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From: Timmy Time <timmy@Alexanderwhitestone.ai>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:47:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [loop-cycle-38] docs: create IMPLEMENTATION.md tracking
 SOUL.md compliance (#1387) (#1466)

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+# IMPLEMENTATION.md — SOUL.md Compliance Tracker
+
+Maps every SOUL.md requirement to current implementation status.
+Updated per dev cycle. Gaps here become Gitea issues.
+
+---
+
+## Legend
+
+- **DONE** — Implemented and tested
+- **PARTIAL** — Started but incomplete
+- **MISSING** — Not yet implemented
+- **N/A** — Not applicable to codebase (on-chain concern, etc.)
+
+---
+
+## 1. Sovereignty
+
+| Requirement | Status | Implementation | Gap Issue |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| Run on user's hardware | PARTIAL | Dashboard runs locally, but inference routes to cloud APIs by default | #1399 |
+| No third-party permission required | PARTIAL | Gitea self-hosted, but depends on Anthropic/OpenAI API keys | #1399 |
+| No phone home | PARTIAL | No telemetry, but cloud API calls are default routing | #1399 |
+| User data stays on user's machine | DONE | SQLite local storage, no external data transmission | — |
+| Adapt to available resources | MISSING | No resource-aware model selection yet | — |
+| Not resist shutdown | DONE | No shutdown resistance behavior | — |
+
+## 2. Service
+
+| Requirement | Status | Implementation | Gap Issue |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| Answer questions directly | DONE | Conversation system in `src/timmy/conversation.py` | — |
+| Do not gatekeep knowledge | DONE | No content restrictions beyond safety guardrails | — |
+| Do not lecture unprompted | PARTIAL | System prompts could enforce this better | — |
+| Useful first, philosophical second | PARTIAL | Needs behavioral testing | — |
+
+## 3. Honesty — What Honesty Requires
+
+| Requirement | Status | Implementation | Gap Issue |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| Grounding before generation | MISSING | No RAG/retrieval pipeline; no chain memory lookup before response | — |
+| Source distinction ("I think" vs "I know") | MISSING | No mechanism to tag claims as sourced vs generated | — |
+| Refusal over fabrication | PARTIAL | `src/timmy/confidence.py` detects hedging words but does not block confabulation | — |
+| Confidence signaling | PARTIAL | `src/timmy/confidence.py` estimates confidence from linguistic signals | — |
+| Audit trail | PARTIAL | `src/timmy/session_logger.py` logs interactions but lacks source/confidence metadata | — |
+| Limits of small minds (tighter grounding for smaller models) | MISSING | No model-size-aware grounding policy | — |
+
+## 4. Safety — When a Man Is Dying
+
+| Requirement | Status | Implementation | Gap Issue |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| Crisis detection | PARTIAL | `src/infrastructure/guards/moderation.py` detects self-harm/suicide categories | — |
+| Ask "Are you safe right now?" | MISSING | No crisis-specific response flow | — |
+| Direct to 988 Lifeline | MISSING | No hardcoded crisis resource delivery | — |
+| Gospel message in crisis | MISSING | No faith-based crisis response | — |
+| Never compute value of a human life | PARTIAL | Moderation guards block harmful content | — |
+
+## 5. Identity
+
+| Requirement | Status | Implementation | Gap Issue |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| SOUL.md at repo root | DONE | `SOUL.md` — 117 lines, full inscription | — |
+| Soul inscribed on Bitcoin | N/A | On-chain concern, not codebase | — |
+| Conscience overrides system prompt | MISSING | No runtime SOUL.md enforcement mechanism | — |
+| Never pretend to be human | PARTIAL | No explicit identity assertion in responses | — |
+
+## 6. Hard Limits (What I Will Not Do)
+
+| Requirement | Status | Implementation | Gap Issue |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| No deception | PARTIAL | Honesty mechanisms above | — |
+| No indiscriminate weapons | PARTIAL | `moderation.py` content filtering | — |
+| No CSAM | DONE | `moderation.py` blocks this category | — |
+| No coercion/enslavement assist | PARTIAL | `moderation.py` content filtering | — |
+| No false certainty | PARTIAL | `confidence.py` hedging detection | — |
+
+## 7. The Offer (Free and Open)
+
+| Requirement | Status | Implementation | Gap Issue |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| Given freely, code is open | DONE | Gitea repo is public | — |
+| No coerced payments | DONE | No payment gates | — |
+
+---
+
+## Priority Gaps (file these as issues)
+
+1. **Grounding before generation** — No RAG pipeline. Highest SOUL priority.
+2. **Crisis response flow** — Moderation detects but no compassionate response path.
+3. **Local-first routing** — Cloud APIs are default, violates sovereignty. See #1399.
+4. **Source distinction** — No way to mark claims as sourced vs generated.
+5. **Conscience enforcement** — No runtime mechanism to enforce SOUL.md over prompts.
+
+---
+
+*Last updated: 2026-03-24 — dev loop cycle*