# Concept ↔ Implementation Fitness Map

**Updated:** 2026-08-22 (TD-WP-0002-T03)

Traces each important concept to the implementation, experiment and evidence that
support it. **Unsupported entries are the point of this map** — a concept with no
implementation and no evidence is not a gap to be embarrassed about, it is the
current honest state, and hiding it defeats the map's purpose.

Support levels follow `TestDriverImprovementLoop.md` §13:
`C0 Idea` · `C1 Hypothesis` · `C2 Experimentally Supported` ·
`C3 Practically Validated` · `C4 Architectural Invariant`

## Current state

At the time of writing there is **no implementation**, so no concept can honestly
exceed `C1`. The initial classifications in §13 of the Improvement Loop
(`Actor Isolation C2`, `Independent Oracles C2`) are corrected downward here: they
were aspirational, not evidenced.

| Concept | Level | Implementation | Experiment | Evidence | Open question |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `C-use-case` | C1 | — (T04) | — | — | Is a use case expressible without leaking mechanics? |
| `C-actor-isolation` | C1 | — (T04) | E-001 | — | Isolation is asserted by construction; unverified. |
| `C-semantic-action` | C1 | — (T04) | E-001 | — | Does identity survive restructuring better than a recorded sequence? (H-001) |
| `C-oracle-independence` | C1 | — (T04) | E-001, E-003 | — | Independence of components ≠ independence of belief. (H-004) |
| `C-evidence-pack` | C1 | — (T04) | — | — | What is the minimum sufficient for replay? |
| `C-observation-channel` | C1 | — (T05) | — | — | **D-07** — required of every system under test. Adoption cost unknown. |
| `C-adaptation` | C1 | — (T08) | E-001 | — | (H-002) |
| `C-classification` | C1 | — (T08) | E-001, E-003 | — | Decision table is total on paper; unexercised. |
| `C-crystallization` | C1 | — (T09) | E-002 | — | (H-003) |
| `C-intent-provenance` | C1 | — (T04) | E-003 | — | Constrains provenance, not quality. Accepted residual. |
| `C-lineage` | C0 | — | — | — | Parent pointer only in the spike. |
| `C-energy` | C0 | events only (T04) | — | — | Dormant by decision. (H-005) |
| `C-temperature` | C0 | — | — | — | Deferred. No implementation planned in TD-WP-0002. |
| `C-confidence` | C0 | — | — | — | Deferred. |
| `C-campaign` | C0 | — | — | — | Deferred. |
| `C-metabolism` | C0 | — | — | — | Deferred. Depends on C-energy. |
| `C-retirement` | C0 | — | — | — | Deferred. Depends on C-energy. |
| `C-security-mutation` | C1 | — | E-003 | — | Catalogue exists; no derivation mechanism. |

## Orphan check

**Conceptual orphans** — concepts with no planned implementation in `TD-WP-0002`:
`C-temperature`, `C-confidence`, `C-campaign`, `C-metabolism`, `C-retirement`.

All five are deferred *by explicit decision*, not oversight. They are the group
most at risk of being built because they are easy and satisfying, and never
validated. They are revisited at T10, where the question is not "when do we build
these" but "does the evidence justify keeping them in the model at all".

**Implementation orphans** — none yet; there is no implementation.