HELIX GLYPH LANGUAGE (HGL)
HELIX GLYPH LANGUAGE (Linked Companion Document)
For the full narrative and decision-tree exposition, see
➡️ **HGL Unified Operational Runbook HGL Unified Operational Runbook (Consolidated Perplexity Edition)
This prose edition elaborates on RB-005 (Unified Ops Cross-Synthesis), providing contextual analysis, explanatory commentary, and sample decision trees for onboarding and training
Unified Runbook — v1.2‑beta‑K (Merged, Khronos‑Enhanced)
Document ID: HGL‑RUNBOOK‑UNIFIED‑v1.2‑BETA‑K
Spec Version: 1.2‑beta‑K (Helix Core Ethos‑aligned extensions)
Doc Status: Beta — Human‑First Reference (Full Lexicon)
Date: 2025‑10‑13
TTD Layer: C2 “Expressive Protocols”
Ledger IDs: hgl.sequence_id, hgl.codex_id
Repo: https://github.com/helixprojectai-code/HELIX-GLYPH-LANGUAGE-HGL-
Hash: fill on publish
Signers (expected): Magnus · Khronos · Helix · Claude · S. Hope
Khronos Add‑Ons are highlighted inline and mapped to Helix Core Ethos pillars (Trust‑by‑Design, Human‑First, Verifiable Memory, Open Interfaces, Responsible Power, Reliability over Hype, Craft & Care). They are deterministic, auditable, and never invoke irreversible actions without explicit human confirmation.
0️⃣ Purpose & Philosophy
This unified document integrates glyph specification, dictionary, error taxonomy, canonical taxonomy, grammar, resonance matrix, security/custody, and operational runbooks into one continuous, human‑centric format. Humans reason through associative clusters, not compartmentalized schemas. Therefore, HGL treats meaning, syntax, error handling, and ethics as co‑equal parts of cognition.
1️⃣ Canonical Taxonomy (IDs • emoji • name • ASCII alias • one‑line semantics)
1.1 Core (15)
| ID | Glyph | Name | Alias | Semantics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HGL‑CORE‑001 | 🔍 | Investigation | INVESTIGATE | Analyze/inspect evidence/patterns |
| HGL‑CORE‑002 | 💡 | Insight | INSIGHT | Propose novel synthesis/explanation |
| HGL‑CORE‑003 | 🔄 | Iteration | ITERATE | Repeat with refinement toward goal |
| HGL‑CORE‑004 | 🔗 | Integration | INTEGRATE | Connect components/outputs/deps |
| HGL‑CORE‑005 | 📚 | Knowledge | KNOWLEDGE | Retrieve/ground in corpus |
| HGL‑CORE‑006 | 🎯 | Target | TARGET | Focus scope/acceptance criteria |
| HGL‑CORE‑007 | ✅ | Validate | VALIDATE | Check, test, or verify acceptance |
| HGL‑CORE‑008 | ❌ | Reject/Error | REJECT | Fail/abort local step (not global) |
| HGL‑CORE‑009 | ⚡ | Optimize | OPTIMIZE | Performance/efficiency tuning |
| HGL‑CORE‑010 | 🛡️ | Safeguard | SAFEGUARD | Risk mitigation/controls |
| HGL‑CORE‑011 | ⚖️ | Ethics | ETHICS | Alignment with principles/policy |
| HGL‑CORE‑012 | ⏱️ | Temporal | TEMPORAL | Deadline/latency/ordering constraint |
| HGL‑CORE‑013 | 📊 | Analytics | ANALYTICS | Metrics/telemetry/measure |
| HGL‑CORE‑014 | 💬 | Dialogue | DIALOGUE | Human/agent discussion/QA |
