Robert Allan JamesandClaude Sonnet 5
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All FORTH-owned message types were cut over to kernel-Hermes in Phase 3 (tasks 3.8-3.10). This removes the now-dead FORTH messaging layer and the Hermes VM itself: capsules/common/messaging.4th, capsules/hermes/init.4th, the slot-3 VM-NAME-REG pairing convention, and every load-site/birth-site reference across capsules/init.4th, artemis/init.4th, hestia/init.4th, doe-campaign.4th (Artemis-only now), capsule_console.c, capsule_mint.c, capsule_wirebind.c, capsule_birth.c, and kernel_main.c. Verified on all three architectures: clean boot, mkcapsule --lint clean (36 files, 0 violations), zero UNKNOWN WORD, identical dict_hash across amd64/aarch64/riscv64 for every VM, and a full mint -> WIREBIND-attach -> USE -> relay round-trip exercising the two highest-risk edits (capsule_console.c/capsule_mint.c). Found, not fixed: deleting messaging.4th removes SEND-ELEVATE-REQUEST, which was the only caller of KH-ELEVATE-SEND and the only path to ELEVATE-GRANT (zuse-eligibility.4th, still loaded at boot) -- Phase 8 PKI's own elevation entrypoint. Needs a decision before Phase 5 close-out. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
capsules/
FORTH personality files loaded by the VM at boot. A capsule is an immutable, content-addressed payload; its XXHash64 hash is its identity. Any mutation changes the hash and the birth protocol rejects the image.
Key files
| File | Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
init.4th |
(m) MAMA_INIT |
Default Mama VM personality — loaded at LBN 2048 |
ACL.4th |
user | Word-level ACL system; self-activating at boot |
zuse.4th |
user | Bootstrap superuser; loaded by ACL.4th |
doe.4th |
user | DoE workload words (EXEC-DOE) — opt-in |
workload-0.4th … workload-9.4th |
(p) |
Numbered personality variants |
init-l8-*.4th |
(p) |
L8 Jacquard mode variants (stable/volatile/diverse/temporal/transition/omni) |
hermes/init.4th |
(p) |
Hermes baby VM personality |
artemis/init.4th |
(p) |
Artemis baby VM personality |
Block namespace
Block ranges are shared across all loaded capsules — collisions cause silent word-definition overwrites.
| Range | Owner |
|---|---|
| 2048–2099 | init.4th |
| 2100–2199 | doe.4th |
| 3000–3999 | workload capsules |
| 4000+ | user-defined (ACL.4th, zuse.4th, …) |
Each block is limited to 1024 bytes. Verify with wc -c before committing.
See also
experiments/bare_metal/README.md— DoE protocols and block namespace rulesdocs/03-architecture/word-acl/DESIGN.md— ACL system designtools/mkcapsule.c— assembles capsules intocapsule_generated.c- Project root