VaultMesh Documentation

A structured memory system for a proof-driven civilization substrate.

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Topology Overview

VaultMesh documentation forms a directed proof graph, not a hierarchy. Every document resolves to ontological primitives (CLAIM, EVENT, AUTHORITY, PROOF, STATE) and belongs to an artifact class (SPEC, OPS, PROOF, STATE, THEORY).

SPEC --defines--> OPS --produces--> PROOF --attests--> STATE
  ^                                                      |
  |                                                      v
  +--<--refines--<-- THEORY --<--informs--<--------------+

See TOPOLOGY.md for the complete 21-layer topology specification.

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Root Anchors

Document	Purpose
ROOT.txt	Invariant truth — event taxonomy, proof invariants, governance kernel
CURRENT_STATE.md	Snapshot of operational reality
WITNESS_INDEX.md	Map of verification actors

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Proof Domain Clusters

Each domain produces SPEC, OPS, and PROOF artifacts:

Domain	Spec	Ops	Proof
core/	CORE_SPEC	CORE_OPS	template
governance/	GOVERNANCE_SPEC	GOVERNANCE_OPS	template
economics/	ECONOMICS_SPEC	ECONOMICS_OPS	template
security/	SECURITY_SPEC	SECURITY_OPS	template
operations/	OPERATIONS_SPEC	OPERATIONS_OPS	template

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Proof Streams

Append-only NDJSON streams — the living history of the system:

Stream	Purpose
receipts.ndjson	Transaction and decision receipts
foundry_events.ndjson	Token and artifact creation
rotation_evidence.ndjson	Key lifecycle events
support.ndjson	Support and maintenance
run_events.ndjson	Deployment and runtime

See STREAMS.md for the stream contract and schema.

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Verification

Surface	Tool	Purpose
Offline	VERIFY_ALL.sh	Full offline verification suite
Offline	verify_chain.py	Stream hash chain verification
Machine	CI_CONTRACT.md	CI/CD verification contract
Human	REPORT_TEMPLATE.md	Human-readable verification reports

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Adversarial Domain

Document	Purpose
ADVERSARY_CLASSES.md	Known adversary taxonomy
ATTACK_PLAYBOOKS.md	Attack scenario exercises
EQUIVOCATION_SPEC.md	Contradiction detection
EQUIVOCATION_RESOLUTION.md	Conflict resolution protocol

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Stack Overview

Document	Purpose
VAULTMESH_STACK.md	Visual model of the entire verification universe — from events to cosmology

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Higher Layers

Document	Layer	Purpose
WITNESS_NETWORK.md	9	Witness network topology
TEMPORAL_TOPOLOGY.md	10	Time layer structure
CIVILIZATION_LEDGER.md	11	Convergent memory systems
PROOF_INDEX.md	13	Proof navigation and query
PROOF_GRAVITY.md	14	Institutional orbit theory
AUTHORITY_LINEAGE.md	15	Authority genealogy tracking
PROOF_SEMANTICS.md	16	Proof evaluation rules
TIME_ANCHORING.md	17	Multi-anchor temporal truth
EQUIVOCATION_RESOLUTION.md	18	Conflict resolution protocol
PROOF_COMPACTION.md	19	Proof inflation mitigation
PROOF_LATTICE.md	20	Formal proof algebra
PROOF_QUERY_LANGUAGE.md	21	Lattice query grammar

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Proof Navigation

Query the proof lattice from the command line:

# Trace proofs supporting a claim
./proof_index/proof_query.py provenance --claim <claim_id>

# Trace authority lineage for an actor
./proof_index/proof_query.py lineage --actor <actor_id>

# Find conflicting attestations
./proof_index/proof_query.py contradictions --event <event_id>

# Reconstruct state at a point in time
./proof_index/proof_query.py state-at --time <ISO-8601>

# Trace downstream impact of a proof
./proof_index/proof_query.py impact --proof <proof_hash>

# Rebuild all navigation indexes
./proof_index/proof_query.py rebuild-index

See PROOF_INDEX.md for the full navigation specification.

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Quick Verification

./verification/offline/VERIFY_ALL.sh

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Official VaultMesh Source

All official VaultMesh code is published exclusively from:

Source	Location
GitHub org	VaultMesh-Core
Root of trust	VaultMesh-Core/VaultMesh-Core

For the complete list of authorized namespaces (npm, PyPI, Docker, Go), see:

• SECURITY.md
• OFFICIAL_NAMESPACES.json

Report suspicious packages to security@vaultmesh.org.