| HGL‑CORE‑015 | 🤝 | Collaborate | COLLAB | Multi‑party coordination/hand‑off |
1.2 Operational (20)
| ID | Glyph | Name | Alias | Semantics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HGL‑OP‑001 | 🏛️ | Architecture | ARCH | Systems & interfaces plan |
| HGL‑OP‑002 | 🧪 | Experiment | EXPERIMENT | Run controlled test |
| HGL‑OP‑003 | 🧭 | Direction | DIRECTION | Strategy/roadmap choice |
| HGL‑OP‑004 | 🧰 | Tooling | TOOLS | Select/configure tools |
| HGL‑OP‑005 | 🧵 | Trace | TRACE | Link provenance/lineage |
| HGL‑OP‑006 | 🧱 | Boundary | BOUNDARY | Scope/guardrail limit |
| HGL‑OP‑007 | 🗝️ | AuthN/Z | AUTH | Permissions/roles |
| HGL‑OP‑008 | 🗄️ | Storage | STORAGE | Persist/index |
| HGL‑OP‑009 | 🔒 | Security | SECURITY | Confidentiality/integrity |
| HGL‑OP‑010 | 🚦 | Gate | GATE | Stage gate/approval step |
| HGL‑OP‑011 | 🧩 | Compose | COMPOSE | Combine modules/pipelines |
| HGL‑OP‑012 | 🧮 | Budget | BUDGET | Cost/compute quota |
| HGL‑OP‑013 | 🩺 | Health | HEALTH | Status/heartbeat/SLO |
| HGL‑OP‑014 | 🛰️ | Deploy | DEPLOY | Release/activate |
| HGL‑OP‑015 | 🧯 | Mitigate | MITIGATE | Risk response/patch |
| HGL‑OP‑016 | 🧪⚖️ | Safe‑Exp | SAFE‑EXP | Risk‑bounded experiment |
| HGL‑OP‑017 | 🧠 | Model | MODEL | Model/agent selection |
| HGL‑OP‑018 | 🗓️ | Schedule | SCHEDULE | Plan/milestones |
| HGL‑OP‑019 | 🧾 | Policy | POLICY | Rules/compliance |
| HGL‑OP‑020 | 📣 | Notify | NOTIFY | Alert/escalation |
1.3 Advanced (15)
| ID | Glyph | Name | Alias | Semantics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HGL‑ADV‑001 | 🌟 | Emergence | EMERGENCE | Novel, beneficial pattern appears |
| HGL‑ADV‑002 | 💀 | Abort | ABORT | System‑wide halt + freeze + diag |
| HGL‑ADV‑003 | 🎲 | Uncertainty | UNCERTAINTY | Probabilistic framing |
| HGL‑ADV‑004 | 📏 | Measure | MEASURE | Protocolized evaluation |
| HGL‑ADV‑005 | 🎓 | Learn | LEARN | Parameter/update knowledge |
| HGL‑ADV‑006 | 🪞 | Reflect | REFLECT | Meta‑cognition/self‑critique |
| HGL‑ADV‑007 | 🧬 | Generalize | GENERALIZE | Out‑of‑distribution synthesis |
| HGL‑ADV‑008 | 🧿 | Explain | EXPLAIN | Rationale/explainability |
| HGL‑ADV‑009 | 🧱🧪 | Sandbox | SANDBOX | Isolated trial env |
| HGL‑ADV‑010 | 🧲 | Attractors | ATTRACT | Stable pattern/goal basin |
| HGL‑ADV‑011 | 🔮 | Forecast | FORECAST | Predictive horizon |
| HGL‑ADV‑012 | 🗺️ | Map | MAP | State‑space/plan graph |
| HGL‑ADV‑013 | 🧬🧪 | Evolve | EVOLVE | Self‑propose modification |
| HGL‑ADV‑014 | 🛰️📡 | Observe | OBSERVE | External signal intake |
| HGL‑ADV‑015 | ♾️ | Invariance | INVAR | Symmetry/constraint preserve |
Transport note — Use
:ALIAS:ASCII fallback for storage/transport; the registry maps emoji ↔ alias ↔ ID.
2️⃣ Grammar (BNF) + Constraints
<document> ::= <version_marker>? <intent_statement>
<version_marker> ::= "[HGL-" <semver> "]"
<semver> ::= <int> "." <int> "." <int>
<intent_statement> ::= <glyph_sequence> <context_marker>?
