# Implementation Boundaries

## 1. Public vs Private

This repository is documentation-only.

Public:

- high-level concept;
- terminology;
- architecture overview;
- boundary rules;
- defensive publication;
- citation metadata.

Private:

- production [Brownyx](https://brownyx.com) code;
- production prompts;
- exact model routing;
- exact scoring heuristics;
- private runtime data;
- infrastructure secrets;
- private integrations;
- commercial implementation details.

## 2. No Production Secrets

Do not publish:

- API keys;
- database schemas beyond conceptual examples;
- internal production prompt chains;
- private traces;
- private memory examples;
- customer data;
- deployment credentials;
- model provider secrets;
- exact anti-abuse heuristics.

## 3. No Direct Consciousness Claims

Do not write:

```text
Brownyx is conscious.
CEL proves machine consciousness.
CEL creates real subjective experience.
```

Use:

```text
Brownyx is a research runtime for persistent synthetic mind instances.
CEL is an architecture pattern for bounded cognitive expansion.
The project remains agnostic about consciousness claims.
```

## 4. No Self-Model Shortcut

CEL must not directly update identity.

Allowed:

```text
self-model tension agenda item
trace evidence
candidate signal for existing gates
```

Forbidden:

```text
direct identity rewrite
direct stable trait insertion
direct capability claim
direct consciousness claim
```

## 5. No Memory Pollution

CEL output should not become ordinary memory by default.

Use:

- CycleTrace for ephemeral expansion;
- MindQuestion for durable questions;
- Hypothesis for testable claims;
- Contradiction for tensions;
- MindCell for durable cognitive patterns;
- Artifact candidate for deliberate externalization.

## 6. Bisociation Boundary

Bisociation is allowed only when:

- earlier strategies are insufficient;
- it produces a clear useful conclusion;
- it passes clarity and risk thresholds;
- it remains internal by default.

Bad:

```text
Every answer becomes symbolic and poetic.
```

Good:

```text
A structural analogy or bisociation is used internally to generate a useful hypothesis, then the final output is clear.
```