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jochen 3ff38d2ee1 The seats as they run, and to-be 26 implemented
Both halves are on their main branches, so the seats stop being an intention. Writes the as-is
document from the controller's code and the catalogue's manifests: the closed set of fourteen, the
three refusals a claim meets, the holder being an assignment and nothing else, and the one place a
seat changes resolution — which of several providers answers, never whether a requirement may go
unanswered.

Two things the as-is layer exists for are stated rather than smoothed over: a seat cannot answer
before it is held, which is the standing condition issue 121 records; and capacity is not
implemented at all, so the design's bench has no counterpart in the code.
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03-DESIGN / 00-as-is

The mesh as it stands. These documents describe what runs, including the parts nobody would choose again — an as-is layer that only records the good decisions is a brochure.

They are written from the implementation and from the operational record, not from intent. Where the two disagree, the implementation wins and the disagreement is stated.

Document Covers
00-overview.md The whole in one pass — what a node is, what a module is, how work reaches it
01-mesh-and-transport.md The mesh database, the broker, discovery, and how a call reaches another node
02-modules-and-manifests.md The module, the manifest, and features as the unit of work
03-provisioning.md Declared requirements, provisioners, credentials, and cross-node grants
04-delivery.md Push to running: the three silos, levels, and what a green pipeline proves
05-runtime-and-installation.md The node runtime, its modes, and how a node comes into being
06-configuration-and-secrets.md Managed files, value resolution, and where secrets live
07-knowledge.md The two knowledge stores, and what each is for
08-agents-and-work.md Agents as employees, tasks, workflows, and the meeting model
09-interfaces-and-observability.md How the mesh is reached and watched — tools, board, proxy, health, thoughts
10-module-catalogue.md The catalogue's shape, and what its shape says
11-the-lab.md The lab — the first piece of the new shape that exists, and what it does not yet do
12-the-seats.md The seats the mesh defines, who holds one, and where a seat changes resolution

What these documents are not

They are not a runbook. Operational procedure — how to fix one occurrence of something — lives in the knowledge base, which is indexed on symptoms and is the right place to search when something is broken.

They are not exhaustive. A subsystem is described to the depth at which its design is visible; below that is code.