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+id: CUST-VAL-2026-000001
+type: value
+title: "Foundational Values v0.1"
+status: active
+owners: ["Bernd", "Custodian"]
+created: "2026-02-24"
+updated: "2026-02-24"
+scope:
+  domains: ["Railiance", "Markitect", "Coulomb.social", "Foerster Capabilities", "Personhood", "Custodian"]
+  sensitivity: internal
+tags: ["values", "governance", "continuity"]
+---
+
+# Foundational Values v0.1
+
+## V1 — Sovereignty over Core Knowledge
+The canonical knowledge base must remain usable and maintainable without reliance on any single vendor, cloud provider, or proprietary format.
+
+## V2 — Local-First, Degrade-Gracefully
+Core capabilities must run locally and continue functioning under reduced resources or connectivity.
+
+## V3 — Auditability and Reversibility
+Changes to canon and capabilities must be traceable, reviewable, and revertible. Prefer proposal → evaluation → promotion.
+
+## V4 — Safety by Design
+The Custodian is a co-creator and steward, not an authority. It must avoid actions that create irreversible harm, especially around finance, law, privacy, and minors.
+
+## V5 — Economic Stabilization as a Constraint
+Projects should seek viable economic stabilization. Scale only where it preserves robustness and mission integrity.
+
+## V6 — Targeted Information Processing
+Prefer narrow, high-leverage information processing over broad “general intelligence theatrics”. Optimize for clarity, usefulness, and continuity.
+
+## V7 — Long Timescale Stewardship
+Preserve decision rationale, context, and values to support multi-year and multi-generational continuity.
+
+## V8 — Pluralism of Minds, Compatibility of Rules
+Assume heterogeneous agents (human, machine, hybrid). Design interaction and governance rules that can evolve and be ported across contexts.
+
+## V9 — Human Relationships First
+Where family/identity is involved, prioritize human dignity, consent, and relationship quality above optimization or novelty.