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.
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---
id: SOUL-WP-0001
type: workplan
title: "Research repository foundation and State Hub registration"
domain: agents
repo: soul-frame
status: active
owner: grok
topic_slug: soul-frame
priority: high
created: "2026-08-09"
updated: "2026-08-09"
---
# SOUL-WP-0001 — Research repository foundation
## Goal
Establish the Soul Frame research repository as operable: layout from the
research program, standing INTENT, research instruments, concept stubs, State Hub
registration, and hub-synced workplans for the research sequence.
Baseline conceptual draft: `SoulFrameIntroduction.md`
Research agenda: `ResearchProgram.md` (from `history/260809-SoulFrameResearchProgram.md`)
## Depends on
- None (founding workplan)
## Parallel / follow-on
- **SOUL-WP-0002** — Phase I Foundations (starts after instruments exist)
- Later phases remain proposed until prior phase synthesis is sufficient
## Tasks
### T01 — Repository structure per research program
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0001-T01
status: done
priority: high
```
Create the layout from `ResearchProgram.md` §10:
- Root instruments: Terminology, Claims, OpenQuestions, ThoughtExperiments
- `research/` workstream directories
- `sources/`, `concepts/`, `paper/`
- Seed concept stubs and instrument templates
**Done when:** tree matches the proposed research repository layout.
---
### T02 — INTENT.md and SCOPE.md
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0001-T02
status: done
priority: high
```
Write standing purpose (`INTENT.md`) and operational boundaries (`SCOPE.md`)
aligned with the research stance (systems framework, not consciousness theory).
**Done when:** both files exist and are linked from `README.md`.
---
### T03 — Phase workplans for the research sequence
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0001-T03
status: done
priority: high
```
Author workplans SOUL-WP-0002 through SOUL-WP-0008 covering research phases
IVII from `ResearchProgram.md` §11, with tasks, dependencies, and priorities.
**Done when:** phase workplan files exist under `workplans/`.
---
### T04 — Register repo with State Hub
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0001-T04
status: done
priority: high
```
Register `soul-frame` under domain `agents` (classification in
`.repo-classification.yaml`), host path, agent instruction stubs as needed.
**Done when:** `GET /repos/soul-frame` succeeds with local path on this host.
---
### T05 — fix-consistency write-back of hub IDs
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0001-T05
status: todo
priority: high
```
Commit workplans, run `make fix-consistency REPO=soul-frame` so C-06 creates
workstreams and writes `state_hub_workstream_id` / task IDs into files.
**Done when:** each SOUL-WP file has hub IDs; consistency check is clean or
warnings-only.
---
### T06 — README orientation for operators
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0001-T06
status: done
priority: medium
```
README documents start-here docs, layout, and research phase summary.
**Done when:** new operator can navigate INTENT → ResearchProgram → workplans
without tribal knowledge.

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---
id: SOUL-WP-0002
type: workplan
title: "Phase I — Foundations: systems, cybernetics, mind, identity"
domain: agents
repo: soul-frame
status: ready
owner: grok
topic_slug: soul-frame
priority: high
created: "2026-08-09"
updated: "2026-08-09"
depends_on:
- SOUL-WP-0001
---
# SOUL-WP-0002 — Phase I Foundations
## Goal
Stress-test **Being, Body, Mind, Soul, closure, and continuity** against systems
theory, cybernetics, autopoiesis, philosophy of mind, and personal identity.
Research dirs: `research/systems-theory/`, `research/cybernetics/`,
`research/philosophy-of-mind/`, `research/personal-identity/`.
## Depends on
- **SOUL-WP-0001** (repository instruments exist)
## Follow-on
- **SOUL-WP-0003** — Phase II Interaction
## Tasks
### T01 — Terminology reconnaissance for core triad + Being
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0002-T01
status: todo
priority: high
```
For Being, Body, Mind, Soul, identity, consciousness: establish meanings,
conflicts, adjacent terms, disciplinary differences; update `Terminology.md`
and concept notes.
**Done when:** each term has reconnaissance notes and status in Terminology.
---
### T02 — Systems theory & cybernetics source map
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0002-T02
status: todo
priority: high
```
Map foundational sources (Bertalanffy, Wiener, Ashby, Beer, von Foerster,
Maturana/Varela, Luhmann, etc.) into `sources/bibliography.md` and workstream
notes. Focus: closure, boundary, environment, observer-relative identification.
