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canon/projects/foerster-capabilities/concepts_seed_v0.1.md

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+id: CUST-CPT-FOER-2026-000001
+type: concept
+title: "Foerster Capabilities — Seed Concepts v0.1"
+status: active
+owners: ["Bernd", "Custodian"]
+created: "2026-02-24"
+updated: "2026-02-24"
+scope:
+  domains: ["Foerster Capabilities"]
+  sensitivity: internal
+tags: ["concepts", "cybernetics", "capabilities"]
+---
+
+# Foerster Capabilities — Seed Concepts v0.1
+
+1. **Non-Trivial Machine** — a system whose output depends on internal state/history, not only current input.
+2. **Governability** — degree to which an environment/controller can constrain and steer the system.
+3. **Reliability** — stability of behavior under expected conditions; predictability of failure modes.
+4. **Adaptivity** — capacity to adjust behavior in response to changing environment and feedback.
+5. **Reflexivity** — capacity to model/self-reference its own behavior and update based on that model.
+6. **Autonomy** — ability to set and pursue goals with limited external control.
+7. **Sovereignty** — autonomy plus control over critical dependencies (resources, memory, tooling).
+8. **Capability Vector** — multi-dimensional description placing a system in capability space.
+9. **Interaction Envelope** — boundary conditions within which safe, intended interaction holds.
+10. **Control Surface** — set of levers available to govern a system (policies, tools, incentives).

canon/projects/foerster-capabilities/project_charter_v0.1.md

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+---
+id: CUST-PRJ-FOER-2026-000001
+type: charter
+title: "Foerster Capabilities — Project Charter v0.1"
+status: active
+owners: ["Bernd", "Custodian"]
+created: "2026-02-24"
+updated: "2026-02-24"
+scope:
+  domains: ["Foerster Capabilities"]
+  sensitivity: internal
+tags: ["taxonomy", "systems-theory", "agency", "governance"]
+---
+
+# Foerster Capabilities — Project Charter v0.1
+
+## Purpose
+Create a systems-theoretic taxonomy of computational agency grounded in Foerster’s Non-Trivial Machines, integrating behavior, resources, interaction properties, and governability.
+
+## Problem
+Existing capability classifications are fragmented (complexity, architecture, AI tasks, cybernetics, governance/risk). We lack a shared multidimensional map.
+
+## Outcome
+A rigorous capability space:
+- dimensions such as governability, reliability, adaptivity, reflexivity, autonomy/sovereignty
+- operational tests / indicators where possible
+- mappings from systems (agents/services/orgs) into the space
+- connections to governance and risk controls
+
+## Boundaries (v0.1)
+- Establish vocabulary, dimension definitions, and orthogonality discussions.
+- Produce diagrams and examples rather than chasing completeness.
+
+## Success criteria (v0.1)
+- A paper-grade outline + a stable diagrammatic “map”.
+- A small library of example classifications (LLM agent, company process, service).

canon/projects/foerster-capabilities/roadmap_v0.1.md

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+---
+id: CUST-RDM-FOER-2026-000001
+type: roadmap
+title: "Foerster Capabilities — Roadmap v0.1"
+status: active
+owners: ["Bernd", "Custodian"]
+created: "2026-02-24"
+updated: "2026-02-24"
+scope:
+  domains: ["Foerster Capabilities"]
+  sensitivity: internal
+tags: ["roadmap", "taxonomy", "paper", "dimensions"]
+---
+
+# Foerster Capabilities — Roadmap v0.1
+
+## Phase 0 — Dimension Definitions
+- Define each dimension with: intrinsic/extrinsic aspects, tests, failure modes
+- Resolve overlaps and dependencies (orthogonality work)
+
+## Phase 1 — Map & Classification Protocol
+- Capability space diagram(s)
+- Classification checklist and rubric
+- Example classifications
+
+## Phase 2 — Governance Mapping
+- Link capabilities to governance controls and risk envelopes
+- “Permission design” implications for agents
+
+## Phase 3 — Publication Package
+- Preprint structure
+- Glossary and diagrams
+- Reference implementation of classification tool (optional)