Robert Allan JamesandClaude Sonnet 5
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Documentation only, no capsule file created yet (that's task 1.2).
Checked against actual current occupancy rather than trusting
MANIFEST.md's own stale blanket "4853+ OPEN" line: fabric.4th already
occupies 4900-4924 and font.4th 4925-4985 (both standalone capsule
files EXEC'd by init.4th, block-numbered independently of it -- tasks
1.6/1.7 relocate which capsule EXECs them, not their own ranges), and
4997 is the console proxy's hardcoded Block 4997 string literal
(capsule_console.c:27-29). Allocated 4986-4996, the gap between the
two, avoiding 4997 as the task requires.
Split the Unassigned Ranges table's single blanket line into an
explicit claim for 4986-4996 plus a corrected "OPEN" line that excludes
the ranges actually in use. Recorded in MANIFEST.md rather than
tools/capsule-reserved.txt -- that file is for blocks owned by
non-capsule infrastructure per its own header comment; a real capsule
allocation belongs in MANIFEST.md alongside every other infrastructure
capsule's entry.
mkcapsule --lint capsules/ clean, 37 files / 0 violations, unchanged.
Authorized by Captain Bob ("YES").
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