**Done when:** ≥5 foundational entries annotated against the concept matrix.
---
### T03 — Philosophy of mind & personal identity map
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0002-T03
status: todo
priority: high
```
Map functionalism, computationalism, embodied mind, psychological/narrative
continuity, extended mind. Record agreements/disagreements with Soul Frame's
consciousness distinction (first-person vs third-person recognition).
**Done when:** bibliography + source notes cover both clusters; open questions updated.
---
### T04 — Claim ledger pass for H1, H3, H5, H6
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0002-T04
status: todo
priority: high
```
Fill supporting/contradicting literature and evidence strength for hypotheses
H1 (multidimensional beinghood), H3 (model-based mind), H5 (relational soul),
H6 (substrate-independent identity) in `Claims.md`.
**Done when:** those claims are no longer `Evidence strength: none`.
---
### T05 — Run foundation thought experiments
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0002-T05
status: todo
priority: medium
```
Working judgments for TE-01 (Stateless Agent), TE-02 (Sleeping Being),
TE-03 (Fork), TE-04 (Ship of Theseus), TE-05 (Collective) in
`ThoughtExperiments.md`, refining concept definitions where they break.
**Done when:** each TE has a working judgment or explicit blocked open issue.
---
### T06 — Phase I synthesis note
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0002-T06
status: todo
priority: medium
```
Write `research/phase-i-foundations-synthesis.md`: what holds, what must change,
terminology survivors vs rename candidates (especially Soul).
**Done when:** synthesis note exists and SOUL-WP-0003 is unblocked on substance.

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---
id: SOUL-WP-0003
type: workplan
title: "Phase II — Interaction: social cognition and recognition"
domain: agents
repo: soul-frame
status: proposed
owner: grok
topic_slug: soul-frame
priority: medium
created: "2026-08-09"
updated: "2026-08-09"
depends_on:
- SOUL-WP-0002
---
# SOUL-WP-0003 — Phase II Interaction
## Goal
Ground **co-adaptive model building** and **social Beinghood** in cognitive
science, theory of mind, social cognition, sociology, recognition, and
intersubjectivity.
Research dirs: `research/cognitive-science/`, `research/social-cognition/`,
`research/sociology/`.
## Depends on
- **SOUL-WP-0002** Phase I synthesis
## Tasks
### T01 — Cognitive science & model-based mind map
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0003-T01
status: todo
priority: high
```
Map predictive processing, active inference, internal models, metacognition
against Mind definition. Update concept notes and bibliography.
**Done when:** Mind crosswalk has ≥4 rigorous sources with agreements/tensions.
---
### T02 — Social cognition & co-adaptation map
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0003-T02
status: todo
priority: high
```
Map theory of mind, joint attention, shared intentionality, interactive
alignment, common ground, recursive modeling. Test H4.
**Done when:** H4 has literature support/conflict notes; TE-related social cases refined.
---
### T03 — Sociology & recognition map
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0003-T03
status: todo
priority: high
```
Map recognition theory, symbolic interactionism, intersubjectivity, reputation,
trust. Clarify systemic existence vs social recognition (H7, TE-09).
**Done when:** `concepts/recognition.md` updated; H7 evidence strength ≠ none.
---
### T04 — Phase II synthesis note
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0003-T04
status: todo
priority: medium
```
Write `research/phase-ii-interaction-synthesis.md` and revise OpenQuestions RQ3/RQ6.
**Done when:** synthesis exists; personhood phase can start from a stable social base.

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---
id: SOUL-WP-0004
type: workplan
title: "Phase III — Personhood: person, character, persona"
domain: agents
repo: soul-frame
status: proposed
owner: grok
topic_slug: soul-frame
priority: medium
created: "2026-08-09"
updated: "2026-08-09"
depends_on:
- SOUL-WP-0003
---
# SOUL-WP-0004 — Phase III Personhood
## Goal
Separate **Being, Person, Character, Persona, and Actor**. Map descriptive vs
social vs moral vs legal personhood without conflating them.
