Cycle Governance v0.1

Program status

Autorite is an open-ended research program. The program itself has no terminal CLOSED state.

[ Autorite = C_1 \rightarrow C_2 \rightarrow C_3 \rightarrow \cdots ]

This sequence does not assume convergence to a final theory.

Cycle status

Individual Cycles are finite research commitments and may close.

Lifecycle: PLANNED → OPEN → ACTIVE → REVIEW → CLOSED → PUBLISHED

CLOSED means the Cycle's declared research obligations have been resolved as completed, validly blocked, falsified, indeterminate or explicitly transferred. It does not mean all questions were solved.

Mandatory Cycle close outputs

Every closed Cycle publishes:

• Cycle Manifest and initial questions;
• packages executed;
• preregistrations/protocols;
• valid negative and positive results;
• deviations and invalidated runs;
• Synthesis Review;
• Foundation Review where applicable;
• What Changed;
• What Remains Open;
• canonical knowledge snapshot;
• Transition Record for the next Cycle.

Next Cycle

Cycle N+1 is generated from Cycle N evidence and Transition Review, not from a fixed long-range roadmap.

Completion

Cycle completion is not time-based. It is derived from declared research obligations. Days elapsed may be displayed secondarily but never determine the Cycle Ring.

Git anchors

Recommended lifecycle anchors:

• cycle-NN-open
• cycle-NN-checkpoint-*
• cycle-NN-close

main remains the living current state. cycle-NN-close is an immutable historical snapshot.