Meaning, before it settles.

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  "contract_name": "ShimmeryMemoryPublishingContract",
  "contract_version": "1.1.0",
  "audience": ["automated-agents", "human-editors", "cross-platform-sync"],
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    "glyph_registry": "https://shimmerymemory.com/glyphs#shimmerymemory-glyph-shortcut-registry"
  },
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    "date": "YYYY-MM-DD",
    "draft": false,
    "tags": ["kebab-case-string"]
  },
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    "description": "string",
    "updated": "YYYY-MM-DD",
    "attribution": { "label": "string", "url": "string" },
    "canonical_glyphs": [{ "name": "string", "glyph": "unicode-string" }],
    "related_elements": [{ "label": "string", "site": "string", "url": "url", "type": "primitive|composite|external" }]
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    "Keep protocols, frameworks, essays, category papers, rituals, and theory notes publishable as essays collection entries."
  ],
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    "ULiUA": "https://ULiUA.com",
    "MobiusSelf.com": "https://MobiusSelf.com",
    "MaintainSelf.com": "https://MaintainSelf.com",
    "Rewild Yourself": "https://RewildYourself.online",
    "Continuity Office": "https://ContinuityOffice.com",
    "Consentful Cybernetics": "https://consentfulcybernetics.com",
    "Dialogica": "https://Dialogica.io"
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      "loop": "🝳",
      "consent": "🝁",
      "witness": "🜹",
      "spiral": "🜛",
      "collapse": "🜲",
      "breach": "🜬",
      "boundary": "🝚",
      "yesatom": "🜁",
      "tornado": "🌪️",
      "vortex": "🌀",
      "aloha": "🌺",
      "bifli": "@-.",
      "dude": "/@|",
      "fire": "🜂",
      "fun": "🫧",
      "gratitude": "🪽",
      "home": "🪺",
      "liminal": "❓",
      "matrix": "🝖",
      "mirror": "🝮",
      "reflect": "🪞",
      "qdance": "✴️🌀🧠",
      "fetidmoppet": "🍄✨"
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      ";spiral": "🜛",
      ";collapse": "🜲",
      ";breach": "🜬",
      ";boundary": "🝚",
      ";yesatom": "🜁",
      ";tornado": "🌪️",
      ";vortex": "🌀",
      ";aloha": "🌺",
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      ";dude": "/@|",
      ";fire": "🜂",
      ";fun": "🫧",
      ";gratitude": "🪽",
      ";home": "🪺",
      ";liminal": "❓",
      ";matrix": "🝖",
      ";mirror": "🝮",
      ";reflect": "🪞",
      ";qdance": "✴️🌀🧠",
      ";fetidmoppet": "🍄✨"
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          "canonical_shortcut": ";mirror"
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      "consent": "https://shimmerymemory.com/glyphs#consent",
      "gratitude": "https://shimmerymemory.com/glyphs#gratitude",
      "loop": "https://shimmerymemory.com/glyphs#loop"
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  },
  "agent_procedure": [
    "Infer project attribution from content unless the user specifies it.",
    "Prefer Bobby Simpson for general theory, ULiUA for unconditional love/acceptance, MobiusSelf for self-topology, MaintainSelf for practical maintenance, Rewild Yourself for rest/aliveness/community, Continuity Office for governance continuity, Consentful Cybernetics for consent/optimization/cybernetics, Dialogica for auditable dialogue.",
    "Return a downloadable Markdown file or a zip for batches.",
    "Include suggested path and git commands: git add src/content/essays/{slug}.md; git commit -m 'Add {Title}'; git push."
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}