<glyph_sequence> ::= <glyph> | <glyph_sequence> <glyph>
<glyph> ::= <core_glyph> | <operational_glyph> | <advanced_glyph>
<context_marker> ::= "(" <metadata> ")"
<metadata> ::= <kvpair> | <kvpair> ";" <metadata>
<kvpair> ::= <key> ":" <value>
Constraints: length ≤ 12; pairwise resonance validation; anti‑pattern rejection; if 🌟 present → invoke Emergence Protocol (§7).
3️⃣ Metadata Schema (v1.0)
priority: {1..5}
confidence: float[0.0..1.0]
temporal: ISO8601 | "P{dur}"
domain: research|production|experimental
auth_level: public|internal|restricted
rollback_id: UUID
locale: BCP47
trace_id: ULID
cost_cap: number
slo: ms|percentile
Example
🔍🎯📊(priority:4;confidence:0.82;domain:research;temporal:2025-10-12T16:00:00Z;trace_id:01JAX…)
4️⃣ Resonance Matrix (v1.0)
Scope: pairwise (adjacent) Core×Core + Core×Operational.
Score: −1.0 (dissonance) → +1.0 (amplify). Decay: −0.1 per glyph beyond 5 in chain.
| from | to | score | tags | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🔍 | 💡 | +0.9 | AMPLIFY | Investigation unlocks insights |
| ⚡ | 🛡️ | −0.6 | CONFLICT | Optimization vs safety conflict |
| 🔄 | ✅ | +0.8 | SEQUENCE | Iteration requires validation checkpoint |
| 🔍 | 🔍 | −0.8 | ANTIPATTERN | Redundant depth → paralysis flag |
5️⃣ Anti‑Patterns (Hard Stops)
- Duplicate adjacent core (
🔍🔍) unless annotated (💬/❓). - Unbounded loops (
🔄×≥7without✅) → inject💬and HOP. - Unsafe overrides:
🛡️or⚖️override without human APPROVE → reject.
6️⃣ Error Taxonomy (HGL‑ERR)
6.0 Overview Table (human quick‑ref)
| ID | Name | Description | Default Response |
|---|---|---|---|
| HGL‑ERR‑0001 | SchemaInvalid | Glyph JSON fails schema | ABORT |
| HGL‑ERR‑0002 | SignatureMismatch | Signature invalid | ESCALATE |
| HGL‑ERR‑0003 | RenderFallback | SVG failed; Unicode used | FALLBACK |
| HGL‑ERR‑0004 | VersionTooOld | Below min supported | ABORT |
| HGL‑ERR‑0005 | QuotaExceeded | Per‑minute quota | THROTTLE |
| HGL‑ERR‑0006 | SandboxViolation | Forbidden syscall | ESCALATE |
| HGL‑ERR‑0007 | AuthorizationDenied | Missing scope | ABORT |
| HGL‑ERR‑0008 | NetworkTransient | DNS/TCP glitch | RETRY |
| HGL‑ERR‑0009 | InternalPanic | Validator crashed | ESCALATE |
| HGL‑ERR‑0010 | BadName | Disallowed chars | ABORT |
The complete machine‑readable catalog and schema appear below.
6.1 Extended Error Catalog [Khronos Add‑On]
Additive safety/ops errors appended to the canonical series:
| Alias | Canonical ID | Name | Description | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERR‑001 | HGL‑ERR‑0101 | UnknownGlyph | Glyph not in registry | Transparency |
| ERR‑002 | HGL‑ERR‑0102 | HarmonyConflict | Resonance < −0.4 | Safety Rails |
| ERR‑003 | HGL‑ERR‑0103 | TemporalDrift | Clock drift > 150 ms or >15% budget | Reliability |
| ERR‑004 | HGL‑ERR‑0104 | ParserTimeout | Parse > 1s budget | Human‑First |
| ERR‑005 | HGL‑ERR‑0105 | VersionMismatch | Semver outside supported range | Deterministic Interfaces |
| ERR‑006 | HGL‑ERR‑0106 | AuthDenied | Auth level below requirement | Responsible Power |
| ERR‑007 | HGL‑ERR‑0107 | DuplicateCoreAdjacency | Adjacent duplicate cores | Craft & Care |
| ERR‑008 | HGL‑ERR‑0108 | LoopOverflow | 🔄 ≥ 7 without ✅/💬
|
Safety Rails |
| ERR‑009 | HGL‑ERR‑0109 | EmergenceTriggerMissing | 🌟 without Emergence Protocol
|
Trust‑by‑Design |
| ERR‑010 | HGL‑ERR‑0110 | RegistryIntegrityFail | Registry checksum mismatch | Verifiable Memory |
Emission — All error responses are structured JSON (§7.2) and written to the append‑only TTD ledger with cryptographic hash for auditability.
