Establish Soul Frame research repository and workplans

Scaffold the research layout from the research program, add INTENT/SCOPE,
research instruments, concept stubs, and SOUL-WP-0001–0008 phase workplans.
Register the repo with State Hub under domain agents for hub-synced execution.

README.md

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-# soul-frame
+# Soul Frame
 
-A systems-theoretic framework for person-like informational beings.
+A systems-theoretic framework for person-like informational beings.
+
+> **When does an informational system become someone that another someone can know?**
+
+Working triad: **Body = Action · Mind = Model · Soul = Relation**
+
+## Start here
+
+| Document | Purpose |
+|---|---|
+| [`INTENT.md`](INTENT.md) | Purpose, stance, scope, success criteria |
+| [`SoulFrameIntroduction.md`](SoulFrameIntroduction.md) | Current conceptual exposition |
+| [`ResearchProgram.md`](ResearchProgram.md) | Full research agenda, workstreams, method, phases |
+
+## Repository layout
+
+```text
+soul-frame/
+├── INTENT.md                 # Why this project exists
+├── ResearchProgram.md        # Research agenda
+├── Terminology.md            # Canonical glossary (working)
+├── Claims.md                 # Claim and evidence register
+├── OpenQuestions.md          # Unresolved questions
+├── ThoughtExperiments.md     # Adversarial definition tests
+├── SoulFrameIntroduction.md  # Narrative framework draft
+│
+├── research/                 # Discipline- and theme-organized work
+├── sources/                  # Bibliography and source notes
+├── concepts/                 # Working concept definitions
+├── paper/                    # Outline and drafts
+└── history/                  # Dated snapshots of prior drafts
+```
+
+### Research instruments
+
+- **Terminology** — keep definitions small and revisable
+- **Claims** — every major proposition linked to literature
+- **Open questions** — explicit unfinished business
+- **Thought experiments** — stress-test the ontology
+
+### Concept files
+
+Working notes for core terms live under [`concepts/`](concepts/): Being, Body, Mind,
+Soul, identity, personhood, recognition, character, persona, agent, spirit, ghost.
+
+### Research areas
+
+Workstream folders under [`research/`](research/) follow the program map
+(systems theory, cybernetics, philosophy of mind, personal identity, cognitive
+science, social cognition, sociology, personhood, AI agents, artificial persons,
+character/persona, spirits, ghosts/digital legacy, law/governance, fiction).
+
+## Research phases (summary)
+
+1. **Foundations** — systems theory, cybernetics, mind, identity  
+2. **Interaction** — social cognition, recognition, intersubjectivity  
+3. **Personhood** — person, character, persona  
+4. **Artificial beings** — agents and persistent AI identity  
+5. **Spirits and Ghosts** — simulation, legacy, authority  
+6. **Synthesis** — crosswalk, evidence register, revised ontology  
+7. **Paper** — research-grounded Soul Frame paper  
+
+Details: [`ResearchProgram.md`](ResearchProgram.md).
+
+## Status
+
+Repository structure established; literature work not yet started. Conceptual draft
+in `SoulFrameIntroduction.md` is provisional pending research.