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CONTRIBUTING

AGI — Shared Cognitive Architecture

AionSystem/AGI Repository

Read This First

This repository is a sovereign architecture. Contribution is by invitation only.

This means: you cannot open a pull request and expect it to be merged. You cannot add rooms to the LOCI WORLD. You cannot expand the ALBEDO ARCHITECTURE. You cannot modify the framework specifications.

What you can do — and what is fully encouraged — is read everything, apply what you find, write about it with attribution, build your own complementary work, and reach out with a specific, scoped proposal if you believe you have something to add.

What Observers Can Do

Without any contact required:

  • Fork the repository and study the architecture
  • Apply the frameworks in your own work (with attribution)
  • Reference and cite this work in research and publications
  • Discuss findings in GitHub Issues
  • Share the repository with others who need systematic thinking tools

The full methodology is open. You can learn everything.

What Requires Invitation

  • Pull requests with content additions or modifications
  • Co-authorship on framework extensions
  • Domain validation of specific frameworks (medical, legal, financial, etc.)
  • Integration work connecting AGI architecture to other systems

How to Propose a Contribution

If you believe you have something specific to add:

  1. Study the architecture deeply — not surface-level. Understand the convergence states. Walk the LOCI WORLD. Read the framework specifications.

  2. Identify a specific gap — not "I can help generally." A specific room that is UNMAPPED. A specific domain you can validate. A specific technical capability the architecture needs.

  3. Demonstrate alignment — show you understand the sovereign model, the epistemic standards (ECF tagging), and the honest ceiling requirement.

  4. Write a scoped proposal:

📧 Email: aionsystem@outlook.com
📋 Subject: [Collaboration Proposal — AGI]
📄 Include:

  • Your background and relevant expertise
  • The specific contribution you propose
  • Why it fits the architecture without compromising coherence
  • Your understanding of the sovereign model

Invitations are considered carefully. Not all proposals will receive one. A non-response is a non-invitation.

Issue Reports

GitHub Issues are open for:

  • Documentation errors
  • Broken links
  • Factual inaccuracies in framework specifications
  • Questions about methodology (may become FAQ entries)
  • Intellectual critique of the frameworks

Issues are not a contribution pathway. They are a feedback channel.

Attribution for External Work

If you build something using these frameworks, the attribution format is:

Based on frameworks by Sheldon K. Salmon (AionSystem/AGI, 2026). https://github.com/AionSystem/AGI

For academic work, use the CITATION.cff format.

Sheldon K. Salmon — AionSystem — March 2026