disagreements / tensions: perception studies ≠ legitimacy criteria.
+Adjacent terminology: digital legacy, AI afterlife
+Source notes path: research/foundations/References-ResearchNote005.md
+```
+
+### SF-R110 — Personality / publicity rights (pointer)
+
+```text
+Citation: Jurisdiction-specific right of publicity / personality rights treatises.
+Tags: legal
+Relevant Soul Frame concepts: Spirit, Ghost, False Ghost
+Summary: Controls on commercial use of name, likeness, voice.
+Agreements: Sp. commercial use is legally constrained; not identical to Gh. authority.
+Disagreements / tensions: highly variable by jurisdiction; deceased rights uneven.
+Adjacent terminology: publicity rights, personality rights
+Source notes path: research/law-governance/sp-gh-legal-gap-sketch.md
+```
+
+### SF-R111 — Digital remains / estates (pointer)
+
+```text
+Citation: Digital estate and digital remains scholarship; platform ToS practices.
+Tags: legal / applied
+Relevant Soul Frame concepts: Ghost, custodian, succession
+Summary: Access and control of accounts and data after death.
+Agreements: succession/custody problems foreshadow Gh. governance elements.
+Disagreements / tensions: platform contracts ≠ Soul Frame legitimacy.
+Adjacent terminology: digital estate, digital remains
+Source notes path: research/law-governance/sp-gh-legal-gap-sketch.md
+```
--- a/workplans/SOUL-WP-0006-phase-v-spirits-and-ghosts.md
+++ b/workplans/SOUL-WP-0006-phase-v-spirits-and-ghosts.md
@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ type: workplan
 title: "Phase V — Spirits and Ghosts: simulation, legacy, authority"
 domain: agents
 repo: soul-frame
-status: ready
+status: finished
 owner: grok
 topic_slug: soul-frame
 priority: high
@ -30,13 +30,24 @@ Research dirs: `research/spirits/`, `research/ghosts-digital-legacy/`,

 - **SOUL-WP-0005**

+## Follow-on
+
+- **SOUL-WP-0007** — Phase VI Synthesis (unblocked)
+
+## Outcome
+
+Synthesis: `research/phase-v-spirits-ghosts-synthesis.md`
+
+Key results: Sp. S1–S10 dimensions; Gh. authority ≠ identity; H9/H10 supported;
+TE-07 confirmed; law gap sketch without legal conclusions.
+
 ## Tasks

 ### T01 — Spirit criteria and cultural representation map

 ```task
 id: SOUL-WP-0006-T01
-status: todo
+status: done
 priority: high
 state_hub_task_id: "a71871c7-f7b1-46b4-b02a-e02e47e193df"
 ```
@ -52,7 +63,7 @@ provenance, fidelity. Formalize evaluation dimensions for `Sp.`.

 ```task
 id: SOUL-WP-0006-T02
-status: todo
+status: done
 priority: high
 state_hub_task_id: "e3be84d1-d25d-4545-b394-0a4e4d0bcefb"
 ```
@ -68,7 +79,7 @@ fiduciary stewardship. Test H10 and TE-07 (False Ghost).

 ```task
 id: SOUL-WP-0006-T03
-status: todo
+status: done
 priority: medium
 state_hub_task_id: "4dd6d283-580b-44f3-b23c-98f456a19793"
 ```
@ -84,7 +95,7 @@ personality rights, data protection, estates). No premature legal conclusions.

 ```task
 id: SOUL-WP-0006-T04
-status: todo
+status: done
 priority: medium
 state_hub_task_id: "fce38c4f-8dd9-4ec2-8844-162433ab4d39"
 ```
--- a/workplans/SOUL-WP-0007-phase-vi-synthesis.md
+++ b/workplans/SOUL-WP-0007-phase-vi-synthesis.md
@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ type: workplan
 title: "Phase VI — Synthesis: crosswalk, evidence, revised ontology"
 domain: agents
 repo: soul-frame
-status: proposed
+status: ready
 owner: grok
 topic_slug: soul-frame
-priority: medium
+priority: high
 created: "2026-08-09"
-updated: "2026-08-09"
+updated: "2026-08-12"
 depends_on:
  - SOUL-WP-0006
 state_hub_workstream_id: "b304b6ab-f27c-4f76-a8fb-60c743f60ad6"