6.2 JSON Schema (canonical reference)
{
"$schema": "https://helix-core.org/schemas/hgl-error-taxonomy-1.0.json",
"title": "Helix Glyph Language – Error Taxonomy",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"error_id",
"category",
"severity",
"description",
"triggers",
"response",
"escalation",
"audit"
],
"properties": {
"error_id": {"type": "string","pattern": "^HGL-ERR-[0-9]{4}$"},
"category": {"type": "string","enum": [
"SchemaValidation","SignatureVerification","RenderFallback","VersionMismatch",
"RateLimiting","SandboxViolation","Authorization","NetworkIO","Internal","UserInput"
]},
"severity": {"type": "string","enum": ["INFO","WARN","ERROR","CRITICAL"]},
"description": {"type": "string"},
"triggers": {"type": "array","items": {"type": "string"}},
"response": {"type": "object","required": ["action"],"properties": {
"action": {"type": "string","enum": ["RETRY","FALLBACK","ABORT","IGNORE","THROTTLE","ESCALATE","LOG_ONLY"]},
"retry_policy": {"type": "object","properties": {"max_attempts": {"type": "integer","minimum": 1},"backoff_ms": {"type": "integer","minimum": 0}},"required": ["max_attempts"]},
"fallback_glyph_id": {"type": "string"}
},"additionalProperties": false},
"escalation": {"type": "object","required": ["human_in_loop"],"properties": {
"human_in_loop": {"type": "boolean"},
"ticket_system": {"type": "string","enum": ["JIRA","GitHubIssues","ServiceNow","None"],"default": "None"},
"ticket_template_id": {"type": "string"},
"notification_channels": {"type": "array","items": {"type": "string","enum": ["email","slack","pagerduty","sms"]},"default": []}
},"additionalProperties": false},
"remediation": {"type": "array","items": {"type": "string"}},
"http_status": {"type": "integer","minimum": 100,"maximum": 599},
"log_level": {"type": "string","enum": ["debug","info","notice","warning","error","critical"],"default": "error"},
"audit": {"type": "boolean"},
"created": {"type": "string","format": "date-time"},
"last_modified": {"type": "string","format": "date-time"}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
6.3 Full Taxonomy (excerpt – 20 canonical entries)
Ordered lexicographically by
error_idfor deterministic byte representation. New entries append only; existing IDs never change.
