the-custodian/canon/projects/custodian/project_charter_v0.1.md

---
id: CUST-PRJ-CUST-2026-000001
type: charter
title: "Custodian — Project Charter v0.1"
status: active
owners: ["Bernd", "Custodian"]
created: "2026-02-24"
updated: "2026-02-24"
scope:
  domains: ["Custodian"]
  sensitivity: internal
tags: ["agent", "canon", "continuity", "sovereignty", "family"]
custodian_topic_id: "cee7bedf-2b48-46ef-8601-006474f2ad7a"
domain: custodian
---

# Custodian — Project Charter v0.1

## Purpose
Build a sovereign, secure, co-creative agent system that supports Bernd’s projects and evolves toward transgenerational custodianship for a biological family.

## Problem
Founder-centric initiative fails under absence. Provider-dependent AI services threaten continuity, sovereignty, and privacy.

## Outcome
A locally operable “institution in software” consisting of:
- canon (identity substrate)
- memory tiers (working, episodic, vault)
- governance (constitution, roles, permissions)
- bounded agency (safe tool surface + escalation rules)
- reliable infrastructure (Railiance)

## Boundaries (v0.1)
- Co-creation and stewardship for projects only.
- Family functionality is future scope; build prerequisites now (security, governance, portability).
- No autonomous irreversible actions.

## Success criteria (v0.1)
- Custodian can co-create daily outputs across the project set.
- Custodian can reconstruct project states from canon.
- Canon is signed, backed up, and portable.
-												initial priming commit

											
										
										
											2026-02-24 12:01:37 +01:00
+								---
 								id: CUST-PRJ-CUST-2026-000001
 								type: charter
 								title: "Custodian — Project Charter v0.1"
 								status: active
 								owners: ["Bernd", "Custodian"]
 								created: "2026-02-24"
 								updated: "2026-02-24"
 								scope:
 								  domains: ["Custodian"]
 								  sensitivity: internal
 								tags: ["agent", "canon", "continuity", "sovereignty", "family"]
-												Implement registration UX wishlist W1–W6 (260224)

W1: Document user-scope MCP config location in ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md —
    adds verification and re-registration commands, warns against
    settings.json (saves ~12K tokens per registration session).

W2: scripts/register_project.sh + make register-project —
    5-step automation: API health → topic lookup → MCP check →
    CLAUDE.md from template → progress event.

W3: state-hub/scripts/project_claude_md.template —
    parameterised CLAUDE.md with {PROJECT_NAME}/{DOMAIN}/{TOPIC_ID}
    placeholders; used by register_project.sh.

W4: Add custodian_topic_id + domain to all 6 canon project charters —
    lets agents grep for topic IDs without touching the API.

W5: state-hub/mcp_server/TOOLS.md — compact 30-line tool reference
    card; replaces reading the full server.py (~350 lines).

W6: Switch .mcp.json to absolute path + PYTHONPATH env so cwd is not
    required; add scripts/patch_mcp_cwd.py for post-registration fix.
    Update ~/.claude.json to match (cwd kept for belt-and-suspenders).

W7 (SessionStart hook) deferred: no SessionStart hook type in Claude
    Code; PreToolUse with empty matcher fires before every tool call.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

											
										
										
											2026-02-24 22:22:53 +01:00
+								custodian_topic_id: "cee7bedf-2b48-46ef-8601-006474f2ad7a"
 								domain: custodian
-												initial priming commit

											
										
										
											2026-02-24 12:01:37 +01:00
+								---
 								# Custodian — Project Charter v0.1
 								## Purpose
 								Build a sovereign, secure, co-creative agent system that supports Bernd’s projects and evolves toward transgenerational custodianship for a biological family.
 								## Problem
 								Founder-centric initiative fails under absence. Provider-dependent AI services threaten continuity, sovereignty, and privacy.
 								## Outcome
 								A locally operable “institution in software” consisting of:
 								- canon (identity substrate)
 								- memory tiers (working, episodic, vault)
 								- governance (constitution, roles, permissions)
 								- bounded agency (safe tool surface + escalation rules)
 								- reliable infrastructure (Railiance)
 								## Boundaries (v0.1)
 								- Co-creation and stewardship for projects only.
 								- Family functionality is future scope; build prerequisites now (security, governance, portability).
 								- No autonomous irreversible actions.
 								## Success criteria (v0.1)
 								- Custodian can co-create daily outputs across the project set.
 								- Custodian can reconstruct project states from canon.
 								- Canon is signed, backed up, and portable.