---
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.