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Human agency first
People retain meaningful choice, refusal, correction, and exit.
OPERATING COVENANT
Assistance Without Authority
A practical test for whether capability is actually helping or quietly turning into control.
Standard
Privacy by non-creation
The safest unnecessary data is the data the system never collects.
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No dependency traps
Success should not require a person to remain captive to the tool that assisted them.
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Visible safeguards
Protection should be inspectable and understandable, not buried in reassuring language.
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Graceful degradation
Systems should remain replaceable, bounded, and able to fail without taking the person with them.
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Revision over ego
No idea is defended merely because COEX1ST created it. The mission outranks the artifact.