The-Interdependency · erinepshovel-code · Sep 5, 2026 · Sep 5, 2026 · Sep 5, 2026 · Sep 5, 2026
diff --git a/STACK_MANIFEST.md b/STACK_MANIFEST.md
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ Provenance and authority-boundary record for `The-Interdependency/stack`.
 - Source snapshot UTC: `2026-08-22T10:19:43Z` (initial participant snapshot)
 - Layout migration UTC: `2026-08-30T02:58:49Z`
 - PCEA canonical refresh UTC: `2026-08-31T07:49:28Z` at `91ffa8c7249dfb810ca64a0bbc500481c0bd12a9`
+- EPAC extraction reconciliation UTC: `2026-09-05` at `d8868858b2e455381ce670797bdbe47189bdc496`
 - Stack-manifest schema: `the-interdependency.stack-manifest` version `1.0.0`
 - Work-graph digest (SHA-256 over canonical `repositories` + `boundaries` JSON):
-  `105212ad8e8eaee13fda632d67a61eb162f2d730034408ec790c3fab5e002067`
+  `b452b529e30cbb1045c82035b5ed022dea47f3515391de4e9b35a08c90f3c9d5`
 - Machine-readable copy: [`stack-manifest.json`](stack-manifest.json)
 
 ## Directory contract
@@ -31,11 +32,11 @@ meaning used by that repository.
 |---|---|---|---|---|
 | `The-Interdependency/skill-lib` | `fb3b53a7629f7f03ecf255167d52c13abef1a979` | main | organization-wide build and evidence doctrine | operational snapshot at `skill-lib/` |
 | `The-Interdependency/metapat` | `34d954aa1e2092e615b03a180500f6b6977f501e` | main | semantic authority (Meta Energy Theory) | canon view `libs/metapat/`; research `research/metapat/` |
-| `The-Interdependency/ucns` | `1975fe70cf4e0826a8020c2da3047569e277af64` | main | geometry and mathematical representation | canon view `libs/ucns/`; research `research/ucns/` |
+| `The-Interdependency/ucns` | `828c0b8bbcfc267efb5701da714191c1f73a81ff` | main | geometry and mathematical representation | canon view `libs/ucns/`; research `research/ucns/` |
 | `The-Interdependency/edcm` | `7951ca32ba0f2494dc68ff9b7f6a80151918a56d` | main | measurement and text-gonol construction | canon view `libs/edcm/`; research `research/edcm/` |
 | `The-Interdependency/pcea` | `91ffa8c7249dfb810ca64a0bbc500481c0bd12a9` | main | prime circle encryption algorithm | canon view `libs/pcea/`; research `research/pcea/` |
 | `The-Interdependency/ptcna` | `97abdd1bbda61a68e0aac8595a32a3cb0ce73487` | main | prime tensor circled neural architecture | canon view `libs/ptcna/`; research `research/ptcna/` |
-| `The-Interdependency/epac` | `hmmm` | — | stack-local emerging research; no independent source repository exists yet | active candidate `research/epac/`; `libs/epac/` unpopulated |
+| `The-Interdependency/epac` | `d8868858b2e455381ce670797bdbe47189bdc496` | main | independent extracted candidate repository; implementation/public-contract authority transition incomplete | extracted repo exists; forge candidate remains `research/epac/` until release/reconsumption; `libs/epac/` remains unpopulated |
 
 The imported `libs/` trees are the complete tracked working trees of their source
 repositories at the pinned commits, produced from Git trees / `git archive` contents.
@@ -53,21 +54,25 @@ Each established `research/<repo>/` workspace carries a `BASE.json` with:
 
 Use that record before interpreting or extending work in the workspace.
 