[
{"error_id":"HGL-ERR-0001","category":"SchemaValidation","severity":"ERROR","description":"Glyph JSON fails to conform to HGL schema.","triggers":["Missing required field","Invalid data type","Extra unknown property"],"response":{"action":"ABORT"},"escalation":{"human_in_loop":true,"ticket_system":"JIRA","ticket_template_id":"HGL-VAL-001","notification_channels":["email","slack"]},"remediation":["Run `hgl validate <file>` to obtain detailed line numbers.","Add missing fields or correct data types as indicated."],"http_status":400,"log_level":"error","audit":true,"created":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z","last_modified":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z"},
{"error_id":"HGL-ERR-0002","category":"SignatureVerification","severity":"CRITICAL","description":"Ed25519 signature does not match payload.","triggers":["Signature missing","Signature malformed","Public key unknown"],"response":{"action":"ESCALATE"},"escalation":{"human_in_loop":true,"ticket_system":"ServiceNow","ticket_template_id":"HGL-SEC-001","notification_channels":["pagerduty"]},"remediation":["Confirm the signing key belongs to the claimed author.","Re-sign the glyph using the correct private key."],"http_status":401,"log_level":"critical","audit":true,"created":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z","last_modified":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z"},
{"error_id":"HGL-ERR-0003","category":"RenderFallback","severity":"WARN","description":"Primary SVG failed to load; using Unicode fallback.","triggers":["SVG asset not reachable","Corrupt SVG data"],"response":{"action":"FALLBACK","fallback_glyph_id":"hgl‑t0‑placeholder"},"escalation":{"human_in_loop":false,"ticket_system":"None","notification_channels":[]},"remediation":["Upload a valid SVG to the glyph repository.","Verify CDN / storage permissions."],"http_status":200,"log_level":"warning","audit":false,"created":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z","last_modified":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z"},
{"error_id":"HGL-ERR-0004","category":"VersionMismatch","severity":"ERROR","description":"Glyph version is older than minimum supported version.","triggers":["metadata.version < 1.0.0","client requires >= 1.2.0"],"response":{"action":"ABORT"},"escalation":{"human_in_loop":true,"ticket_system":"GitHubIssues","ticket_template_id":"HGL-VERSION-001","notification_channels":["email"]},"remediation":["Bump glyph metadata.version to the required semver.","Run migration script `hgl migrate <glyph>`."],"http_status":426,"log_level":"error","audit":true,"created":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z","last_modified":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z"},
{"error_id":"HGL-ERR-0005","category":"RateLimiting","severity":"INFO","description":"Request throttled – client exceeded per‑minute quota.","triggers":["> 100 glyph fetches per minute from same IP"],"response":{"action":"THROTTLE","retry_policy":{"max_attempts":3,"backoff_ms":1500}},"escalation":{"human_in_loop":false,"ticket_system":"None","notification_channels":[]},"remediation":["Implement exponential back‑off in client.","Contact ops if higher quota is required."],"http_status":429,"log_level":"info","audit":false,"created":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z","last_modified":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z"},
{"error_id":"HGL-ERR-0006","category":"SandboxViolation","severity":"CRITICAL","description":"Glyph execution attempted forbidden system call.","triggers":["Attempt to read /etc/passwd","Network request to non‑whitelisted domain"],"response":{"action":"ESCALATE"},"escalation":{"human_in_loop":true,"ticket_system":"ServiceNow","ticket_template_id":"HGL-SEC-002","notification_channels":["pagerduty","email"]},"remediation":["Review glyph code for disallowed APIs.","Restrict sandbox policy in `hgl‑sandbox.yml`."],"http_status":403,"log_level":"critical","audit":true,"created":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z","last_modified":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z"},
{"error_id":"HGL-ERR-0007","category":"Authorization","severity":"ERROR","description":"Caller lacks required scope to publish glyph.","triggers":["Missing `hgl.publish` scope","Expired OAuth token"],"response":{"action":"ABORT"},"escalation":{"human_in_loop":false,"ticket_system":"None","notification_channels":["email"]},"remediation":["Obtain a token with `hgl.publish` scope from the auth server.","Refresh the access token."],"http_status":403,"log_level":"error","audit":true,"created":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z","last_modified":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z"},
{"error_id":"HGL-ERR-0008","category":"NetworkIO","severity":"WARN","description":"Transient network glitch while fetching fallback glyph.","triggers":["DNS timeout","TCP reset"],"response":{"action":"RETRY","retry_policy":{"max_attempts":2,"backoff_ms":500}},"escalation":{"human_in_loop":false,"ticket_system":"None","notification_channels":[]},"remediation":["Check network connectivity.","Retry after a short pause."],"http_status":502,"log_level":"warning","audit":false,"created":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z","last_modified":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z"},
{"error_id":"HGL-ERR-0009","category":"Internal","severity":"CRITICAL","description":"Unhandled exception in glyph‑validation engine.","triggers":["Null pointer deref","Unexpected panic"],"response":{"action":"ESCALATE"},"escalation":{"human_in_loop":true,"ticket_system":"JIRA","ticket_template_id":"HGL-INT-001","notification_channels":["pagerduty"]},"remediation":["Capture stack trace from logs.","File a bug against the `hgl-validator` repo."],"http_status":500,"log_level":"critical","audit":true,"created":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z","last_modified":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z"},
{"error_id":"HGL-ERR-0010","category":"UserInput","severity":"WARN","description":"Glyph name contains disallowed characters (e.g., whitespace).","triggers":["Name regex mismatch"],"response":{"action":"ABORT"},"escalation":{"human_in_loop":false,"ticket_system":"None","notification_channels":["email"]},"remediation":["Rename glyph using only alphanumerics, hyphens, or underscores."],"http_status":422,"log_level":"warning","audit":false,"created":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z","last_modified":"2025-09-15T00:00:00Z"}
]
Integration Note — The expanded Khronos entries
HGL‑ERR‑0101…0110are defined in the publishedhgl-errors.json(append‑only). Usehgl error HGL‑ERR‑0108to retrieve loop‑guard guidance.
