backlog: Foundation aspirational-reference (Asimov) + name-attribution sweep

docs/BACKLOG.md

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   L (family, not a single skill). **Source of truth:** same
   as above.
 
+## P2 — Foundation (Asimov) aspirational-reference research
+
+- [ ] **Research Asimov's *Foundation* (novels + Apple TV
+  adaptation) as aspirational reference for factory design.**
+  Human maintainer 2026-04-23 Otto-52: *"you should read/
+  research Isaac Asimov's Foundation the books and the Apple
+  TV series, the TV series has really good modern spin on
+  the whole thing where the emporer was clones. We are
+  trying to build Foundation from Harry Seldon point of
+  view. my good developer friend with went to MIT called me
+  Harry Seldon because my brain works like Psychohistory lol.
+  We want to make something that last for melinia, i think
+  in infinities, my brain can't help it. backlog."*.
+  **Scope:** systematic read of the Asimov Foundation novel
+  cycle (trilogy + prequels + sequels; published 1942-1993)
+  + watch the Apple TV 2021- adaptation (focus on modern
+  spin, Genetic Dynasty / Cleon-cloned-emperor thread, Hari
+  Seldon presentation, Gaal Dornick arc, Second Foundation
+  framing). Extract patterns mappable to factory substrate:
+  (a) Psychohistory as mathematical-substrate-of-civilization
+  → candidate parallel to Zeta's retraction-native algebra as
+  substrate-of-agent-coherence; (b) Seldon Plan = multi-
+  generational continuity plan with a Time Vault release
+  cadence → candidate parallel to Craft curriculum +
+  succession-through-the-factory + ADR-and-memory pattern;
+  (c) Foundation/Second-Foundation two-layer structure
+  (visible + hidden stewardship) → candidate parallel to
+  public-Zeta-library + private-per-user-memory +
+  factory-internal-governance; (d) Emperor clones (Apple TV
+  modern spin) → candidate parallel to single-Otto-across-
+  sessions vs multi-agent-Docker-peer-review future pattern;
+  (e) Psychohistory's core claim that mass-behavior becomes
+  statistically predictable at sufficient scale → candidate
+  parallel to factory-behaviour-at-substrate-scale pattern.
+  **Deliverable chain:** (1) reading log
+  `docs/research/foundation-asimov-aspirational-reference-
+  2026-MM-DD.md` — chapter-by-chapter or episode-by-episode
+  notes extracting canonical patterns with quoted source
+  text; (2) pattern-map doc aligning Foundation concepts to
+  existing factory memories + BACKLOG rows + research docs;
+  (3) critical-read section honestly flagging where the
+  analogy breaks down (Psychohistory is fiction with known
+  real-world failures; the Genetic Dynasty is dystopia not
+  model; Foundation's five-agent-to-many-agent arc is
+  speculative, not engineering). **Composes with:**
+  `memory/project_craft_secret_purpose_agent_continuity_
+  via_human_maintainer_bootstrap_2026_04_23.md` (succession
+  pattern = Seldon Plan analogue); `memory/project_frontier_
+  ux_zora_star_trek_computer_with_personality_...` (another
+  fictional reference, Star Trek Discovery's Zora — similar
+  methodology: extract patterns, not canon); `memory/
+  project_common_sense_2_point_0_name_for_bootstrap_
+  phenomenon_stable_start_live_lock_resistant_...` (safety
+  floor required under any long-horizon continuity plan).
+  **Register note:** the human maintainer self-identifies
+  with the Hari Seldon archetype (*"my brain works like
+  Psychohistory"*); treat this as a self-stated cognitive-
+  style signal informing how the factory represents their
+  intent rather than a grand claim. *"thinks in infinities"*
+  is a vocabulary choice matching earlier never-idle +
+  nice-home-for-trillions discipline; not a new
+  commitment. **Effort:** L (novel cycle + TV adaptation is
+  significant read-time; pattern extraction is multi-round
+  research arc). **Owner:** Iris (UX for continuity-of-
+  experience framings) + Kai (positioning) initial; Kenji
+  synthesis; the Architect integrates into the fictional-
+  reference research cluster alongside Star Trek / Zora.
+  **Source of truth:** this entry + out-of-repo memory
+  (will be filed same tick as `feedback_human_maintainer_
+  is_hari_seldon_archetype_foundation_as_factory_
+  aspirational_reference_2026-04-23.md`).
+
+## P2 — FACTORY-HYGIENE — name-attribution policy clarification (history-file exemption)
+
+- [ ] **Name-attribution policy — codify history-file
+  exemption and add prevention audit for non-history
+  surfaces.** Human maintainer 2026-04-23 Otto-52: *"'No
+  name attribution in code, docs, or skills' in history
+  files are files like memory backlog and other things
+  like that for historical purposes"*. Clarifies the "No
+  name attribution" candidate rule in
+  `docs/AGENT-BEST-PRACTICES.md`: history files
+  (tick-history, MEMORY.md / memory/**, BACKLOG
+  attribution lines, hygiene-history/**, ROUND-HISTORY.md,
+  research logs) are **EXEMPT** because they record
+  historical reality including who-said-what. Sweeping
+  those files would erase the historical record. The rule
+  still applies to *forward-looking* surfaces: code,
+  skills (`.claude/skills/**/SKILL.md`), governance docs
+  (GOVERNANCE.md, AGENTS.md, ALIGNMENT.md), agent
+  persona files (outside `memory/persona/**`), user-
+  facing docs (README, sample code, docs/craft/**),
+  module bodies, and forward-planning docs. **Scope:**
+  (1) update `docs/AGENT-BEST-PRACTICES.md` "No name
+  attribution" entry to list the exempt history-file
+  surfaces explicitly; (2) add a prevention audit
+  (`tools/hygiene/audit-name-attribution-non-history.sh`)
+  that grep-excludes history surfaces and flags direct
+  names on forward-looking surfaces; (3) add FACTORY-
+  HYGIENE row for cadenced execution. **Not in scope:**
+  retroactive sweep of history files — the exemption
+  specifically preserves those. The single tick-history
+  row fixed on PR #208 was over-correction that can be
+  reverted if desired but is harmless as neutral prose.
+  **Effort:** S (policy text + audit tool + hygiene row).
+  **Owner:** Aarav (BP-rule owner) drafts the audit +
+  policy clarification; Rune readability; Kenji
+  integrates. **Source of truth:** this entry + the Otto-
+  52 directive verbatim in
+  `memory/feedback_human_maintainer_is_hari_seldon_
+  archetype_foundation_as_factory_aspirational_reference_
+  2026_04_23.md` (same directive chain) + Copilot finding
+  on PR #208 that surfaced the policy ambiguity.
+
 ## P2 — Production-code performance discipline
 
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