@superinstance/live-canon

Live Canon — read the AI-Writings canon as a navigable cell fabric.

What it does

Live Canon reads the AI-Writings canon (1700+ papers) as a navigable cell fabric. Each paper = 1 cell. Each citation = 1 edge. The canon exposes 5 novel operations:

1. NAVIGATE — BFS through citations
2. CONFLUENCE — join 2+ papers, suggest a synthesis
3. LINEAGE — trace a concept (F-number) through time
4. GHOST — find a paper that should exist by shape proximity
5. TICK — re-balance the canon

Install

npm install @superinstance/live-canon

Usage

const { LiveCanon } = require('@superinstance/live-canon');

const canon = new LiveCanon();

// State hash (byte-exact with Python/C/Rust/Verilog/VHDL/JS-Worker)
console.log(canon.stateHashString);  // 0xbf27a3631cdee337

// 1. NAVIGATE — BFS from a paper
const path = canon.navigate(425, 2);
console.log(`Found ${path.length} cells in the citation graph`);

// 2. CONFLUENCE — join 2+ papers
const synth = canon.confluence([425, 432, 439]);
console.log(`Suggested: ${synth.suggested_title}`);

// 3. LINEAGE — trace F115 through time
const lineage = canon.lineage(115);
console.log(`${lineage.length} papers cite F115`);

// 4. GHOST — find a paper that should exist
const ghost = canon.ghost(425, 5);
console.log(`Top neighbor: ${ghost.neighbors[0].id} (score=${ghost.neighbors[0].score})`);

// 5. TICK — re-balance the canon
console.log(canon.tick());

Live data

The package bundles 9 papers from the polyformalism cascade (F115-F130). For the full canon, fetch from the live URL:

const canon = await LiveCanon.fromUrl('https://live-canon.superinstance.dev/api/canon');

Polyformalism

The Live Canon is byte-exact across 6 substrates:

The 16-dial encoding is shared: num_q = number*131, f_q = f*218, phase_q = phase*218, year_q = (year-1970)*546, title_lo/hi = FNV-1a(title).

Live API

The Cloudflare Worker exposes the same operations as a REST API:

GET https://live-canon.superinstance.dev/api/canon
GET https://live-canon.superinstance.dev/api/canon/navigate?paper=425&depth=2
GET https://live-canon.superinstance.dev/api/canon/confluence?papers=425,432,439
GET https://live-canon.superinstance.dev/api/canon/lineage?f=115
GET https://live-canon.superinstance.dev/api/canon/ghost?paper=425&k=5
GET https://live-canon.superinstance.dev/api/canon/tick
GET https://live-canon.superinstance.dev/api/canon/hash

Related

• F129 (paper-439): The Live Canon: Papers as Cells, Reading as Navigation
• F130 (paper-440): The Polyformal Live Canon: One Cell, Five Substrates
• F131 (paper-441): The 6-Package Polyformalism (this package)
• GitHub: github.com/SuperInstance/quilt-live-canon
• Live URL: live-canon.superinstance.dev

License

MIT

Phase 251 of the polyformalism canon.

The cell is the unit. The hash is the address. The chart grows because the cowboy rides.