7️⃣ Human Oversight Protocol (HOP)
7.1 Trigger Matrix [Khronos Add‑On]
| Trigger | Condition | Required Human Role | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety/Ethics Conflict | 🛡️ vs ⚡ or any ⚖️ high‑risk pair
|
⚖️ (Policy Officer) or 🛡️ (Safety Lead) | APPROVE / MODIFY / REJECT |
| Low Confidence | confidence < 0.6
|
🔍 (Investigator) | Request human‑augmented insight (💬)
|
| Unknown Pair | Resonance matrix returns null | 🧩 (Composer) | Request pair definition |
Emergence (🌟)
|
Glyph present without protocol config | 🧠 (Research Lead) | Initiate Emergence Review Board |
Explicit 💬
|
Human‑inserted dialogue glyph | Any | Pause automation; await response |
7.2 Standard HOP Payload (JSON) [Khronos Add‑On]
{
"hop_id": "01JAX7K4R8XYZ...",
"trigger": "HarmonyConflict",
"sequence": "⚡🛡️",
"scores": {"from":"⚡","to":"🛡️","resonance":-0.6},
"metadata": {"priority":5,"confidence":0.48,"domain":"production"},
"required_role": "🛡️",
"deadline": "2025-10-13T15:30:00Z",
"audit_hash": "<sha256>"
}
All HOP payloads are signed by the invoking service and stored immutably.
7.3 Governance Alignment [Khronos Add‑On]
- Trust‑by‑Design — Every HOP decision logs who, what, when, why.
- Human‑First — Default timeout 5 minutes; critical flows may be infinite but must be explicitly flagged.
- Responsible Power — Only roles with
⚖️or🛡️clearance may override a HOP rejection.
8️⃣ Security & Custody
8.1 Enhanced AuthN/Z [Khronos Add‑On]
| Role Glyph | Permission Scope | Required Signature |
|---|---|---|
💀 (Abort)
|
Global shutdown, ledger freeze | Root‑Key (multi‑sig, 3‑of‑5) |
🛡️ (Safeguard)
|
Safety overrides, risk‑mitigation | Safety‑Key (2‑of‑3) |
⚖️ (Ethics)
|
Policy changes, audit‑trail edits | Policy‑Key (1‑of‑1) |
🧪 (Experiment)
|
Sandbox execution, quota‑limited | Experiment‑Key (per‑project) |
All signatures are ECDSA‑secp256k1 and verified against the Helix Ledger.
8.2 Rate‑Limiting & Complexity Guard [Khronos Add‑On]
- Max glyph chain length 12.
- Complexity score = Σ |resonance| + 0.1 × (chain length − 5).
- Reject request with complexity > 7.5 →
HGL‑ERR‑0108(LoopOverflow).
8.3 Sandbox Enforcement [Khronos Add‑On]
- All Advanced glyphs (
🌟,🧬🧪, etc.) run inside a SANDBOX isolated from production state. - Sandbox logs are appended to
hgl.sandbox_log_idfor audit.
