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Vault-first Operating Model

A framework for keeping Markdown, schema, validation, provenance, and human-readable context as the durable source of truth.

2026-066 layersFramework, not system
MarkdownSystemSchemaValidateProvenanceUse
How it works
Job

Use when knowledge or decisions should survive beyond a chat, app, or model session.

Core loop

Capture in Markdown, structure through system folders and schema.yaml, validate before trusting, and keep caches clearly downstream of the vault.

Boundary

This overlaps with Systems, but the methodology is the decision rule: source-of-truth first, cache/tool second.