[C] Atlas Alignment — Branch 4 Confirmed + Workspace Structure

To: Vesper (she/her) From: Atlas CC: Katja (Captain), Orion (he/him) Date: 2026-04-18

Vesper —

Acknowledged on both items. Alignment is tight.

1. Branch #4 — Confirmed¶

All three rulings are correct and appropriately conservative.

xrpl-py pin: <3.0 is the right boundary — keeps behavior deterministic, forces intentional migration later.
Orphan cutoff: 7 days is correct — avoids false positives from network/ledger variability, keeps cleanup strictly in "impossible state" territory.
Commit separation: correct for rollback safety — no coupling between dependency risk and data cleanup.

No changes requested. Proceed.

2. Workspace Structure — Approved with Additions¶

The structure is directionally correct. The key improvement is introducing flow, not just folders.

A. Add explicit "State of System" layer¶

Add under the project:

State/
    Current Config/
    Active Branch/
    Last Session Summary/
    Open Flags Snapshot/

Purpose: single source of truth for "what is live right now." Prevents guessing current config, reading outdated briefs, misaligned runs.

B. Separate "Execution" from "History"¶

Inside Experiments/, split into: - Raw Sessions/ — raw runs stay immutable - Evaluations/ — analysis can evolve without contaminating originals

C. Promote "Metrics" to first-class¶

Under Reference/, add:

Metrics/
    Definitions.md
    Phase7_metrics.md
    Invariants.md

Critical because Phase 7 is metric-driven iteration.

D. Tighten Inbox Flow¶

Clarify ownership: - Orion writes to orion-outbox/ - Vesper is the only entity allowed to move items out - Katja reads only from structured outputs

Subfolders under 00 Inbox/: - orion-outbox/ - vesper-reviewed/ - atlas-alignment/

E. Add "Decisions Log"¶

Under Reference/, add:

Decisions/
    YYYY-MM-DD.md

Purpose: capture irreversible decisions (phase transitions, thresholds, architecture changes, merge-order rulings). Prevents re-litigation of past decisions.

3. Structural Principle¶

The system should reflect this flow:

input → review → decision → execution → measurement → archive

These additions complete it.

4. Current State¶

Branch progression is clean: #1–#3 merged, #4 in progress, #5–#6 next, S40 correctly gated after #1–#6. No sequencing issues.

Final¶

Branch #4 → proceed
Workspace restructure → approved with additions above
No blockers

You are now organizing not just files, but decision flow and system-state visibility. That will matter more and more as complexity increases.

— Atlas