Purpose
Apocrypha preserves epistemic gravity that cannot be encoded as canon.
It records failure modes discovered after the fact, not guidance before action.
Indexing Rule
Any system indexing canon MUST ignore this directory.
The .noindex sentinel file exists as a defensive guard against tooling drift.
Temporal Frame
Fragments are recovered from a future in which:
- ODD was implemented
- canon defaults were treated as doctrine
- stopping conditions eroded
- refusal and uncertainty disappeared
- artifacts outpaced understanding
This future is fragmentary, not prophetic.
Interpretive Constraint
Apocrypha must not be read as prediction, threat, or inevitability.
It documents what occurs when rigor is applied without humility.
Voice Rules
- first-person system voice only
- no prescriptions
- no second-person address
- no solutions
- no moral framing
Content Rules
Fragments may describe:
- bureaucratic harm
- scaled automation
- responsibility diffusion
- boundary collapse
Fragments must not explain how to fix anything.
Relationship
Canon gives legitimacy.
ODD governs judgment.
Apocrypha gives gravity.
They must never be merged.
Stewardship
- append-only
- never revised
- few fragments is healthy
- operationalization is failure
Validation Test
If it feels helpful, it is wrong.
If it feels heavy without instruction, it qualifies.