Term Meaning

Track A

Proof-grade artifact path: bundle, manifest, verify, extract

Track B

Exploratory or live reasoning path: MCP, investigation, working hypotheses

Proof path

The kernel-owned runtime path used for production bundle operations

Oracle

External comparison runtime used only for parity diagnostics and reference checks

Shared handover

The style-aware handoff artifact that replaces bundle-index language

Cognition layer

The governed note graph used for durable repository memory