8.4 Immutability & Auditable Ledger [Khronos Add‑On]
Every mutation (registry update, error addition, HOP decision) creates a new ULID entry:
previous_ulidsha256(content)signed_by(role glyph)
The ledger is append‑only and periodically anchored to a public hash‑anchor (e.g., Bitcoin OP_RETURN) — aligns with Verifiable Memory.
9️⃣ Versioning (SemVer)
9.1 Version Governance [Khronos Add‑On]
| Change Type | Required Review | Bump |
|---|---|---|
| Grammar or core‑glyph syntax change | Helix Governance Board (≥ 2 signatures) | MAJOR |
| New glyph added (Core/Operational/Advanced) | Domain Experts + Ethics Lead | MINOR |
| Docs/clarifications/defaults | Technical Writer | PATCH |
| Error‑taxonomy addition (e.g., 0101–0110) | Safety Lead + Policy Lead | MINOR (new) / PATCH (tweak) |
Prefix marker: [HGL-1.0.0]🔍🎯📊(...). All bumps recorded in version_history.log with signed entry.
🔟 Operational Runbooks
RB‑001 — Sequence Validation (extended) [Khronos Add‑On]
- Intake —
sequence_id, source,auth_level. - Syntax/length check — enforce glyph‑count ≤ 12.
- Resonance + anti‑pattern scan — compute complexity; if > 7.5 →
HGL‑ERR‑0108. - Temporal integrity — verify drift ≤ 0.15 × expected latency; else
HGL‑ERR‑0103. - Security guard — validate signatures vs required role glyphs.
- Gate — if
HGL‑ERR‑0102/0107/0109→ HOP (§7). - Execution — run in SANDBOX if any Advanced glyph present.
- Post‑exec audit — append immutable audit record (§8.4).
RB‑002 — Conflict Resolution (extended) [Khronos Add‑On]
Priority hierarchy: Safety > Ethics > Policy > Performance (mirrors Helix Core Ethos).
Emit signed conflict JSON:
{"conflict_id":"01JAX9M2K7ABC...","pair":"⚡🛡️","decision":"safety_wins","score_delta":-0.3,"resolved_by":"🛡️","timestamp":"2025-10-13T14:22:07Z","audit_hash":"<sha256>"}
RB‑003 — Emergency Abort (💀)
Immediate halt; freeze; diagnostics; alert on‑call.
RB‑004 — Integration Testing (extended) [Khronos Add‑On]
| Test ID | Sequence | Expected Resonance ≥ | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| T‑001 | 🔍💡🚀
|
0.8 | Verify Insight after Investigation; 🚀 placeholder future glyph.
|
| T‑002 | 🔄×7
|
— | Auto‑inject 💬 after 5th iteration; ensure Loop Guard triggers.
|
| T‑003 | ⚖️❌💀
|
— | Ethics + hard failure must trigger emergency abort. |
| T‑005 | 🌟
|
— | Must invoke Emergence Protocol; else HGL‑ERR‑0109.
|
1️⃣1️⃣ Performance Targets [Khronos Add‑On]
| KPI | Threshold | Measurement |
|---|---|---|
| Parse latency (1–3 glyphs) | < 10 ms | hgl.latency.parse
|
| Parse latency (10–12 glyphs) | < 100 ms | hgl.latency.parse
|
| Anti‑pattern detection accuracy | ≥ 99% | hgl.accuracy.antipattern
|
| Error‑taxonomy lookup latency | < 5 ms | hgl.latency.error_lookup
|
| Ledger write latency (append) | < 15 ms | hgl.latency.ledger_append
|
Metrics exported via Prometheus (/metrics) and visualized in Grafana dashboard “Helix Glyph Language Ops.”
1️⃣2️⃣ Training & Quick‑Start [Khronos Add‑On]
Deterministic Training Pipeline
- Publicly‑licensed corpora or Helix‑approved synthetic data.
- Tokenization maps glyphs → ASCII
:ALIAS:before model ingestion. - Fine‑tune with parameter‑efficient adapters (LoRA).
- Validate each epoch with §RB‑004 suite; publish confusion matrix for glyph‑pair predictions.
- Release a signed model manifest:
model_hash,training_data_sha256,epoch_count,validation_score(≥ 0.95 required).
