MetaDictum

MetaDictum is a filesystem-authoritative framework for deterministic, multi-session AI-assisted project execution. It preserves project continuity in repository artifacts rather than fragile chat context.

This repository contains the framework documentation and reusable project template that implement that workflow.

Version: v2.0
MetaDictum v2 introduces runtime hardening for deterministic execution, including receipt-gated phase completion, explicit phase advancement, and repository-state-neutral execution semantics.

Execution exemplar: ARGUS demonstrates the framework applied to a non-trivial project from bootstrap through validation, with repository artifacts preserved as execution evidence.

The operational scaffold lives in template/project/.

Why MetaDictum Exists

• AI-assisted project work often loses continuity across sessions.
• MetaDictum keeps project state in repository artifacts instead of chat memory.
• That makes planning, execution, handoff, and resumption more deterministic.

Workspace Model

MetaDictum uses a five-domain workspace model:

• 01_GENESIS/ - project intent and bootstrap planning artifacts
• 02_EXODUS/ - active implementation workspace
• 03_LEVITICUS/ - governance, roadmap, execution state, and receipts
• 04_DEUTERONOMY/ - canonical or promoted outputs
• 05_NUMBERS/ - logs, reports, and operational records

Repository Contents

• template/project/ contains the reusable project template and execution surface
• docs/framework/ contains framework documentation

Documentation

• docs/framework/quickstart.md
• docs/framework/philosophy.md
• docs/framework/lifecycle.md
• docs/framework/planning_guidance.md

v2.0 Runtime Hardening

• Introduced receipt-gated phase completion
• Eliminated pre-existing artifact auto-completion
• Enforced explicit phase advancement via runtime prompts
• Added repository-state-neutral execution semantics