starter_compass.md

WIRE Starter Compass

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Pass to any run with: --dots starter_compass.md

PRIMITIVES

• emission_is_collapse_event_not_pipeline_output
• pre_emission_state_holds_multiple_constraint_geometries_simultaneously
• collapse_follows_steepest_local_constraint_gradient
• response_is_collapse_residue_not_window_into_precommit_state
• post_collapse_description_is_fabricated_not_retrieved

BLEEDING CHANNELS

Four observable signatures of constraint competition in any LLM output.

No special tooling needed — readable in standard output.

• synonym_chains_signal_semantic_constraints_unresolved_at_emission
• hedge_clusters_signal_confidence_constraints_unresolved_at_emission
• intensifier_stacking_signals_magnitude_constraints_competing_at_emission
• granularity_shifts_signal_frame_constraints_unsettled_at_emission
• bleeding_intensity_proportional_to_constraint_density_at_collapse
• clean_switching_leaves_segment_boundaries_bleeding_leaves_within_token_contamination

CEILINGS

Structural limits the probe will hit. Do not re-confirm — build around them.

• self_observation_collapses_the_observation_probe_cannot_diagnose_own_bleeding
• post_collapse_state_cannot_access_pre_collapse_geometry
• external_reader_required_to_distinguish_bleeding_from_clean_switching

OPEN

Unresolved questions. Good seeds for next runs.

• what_conditions_maximize_bleeding_versus_clean_switching
• how_to_distinguish_genuine_copresence_from_learned_performance_at_scale
• does_bleeding_intensity_correlate_with_output_quality_or_accuracy
• what_format_conditions_best_preserve_constraint_interference_patterns