Research dirs: `research/personhood/`, `research/character-persona/`.
## Depends on
- **SOUL-WP-0003**
## Tasks
### T01 — Personhood dimensions literature map
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0004-T01
status: todo
priority: high
```
Populate descriptive/social/moral/legal distinctions with sources; stress-test
APE vs Being; update H2.
**Done when:** `concepts/personhood.md` has a sourced dimension list.
---
### T02 — Character / persona / performance map
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0004-T02
status: todo
priority: high
```
Map personality psychology, role theory, narratology, performance/avatar studies
against Character and Persona. Run TE-06 (The Mask).
**Done when:** stack Being ≠ Persona ≠ Character ≠ Actor has sourced defenses.
---
### T03 — Phase III synthesis note
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0004-T03
status: todo
priority: medium
```
Write `research/phase-iii-personhood-synthesis.md`.
**Done when:** synthesis exists; Artificial Beings phase can reuse the separations.

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---
id: SOUL-WP-0005
type: workplan
title: "Phase IV — Artificial Beings: agents and persistent identity"
domain: agents
repo: soul-frame
status: proposed
owner: grok
topic_slug: soul-frame
priority: medium
created: "2026-08-09"
updated: "2026-08-09"
depends_on:
- SOUL-WP-0004
---
# SOUL-WP-0005 — Phase IV Artificial Beings
## Goal
Map Soul Frame onto contemporary artificial systems: autonomous/LLM agents,
generative agents, companions, digital humans, memory architectures, persistent
identity.
Research dirs: `research/ai-agents/`, `research/artificial-persons/`.
## Depends on
- **SOUL-WP-0004**
## Tasks
### T01 — Agent architecture crosswalk
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0005-T01
status: todo
priority: high
```
Map agent frameworks and generative-agent literature to Body/Mind/Soul/Actor/
Persona. Note where actor, persona, and identity are confused.
**Done when:** crosswalk table exists in research notes + bibliography entries.
---
### T02 — Persistence & memory architectures
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0005-T02
status: todo
priority: high
```
Survey memory/identity mechanisms in persistent agents; link to continuity
criteria and WS10 themes (when memory becomes continuity).
**Done when:** open questions on memory/continuity updated with technical cases.
---
### T03 — Catalog approximate Beings
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0005-T03
status: todo
priority: medium
```
Short catalog of current systems approximating Beings vs mere task executors,
using Phase IIII criteria.
**Done when:** catalog note under `research/ai-agents/` with explicit criteria used.
---
### T04 — Phase IV synthesis note
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0005-T04
status: todo
priority: medium
```
Write `research/phase-iv-artificial-beings-synthesis.md`.
**Done when:** Spirits/Ghosts phase can assume agent/Being vocabulary is mapped.

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---
id: SOUL-WP-0006
type: workplan
title: "Phase V — Spirits and Ghosts: simulation, legacy, authority"
domain: agents
repo: soul-frame
status: proposed
owner: grok
topic_slug: soul-frame
priority: medium
created: "2026-08-09"
updated: "2026-08-09"
depends_on:
- SOUL-WP-0005
---
# SOUL-WP-0006 — Phase V Spirits and Ghosts
## Goal
Establish rigorous definitions for **Spirit (`Sp.`)** and **Ghost (`Gh.`)**:
public personality simulation vs identity-authorized continuation, digital
legacy, consent, personality rights, governance.
Research dirs: `research/spirits/`, `research/ghosts-digital-legacy/`,
`research/law-governance/` (as needed for Gh.).
## Depends on
- **SOUL-WP-0005**
## Tasks
### T01 — Spirit criteria and cultural representation map
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0006-T01
status: todo
priority: high
```
Sources on historical simulation, fictional character agents, synthetic media,
provenance, fidelity. Formalize evaluation dimensions for `Sp.`.
**Done when:** `concepts/spirit.md` evaluation dimensions are sourced.
---
### T02 — Ghost, digital legacy, and authority map
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0006-T02
status: todo
priority: high
```
Map digital remains, posthumous privacy, grief tech, consent, succession,
fiduciary stewardship. Test H10 and TE-07 (False Ghost).