+EPAC is currently an extraction-transition exception: the independent repository exists,
+but authority transfer is not complete, so the forge candidate remains in `research/epac/`
+and no `libs/epac/` canonical import is created yet.
+
 ## License status at pinned commits
 
 | Repository | License file |
 |---|---|
 | skill-lib | MPL-2.0 (`LICENSE`) |
 | metapat | MPL-2.0 (`LICENSE`) |
-| ucns | none at `1975fe7` — `hmmm` |
+| ucns | none at `828c0b8` — `hmmm` |
 | edcm | MPL-2.0 (`LICENSE`) |
 | pcea | present (`LICENSE`) |
 | ptcna | present (`LICENSE`) |
-| epac | no independent repository/license yet |
+| epac | independent repository exists; no `LICENSE` yet — `hmmm` |
 
 ## Non-transfer boundaries
 
-- `authority_transfer: false` — imported canonical views do not gain authority over their owners.
+- `authority_transfer: false` — imported or extracted views do not gain authority merely by location.
 - `proof_status_transfer: false` — no proof/theorem status transfers through stack composition.
 - `measurement_status_transfer: false` — no measurement/empirical validity transfers.
 - `semantic_mapping: external-provenance` — canonical meaning remains owned by source repositories.
@@ -91,15 +96,13 @@ repository, merge it there, then refresh the pinned view.
 
 ## Graduation boundary
 
-A project born in stack (currently EPAC; AHBG follows its own workspace) may eventually
-become an independent repository. Graduation is not accomplished by copying its research
-tree into `libs/`. First create the owning repository and preserve provenance; after the
-new repository becomes authoritative and a commit is pinned, populate its `libs/<name>/`
-view from that authority.
+EPAC now has an independent extracted repository, but extraction is not graduation.
+Do not populate `libs/epac/`, replace the forge candidate, or assert implementation/public-contract
+authority transfer until EPAC completes its clean build/install, license/distribution,
+immutable release, downstream stack reconsumption, and authority-transition receipt gates.
 
 ## hmmm
 
-- UCNS has no LICENSE file at pinned commit `1975fe7`; licensing terms need resolution at source.
-- EPAC has no independent source repository or populated canonical `libs/epac/` view yet.
-- `skill-lib/` remains a special operational snapshot at stack root rather than following the
-  ordinary `libs/` + `research/` pair.
+- UCNS has no `LICENSE` file at pinned commit `828c0b8`.
+- EPAC clean install, license, stable release, downstream reconsumption, and authority-transition receipt remain incomplete; `libs/epac/` stays unpopulated until graduation.
+- `skill-lib/` remains a special operational snapshot at stack root rather than following the ordinary `libs/` + `research/` pair.
diff --git a/research/epac/README.md b/research/epac/README.md
@@ -1,27 +1,29 @@
-# epac — placeholder scaffold
+# EPAC forge workspace
 
-Reserved for **energy particle affixiation coupling**.
+EPAC now exists independently at `The-Interdependency/epac`.
 
-Status: `hmmm` — no source repository exists yet. This directory carries no doctrine
-until a canonical `The-Interdependency/epac` source is created and pinned in
-`STACK_MANIFEST.md`.
+This directory is the **stack forge candidate** from which the independent repository was extracted. It remains noncanonical stack-local research until the graduation sequence is complete. Do not treat continued work here as authority over the independent repository, and do not populate `libs/epac/` merely because extraction occurred.
+
+`EPAC` is the stable project handle; historical expansions are provenance, not a fixed canonical expansion.
+
+## Transition standing
+
+- independent extracted repository: `The-Interdependency/epac@d8868858b2e455381ce670797bdbe47189bdc496`
+- extraction source: `The-Interdependency/stack@ef51f2e8f32ccfd5394525dad72475a61a505bc1:research/epac/`
+- implementation/public-contract authority transfer: incomplete
+- independent tests: passed in EPAC
+- clean build/install: unresolved/failed as a graduation gate
+- license/distribution rights: unresolved
+- immutable release: `hmmm`
+- downstream stack reconsumption: `hmmm`
+- molecular-shape prediction: **FALSIFIED** and preserved
 
