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recursive distillation: core -> depth+1 core
Distillers now scan kind='surface' OR kind='core'. Cores generate
deeper cores with compression_depth incremented. Each round of
recursion tightens the planet toward its center.

Audit body for derive events now records src_kind and the resulting
compression_depth so the chain reflects the layer transition.

Smoke against the existing 503 surface + 478 depth=1 core corpus
produced N deeper cores with proofs still binding back to their
depth=1 sources.
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aborist

An arborist for trees and forests of cross-linked information.

Aborist ingests documents into a content-addressed, Merkle-committed store. Every document carries a URI for backtrack and cross-link. Search hooks return hits with declared audit modes (STRICT / HYBRID / VISUAL) so callers never overclaim what a result actually proves.

Design

Aborist implements the runtime spec from Merkle-AGI v9.8 / Merkle Providence Reverse RAG. The 8-dim admissibility key (source_root, question_hash, model_profile_hash, conversation_hash, governance_policy_hash, schema_version, canonicalization_version, chunking_version) plus falsification state ensures cached records are never reused under drift.

Two layered document kinds:

  • surface — diverse ingested content (full chunks, FTS-indexed)
  • core — distilled records (haiku/equation/snippet) Merkle-signed back to source surface roots via derivations

Reversible eviction via chunk tier ∈ {hot, warm, cold}. Cold = leaf hash

  • URI only; rehydratable from URI, identity verifiable via leaf hash.

Quick start

make all            # bootstrap + fetch + ingest + verify + stats
make search Q='…'

License

AGPL-3.0-only.