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.

workplans/SOUL-WP-0004-phase-iii-personhood.md

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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.