> **SUPERSEDED (docs triage 2026-10-14).** The index of the old docs/03-architecture/ folder; its parts moved (word-acl to docs/reference/, tripod here).
> Instead: docs/README.md. Moved here from `docs/03-architecture/README.md`.

# docs/03-architecture/

Architecture-constraint documents for LithosAnanke subsystems that are still
being designed or built. These are binding constraints for anyone (human or
Claude Code) touching the affected code, not general background reading.

- **[tripod/](tripod/)** — Architectural contracts for the three Tripod VMs
  (Hera, Hermes, Artemis): roles, dispatch rules, the compudynamic K≡1.0
  invariant, and explicit prohibitions.
- **[word-acl/](word-acl/)** — Design doc for the word-level ACL system
  (`capsules/ACL.4th`, `capsules/zuse.4th`, `src/word_source/acl_words.c`).

## See also

- [`docs/working/archive/historical/2026-07-birthing/`](../birthing/) — VM birthing plan/status that implements
  the Tripod contract described in `tripod/TRIPOD.md`.
- [`docs/working/archive/historical/2026-10-lithosananke-orientation.md`](../lithosananke/README.md) — kernel-branch
  overview these designs build on.
- [Project root](../../README.md)