---
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.