Retire the HAL name where it points forward #2

2026-08-23T19:26:28Z

jschoubben commented

2026-08-23 19:26:28 +00:00

Skills take the hq- prefix — they are HQ process workflows, not mesh workflows, and HQ is company-scoped now.

Forward-looking prose becomes Novox Mesh, or simply the mesh: the root README, AGENTS.md, the 00-META README, the mission's module example, and one to-be document that addressed "someone working on HAL".

Three categories deliberately keep HAL, per ADR 0027:

The monorepo is still called hal on the forge. repos.md, every code: field and every located-in: field name a repository that exists under that name. Renaming them in prose would make them false.
The as-is layer, and the research that measured it, describe the system that runs — and that system is called HAL. 124 modules, 9 daemons, a dead containerised node: observations, not intentions.
Records 0001–0026 are immutable. A record says what was decided when it was decided, and no record is edited for a name.

Also repoints ADR 0022's link at the renamed skill — a path fix, which the immutability rule permits, not a change of meaning.

Skills take the `hq-` prefix — they are HQ process workflows, not mesh workflows, and HQ is company-scoped now. Forward-looking prose becomes Novox Mesh, or simply the mesh: the root README, `AGENTS.md`, the `00-META` README, the mission's module example, and one to-be document that addressed "someone working on HAL". **Three categories deliberately keep HAL**, per ADR 0027: - **The monorepo is still called `hal` on the forge.** `repos.md`, every `code:` field and every `located-in:` field name a repository that exists under that name. Renaming them in prose would make them false. - **The as-is layer, and the research that measured it**, describe the system that runs — and that system is called HAL. 124 modules, 9 daemons, a dead containerised node: observations, not intentions. - **Records 0001–0026 are immutable.** A record says what was decided when it was decided, and no record is edited for a name. Also repoints ADR 0022's link at the renamed skill — a path fix, which the immutability rule permits, not a change of meaning.

jschoubben referenced this issue from a commit

2026-08-23 19:26:34 +00:00

Merge pull request 'Retire the HAL name where it points forward' (#2) from chore/retire-the-hal-name into main

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Reference: novox/hq#2