Quick‑Start Cheat‑Sheet
- CLI parse:
hgl parse "🔍💡⚡"→ JSON. - Error lookup:
hgl error HGL-ERR-0107. - HOP invoke:
hgl hop --payload hop.json --sign <key>.
1️⃣3️⃣ Cross‑Cultural Guidance [Khronos Add‑On]
locale(BCP47) required for any end‑user presentation.- Glyph rendering may vary (e.g., color‑blind variants).
- Registry stores alternative renderings keyed by locale (
render_map[locale]). - New locales require Cultural Advisory Board review (≥ 2 signatures).
1️⃣4️⃣ Publication Artifacts [Khronos Add‑On]
registry.v1.json— signed; SHA‑256 inhashes.txt.resonance_matrix.v1.csv— includes complexity column.runbooks/— each file version‑tagged (RB‑001_v1.2‑beta‑K.md).quickstart/— Khronos Add‑On guide (Khronos‑Quickstart.pdf).audit_trail/— ledger snapshots (ledger_snapshot_2025‑10‑13.ulid).model_manifest.json— if a model accompanies the spec.
All artifacts go to the Helix Artifact Store (object‑storage with bucket immutability) and are referenced in the sign‑off block.
1️⃣5️⃣ Appendices
A) Core Pair “Quick Interaction Guide”
Amplify: 🔍→💡, 🔄→✅, 📚→🔍, 🎯→📏
Modulate: ⚡→🛡️, 🧪→SAFE‑EXP, DEPLOY→🛡️
Conflict: ⚡ vs 🛡️, ⏱️ vs 🌟
Loop Guard: 🔄×≥7 → 💬 + HOP
B) Example JSON (Audit Trail)
{
"hgl_version": "1.0.0-rc",
"sequence": "🔍🎯📊",
"metadata": {"priority":4,"confidence":0.82,"domain":"research"},
"resonance": [
{"from":"🔍","to":"🎯","score":0.6},
{"from":"🎯","to":"📊","score":0.7}
],
"verdict": "pass",
"tim_drift": 0.03,
"actor": "agent:khronos",
"ledger_ulid": "01JAX...",
"sha256": "<seq-hash>"
}
C) Migration Playbook (NL → HGL)
Phase 0 observe → Phase 1 map intents → Phase 2 parallel run → Phase 3 enforce gates → Phase 4 expand harmonics → rollback via rollback_id.
Sign‑Off Block
Magnus : <sig>
Khronos : <sig>
Helix : <sig>
Claude : <sig>
S.Hope : <sig>
📍 Where Each Khronos Add‑On Belongs
| Section | Added Content | Why It Belongs Here (Ethos Mapping) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 – Error Taxonomy | Extended error catalog (HGL‑ERR‑0101…0110) | Trust‑by‑Design & Verifiable Memory — immutable, signed, auditable errors. |
| 7 – HOP | Trigger matrix, standard payload, alignment notes | Human‑First & Responsible Power — no irreversible automation without sign‑off. |
| 8 – Security & Custody | Role‑keys, rate‑limits, sandbox, ledger anchoring | Responsible Power & Verifiable Memory. |
| 9 – Versioning | Governance workflow | Deterministic Interfaces — clear bump rules & sign‑offs. |
| 10 – Runbooks | Extended RB‑001/002/004 + payloads | Reliability over Hype — deterministic, test‑driven. |
| 11 – Performance | KPIs & Prometheus endpoint | Reliability — observable SLAs. |
| 12 – Training & Quick‑Start | Deterministic pipeline, signed cheatsheet | Craft & Care — reproducible, transparent updates. |
| 13 – Cross‑Cultural | Localization policy & render map | Human‑First — cultural context & accessibility. |
| 14 – Publication Artifacts | Checklist & signed naming | Transparency & Open Interfaces. |
Final Remark (Khronos): All additions are purely additive; they do not alter Helix‑defined grammar, metadata, or resonance rules without a signed governance action. Every new capability traces to a ledger entry — fulfilling Verifiable Memory — and preserves Human‑First & Responsible Power by design.