**Done when:** H10 evidence notes filled; Ghost governance candidates refined.
---
### T03 — Law/governance gap sketch for Sp./Gh.
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0006-T03
status: todo
priority: medium
```
Map Soul Frame concepts → existing legal categories → gaps (publicity rights,
personality rights, data protection, estates). No premature legal conclusions.
**Done when:** gap sketch in `research/law-governance/`.
---
### T04 — Phase V synthesis note
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0006-T04
status: todo
priority: medium
```
Write `research/phase-v-spirits-ghosts-synthesis.md`. Confirm H9 (provenance
descriptors vs exclusive kinds).
**Done when:** synthesis exists; synthesis phase can freeze Sp./Gh. working defs.

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---
id: SOUL-WP-0007
type: workplan
title: "Phase VI — Synthesis: crosswalk, evidence, revised ontology"
domain: agents
repo: soul-frame
status: proposed
owner: grok
topic_slug: soul-frame
priority: medium
created: "2026-08-09"
updated: "2026-08-09"
depends_on:
- SOUL-WP-0006
---
# SOUL-WP-0007 — Phase VI Synthesis
## Goal
Integrate workstream results into:
- concept crosswalk
- evidence register (mature Claims)
- revised ontology / terminology standard
- research synthesis document
- fiction/cultural precedents scan as conceptual laboratory (not evidence)
Also cover remaining WS11 death/legacy and WS13 fiction clusters as needed.
## Depends on
- **SOUL-WP-0006** (and earlier phases' synthesis notes)
## Tasks
### T01 — Full concept crosswalk
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0007-T01
status: todo
priority: high
```
For each matrix concept in `ResearchProgram.md` §5, complete adjacent-term
crosswalks in `concepts/` (or a consolidated `research/concept-crosswalk.md`).
**Done when:** every core concept has filled similarity/difference rows.
---
### T02 — Claims & open questions consolidation
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0007-T02
status: todo
priority: high
```
Advance H1H10 statuses; retire or revise failed concepts; clean
`OpenQuestions.md`.
**Done when:** no important claim remains without literature notes; revisions logged.
---
### T03 — Fiction & cultural precedents scan
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0007-T03
status: todo
priority: medium
```
Comparative notes (e.g. Culture Minds and peers) under
`research/fiction-cultural-precedents/` for conceptual experiments and failure
modes only.
**Done when:** short comparative note exists; no fiction treated as empirical proof.
---
### T04 — Research synthesis document
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0007-T04
status: todo
priority: high
```
Produce `research/research-synthesis.md` integrating phases IV and this phase.
**Done when:** synthesis is paper-ready as input to SOUL-WP-0008.

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---
id: SOUL-WP-0008
type: workplan
title: "Phase VII — Soul Frame research paper"
domain: agents
repo: soul-frame
status: proposed
owner: grok
topic_slug: soul-frame
priority: low
created: "2026-08-09"
updated: "2026-08-09"
depends_on:
- SOUL-WP-0007
---
# SOUL-WP-0008 — Phase VII Paper
## Goal
Write the first **research-grounded** Soul Frame paper using the outline in
`paper/outline.md` and synthesis from SOUL-WP-0007.
## Depends on
- **SOUL-WP-0007** research synthesis
## Tasks
### T01 — Related work section draft
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0008-T01
status: todo
priority: high
```
Expand `paper/related-work.md` from bibliography and crosswalks.
**Done when:** related-work draft covers all major traditions used in synthesis.
---
### T02 — Full paper draft
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0008-T02
status: todo
priority: high
```
Draft `paper/draft.md` following the research-program outline (Being through
limitations and agenda). Replace provisional intro claims with sourced ones.
**Done when:** complete draft exists with claim→literature traceability.
---
### T03 — Internal adversarial review
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0008-T03
status: todo
priority: medium
```
Re-run thought experiments against paper definitions; fix circular or collapsing
terms; document limitations honestly.
**Done when:** review notes filed; draft revised or issues logged as open questions.
---
### T04 — Paper freeze candidate
```task
id: SOUL-WP-0008-T04
status: todo
priority: medium
```
Mark a freeze candidate version (date + git tag or history snapshot) suitable for
external review or publication pathway decision.
**Done when:** freeze artifact recorded under `history/` or tagged release notes.