episteme-kernel 0.0.1

Name-defense stub for the episteme cognitive kernel. episteme does not install from PyPI — see the project README for the two real install paths.

episteme-kernel — name-defense stub

This directory is a minimal, ready-to-publish PyPI package whose only job is to hold the episteme-kernel name for the project (PRODUCT_MASTER_PLAN §9.2, decision (a)+(c), Event 143). Importing it raises ImportError with pointers to the two real install paths — the Claude Code plugin and a source checkout. episteme itself is squatted on PyPI by an unrelated package; this stub keeps the fallback name available for a future packaged kernel, should real demand for a pip-native install ever appear (that would be §9.2 option (b), a separate decision).

It is not wired into CI on purpose: publishing claims a public namespace and cannot be unclaimed, so it is an operator action.

Publish (operator-run, one time)

cd packaging/episteme-kernel-stub
python -m build
twine upload dist/*

Version stays 0.0.1 until the name ever carries a real package. Do not add this directory to the wheel/sdist of the main project; it is a sibling artifact, not a dependency.