SilverSight/docs/living/README.md
openresearch e4cb242619 docs: create living targets folder for rapidly evolving goals
New folder: docs/living/ — for goals that change daily, not stable
findings (those stay in docs/research/).

Documents:
- README.md: rules for living docs (overwrite freely, one sentence
  per target, link to findings, honesty tag)
- TARGETS.md: 5 active targets (invariant geometry, reaction primes,
  merged O(1), formal cleanup, encoder fidelity) + 3 dead + 3 candidate
- PROJECT_MAP.md: what SilverSight IS right now (not what it was)
- MILESTONES.md: 5 near-term milestones with success criteria
  (3-SAT spectral test, cmix SVD, SLOS eigenvalue products,
   CRT hachimoji pairing, reaction prime proof)
- OPEN_QUESTIONS.md: 8 unanswered questions
- DIRECTION_LOG.md: 5 direction changes from this session, with
  the reason for each

Living docs rules:
- No measurement required (goals, not findings)
- Overwrite freely (git history preserves old versions)
- One sentence per target
- Link to docs/research/ for backing evidence
- Honesty tag: MEASURED / OPEN / SPECULATIVE
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# Living Documents
This folder is for **rapidly evolving** goals, targets, and project maps.
Unlike the formal docs in `docs/research/` (which are measured,
stable findings), the documents here change **daily**. They represent
the current direction of the project — what we're aiming at today,
which may shift tomorrow.
## Document Types
| Type | Purpose | Update frequency |
|------|---------|-----------------|
| `TARGETS.md` | Current research targets and their status | Daily |
| `PROJECT_MAP.md` | What the project IS right now (not what it was) | Daily |
| `MILESTONES.md` | Near-term milestones with success criteria | Weekly |
| `OPEN_QUESTIONS.md` | Questions we haven't answered yet | As needed |
| `DIRECTION_LOG.md` | Why the direction changed (decision log) | On change |
## Rules
1. **No measurement required here.** These are goals, not findings.
Findings go in `docs/research/` with bytes behind them.
2. **Overwrite freely.** The old version is in git history.
Don't append — replace.
3. **One sentence per target.** If you can't state it in one
sentence, it's not a target yet, it's a question.
4. **Link to findings.** Each target should link to the relevant
`docs/research/` document that backs (or refutes) it.
5. **Honesty tag.** Each target gets: MEASURED (backed by data),
OPEN (untested), or SPECULATIVE (no data yet).
## Current Documents
- [TARGETS.md](TARGETS.md) — current research targets
- [PROJECT_MAP.md](PROJECT_MAP.md) — what the project IS now
- [MILESTONES.md](MILESTONES.md) — near-term milestones
- [OPEN_QUESTIONS.md](OPEN_QUESTIONS.md) — unanswered questions
- [DIRECTION_LOG.md](DIRECTION_LOG.md) — why direction changed