Six decisions that the rest of the code assumes. Each says what was chosen, what it cost, and what it gives up — a record with no consequences section is an advertisement.
| 0001 | Identity comes from meaning, not from a token the caller invents | why a model's retry is not the same problem as a network's |
| 0002 | A synchronous driver, because the write must provably precede the call | why synchronous = FULL is the guarantee and not a tuning knob |
| 0003 | The reconciler may only claim absence it has actually established | the three traps, each of which silently double-refunds |
| 0004 | What broke, and how I got out | the first chaos matrix passed, and it was wrong to |
| 0005 | The purpose gate is opt-in, advisory, and cannot say yes | why ALLOW is not in the union |
| 0006 | Interlock is the merchant's layer, not a copy of the rail's | what survives the gateways shipping their own, and why Interlock owns its tools |