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.

SCOPE.md

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+# SCOPE
+
+> This file helps you quickly understand what this repository is about,
+> when it is relevant, and when it is not.
+> It is intentionally lightweight and may be incomplete.
+>
+> Aspirational charter: `INTENT.md` · Research agenda: `ResearchProgram.md` ·
+> Conceptual draft: `SoulFrameIntroduction.md`
+
+---
+
+## One-liner
+
+A systems-theoretic research program and conceptual framework for person-like
+informational beings (Body = Action, Mind = Model, Soul = Relation).
+
+---
+
+## Core Idea
+
+Soul Frame develops a small, coherent vocabulary for describing biological,
+artificial, fictionalized, and potentially non-human **Beings** as interacting
+informational systems — without requiring a solved theory of consciousness, and
+without silently equating descriptive personhood with moral or legal status.
+
+Central question:
+
+> **When does an informational system become someone that another someone can know?**
+
+---
+
+## In Scope
+
+- Conceptual systems analysis of Being, Body, Mind, Soul, identity, personhood,
+  character, persona, actor, recognition, Agent / Spirit (`Sp.`) / Ghost (`Gh.`)
+- Literature mapping across systems theory, cybernetics, philosophy of mind,
+  personal identity, cognitive science, sociology, AI agents, digital legacy, law,
+  and cultural precedents
+- Research instruments: terminology standard, claim ledger, open questions,
+  thought experiments, concept notes, annotated bibliography
+- Progressive synthesis and a research-grounded Soul Frame paper
+- State Hub–indexed workplans coordinating the research sequence
+
+---
+
+## Out of Scope
+
+| Concern | Belongs elsewhere |
+| ------- | ----------------- |
+| Production agent runtime / harness | agent-harness, activity-core, runtime repos |
+| LLM provider routing and tooling | llm-connect, related infra |
+| Claiming to solve consciousness | philosophy programs; not a gate here |
+| Silent moral/legal personhood claims | law/governance literature map only; no premature derivation |
+| Shipping product features as primary deliverable | downstream architecture repos after conceptual clarity |
+
+---
+
+## Workplan prefix
+
+`SOUL-WP`
+
+## Domain / hub
+
+- **Domain:** `agents`
+- **Repo slug:** `soul-frame`
+- **Secondary:** `infotech` (conceptual/platform adjacency)