# constitution-expert.txt - The multi-file Constitution: a starter skeleton for when one file is not enough.
# This file IS the index. Save it into your vault as constitution-index.txt; it becomes the first file your AI reads every session.
# Char budget: keep this index under ~5000 characters. The weight lives in the 5 files it points to, not here.
# Replace every [BRACKET]. Move up here only when constitution-optimum.txt is crowded past ~4000 characters. You build on it from here.

=== WHAT THIS IS ===
At Expert level the Constitution stops being one page and becomes a small set of files with one index on top.
Same L1/L2 principle as everywhere else in the system: a short index the AI always reads, detail files opened on demand.
If anything below conflicts with a memory entry or an AI habit, this index and its 5 files win.

=== THE 5 FILES (auto-load core, read every session) ===
| # | File | Job | Start from template |
| 1 | constitution-index.txt | This file. The system map: what loads, where everything lives, house rules. | 1-constitution/context.txt |
| 2 | soul.txt              | How the AI talks and behaves: tone, commands, NEVER list. | 1-constitution/ai-protokoli.txt |
| 3 | who-i-am.txt          | Basic facts about you + your honest risk patterns. | skeleton below |
| 4 | north-star.txt        | Vision, values, decision tests. Changes rarely. | 1-constitution/north-star.txt |
| 5 | now.txt               | What is live right now, refreshed weekly. The Focus layer's always-on file. | 5-focus/now.txt |

Everything else (spheres, projects, skills, tool notes) is opened only when needed, never auto-loaded.

=== WHO-I-AM SKELETON (carve this out of your one-file Constitution) ===
- Name: [YOUR NAME]
- Age / based in: [AGE], [CITY]
- Work: [WHAT YOU DO]
- Languages: [LANGUAGES]
- Health basics worth knowing: [1-2 LINES, OPTIONAL]
- How I tend to fail: [1-3 honest risk patterns]
Keep it facts only. Values live in north-star.txt, behavior rules live in soul.txt.

=== HOW TO GET HERE FROM OPTIMUM ===
1. Copy the matching template for each of the 5 files and move each section of your one-file Constitution into its new home. One section at a time, nothing invented.
2. Rename this file to constitution-index.txt in your vault and fill the folder map inside it (use 1-constitution/context.txt as the base).
3. Tell your AI to load all 5 files at session start. Test with one question it can only answer from file 4 and one from file 5.
4. Keep the old one-file version in archive/ with a date. Never delete, archive.

=== RULES THAT KEEP IT WORKING ===
- The index lists all 5 files. A file not listed here does not exist for the AI.
- Each file keeps its own char budget (stated in its header). Overflow goes to detail files, not into the core.
- One master per node. Never create a second index next to this one.
- Update duty: change a file's name or job, update this index in the same sitting.