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-0005-phase-iv-artificial-beings.md

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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 I–III 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.