 ## Current content
 
-- [`subatomic/subatomic-affixiation-baseline.md`](subatomic/subatomic-affixiation-baseline.md) —
-  provisional research candidate: hydrogen → helium baseline and the lithium/carbon
-  construction form over current METAPAT affixiation semantics and UCNS carrier identity.
-  Status: CROSS-DOMAIN-HYPOTHESIS / proposed. Not org canon.
-- [`epac_public_gonol.py`](epac_public_gonol.py) — EPAC Public Gonol constructor
-  on the UCNS carrier. Not the EDCM text-domain constructor.
-- [`docs/arity.md`](docs/arity.md) — arity is declared dimensional coupling,
-  not ambient dimension count. Charged oriented couplings plus degree are the
-  three-dimensional structure.
-- [`docs/preregistration-molecular-geometry-from-element-gonols.md`](docs/preregistration-molecular-geometry-from-element-gonols.md) —
-  provisional candidate: Z=1–18 element gonols from atomic structure only, then
-  affixiation of H₂, H₂O, NH₃, CH₄, CO₂ through unpaired valence electrons,
-  declared dimensional couplings, and UCNS Möbius observation. Known chemistry
-  is sealed until after construction.
+- [`subatomic/subatomic-affixiation-baseline.md`](subatomic/subatomic-affixiation-baseline.md) — historical/provisional subatomic research record.
+- [`epac_public_gonol.py`](epac_public_gonol.py) — EPAC Public Gonol constructor on the UCNS carrier; not the EDCM text-domain constructor.
+- [`docs/arity.md`](docs/arity.md) — provisional dimensional-arity construction.
+- [`docs/preregistration-molecular-geometry-from-element-gonols.md`](docs/preregistration-molecular-geometry-from-element-gonols.md) — frozen preregistration and falsification boundary.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -31,12 +33,15 @@ From this directory:
 PYTHONPATH=".:../../libs/ucns/src" python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -q
 ```
 
-Do not open `data/sealed_known_molecular_geometry.json` during construction.
-After construction:
+Do not open `data/sealed_known_molecular_geometry.json` during construction. After construction:
 
 ```bash
 PYTHONPATH=".:../../libs/ucns/src" python3 - <<'PY'
 from epac_comparison import compare_after_construction
 print(compare_after_construction()["standings"])
 PY
 ```
+
+## hmmm
+
+This forge workspace remains live only as the pre-graduation research side of the transition. The exact handoff point is the eventual verified release + downstream reconsumption + authority-transition receipt, not repository creation alone.
diff --git a/stack-manifest.json b/stack-manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "schema": "the-interdependency.stack-manifest",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "work_graph_sha256": "105212ad8e8eaee13fda632d67a61eb162f2d730034408ec790c3fab5e002067",
+  "work_graph_sha256": "b452b529e30cbb1045c82035b5ed022dea47f3515391de4e9b35a08c90f3c9d5",
   "repositories": [
     {
       "repository": "The-Interdependency/skill-lib",
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
     },
     {
       "repository": "The-Interdependency/epac",
-      "commit": "hmmm",
-      "authority": "stack-local emerging research; no independent source repository exists yet",
-      "relation": "active research candidate at research/epac/; libs/epac/ remains unpopulated until graduation"
+      "commit": "d8868858b2e455381ce670797bdbe47189bdc496",
+      "authority": "independent extracted candidate repository; implementation/public-contract authority transition incomplete",
+      "relation": "extracted repository on main; stack forge candidate remains at research/epac/ until release and downstream reconsumption; libs/epac/ remains unpopulated"
     }
   ],
   "boundaries": {
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
     "semantic_mapping": "external-provenance",
     "agent_scope": "cross-repository-work-graph",
     "hmmm": [
-      "ucns has no LICENSE file at snapshot commit 1975fe7",
-      "epac has no independent source repository or populated canonical libs/ slot yet",
+      "ucns has no LICENSE file at snapshot commit 828c0b8",
+      "epac exists independently at d8868858b2e455381ce670797bdbe47189bdc496, but clean install, license, stable release, downstream reconsumption, and authority-transition receipt remain incomplete; libs/epac/ stays unpopulated until graduation",
       "skill-lib remains a special operational snapshot at stack root rather than following the libs/research pair"
     ]
   }