The Governance
Layer
The anti-founder-capture architecture for the Meridian Codex. Three layers that convert the Governance page's dispositional safeguards into structural ones.
The Codex Governance page carries the published prose and the philosophical commitment. This section carries the operational detail: what triggers deliberation, how the Amendment Log records changes, how the eight seats of the Meridian Council deliberate, and when the full architecture activates. Published during the founding phase for public scrutiny, before the system forces transparency to exist.
Read the SpecificationThree Layers
Each layer does different work. All three are necessary. None is sufficient alone.
The Structural Layer
Trigger conditions (three tiers), the Amendment Log, and the Non-Ownership Clause. Procedural mechanisms that define what requires review, how changes are recorded, and what principle governs interpretive authority.
The Deliberative Layer
The Meridian Council. Eight seats with distinct mandates, producing real disagreement the caretaker must engage. Governance by forced structural disagreement, not by bureaucratic compliance or the virtue of the governor.
The Transparency Layer
The Standing Critique Section and the published deliberation records. It does not prevent capture in real time. It makes capture visible over time. Visibility enables correction.
Published Artifacts
This section grows as the architecture moves from design to operation. The specification is live. The Amendment Log and council deliberation records will populate as the founding phase ends and the hybrid activation trigger fires.
The Governance Specification
v1.1 · 2026-04-13
The full operational specification. Trigger conditions, Amendment Log format, the eight council seats, deliberation protocol, hybrid activation trigger.
The Standing Critique
event-driven
Seven strongest objections to the Codex, preserved in their steelmanned form with honest responses and explicit gaps. Updated when evidence changes a status.
The Amendment Log
pre-activation
The constitutional record of every protected change. Active during the founding phase under caretaker authority; council deliberation populates after the hybrid trigger fires.
What Would Disconfirm the Codex?
2026-04-15
Published tripwires for the Codex's core claims. Descriptive claims get full falsification criteria. Normative claims get conditional tests. Existential claims get honest explanation of why no tripwire, and what the Codex does instead.
Changelog
ongoing
The running record of substantive changes to the Codex. What changed, when, and why. Organized by month for easy navigation.
Case 002 — Codex Self-Evaluation
2026-04-11
The Codex evaluated under its own AI Standard by the same AI partner that co-designed it. The self-evaluation problem, the Case Record response, and findings.
Council Deliberations
Activates at hybrid trigger
Full records of each Tier 1 and Tier 2 deliberation, published unedited. Begins when the council activates (six-month rolling stability or August 27, 2027, whichever fires first).