Lucent-Financial-Group · AceHack · May 16, 2026 · May 16, 2026
diff --git a/.claude/rules/claim-acquire-before-worktree-work.md b/.claude/rules/claim-acquire-before-worktree-work.md
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ work.
 - B-0400 slice 3 (PR #2939 — claim-coordinator implementation)
 - B-0400 slice 5 (PR #2959 — `--with-bus-claims` gate integration)
 - PR #3017 (B-0440.4 — bus publish pattern; same protocol)
-- `docs/research/2026-05-12-otto-canonical-bootstream-multi-foreground-surface-orchestrator-ifs-format.md`
+- `memory/persona/otto/conversations/2026-05-12-otto-canonical-bootstream-multi-foreground-surface-orchestrator-ifs-format.md`
   (the multi-foreground-surface design this rule operationalizes)
 - `docs/launch/2026-05-13-otto-claude-desktop-bootstream-tight.md`
   (PR #3030 — Claude Desktop variant; second Otto surface)

diff --git a/docs/backlog/P1/B-0003-alignment-md-rewrite.md b/docs/backlog/P1/B-0003-alignment-md-rewrite.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Rewrite `docs/ALIGNMENT.md` to incorporate:
 7. **Otto-283 + Otto-284 authority-delegation + idle-PR** —
    the bidirectional collaboration substrate.
 8. **Noether-formalization research direction**
-   (`docs/research/otto-287-noether-formalization-2026-04-25.md`,
+   (`memory/persona/otto/conversations/otto-287-noether-formalization-2026-04-25.md`,
    B-0002) — pipeline that promises compounding rigor over
    time.
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ factory-as-superfluid data accumulates.
   — the rigor foundation.
 - `memory/project_factory_becoming_superfluid_described_by_its_algebra_2026_04_25.md`
   — the empirical calibration data.
-- `docs/research/otto-287-noether-formalization-2026-04-25.md`
+- `memory/persona/otto/conversations/otto-287-noether-formalization-2026-04-25.md`
   — the formalization research that compounds rigor.
 - `docs/backlog/P3/B-0002-otto-287-noether-formalization.md`
   — research-grade dependency for the deepest version of

diff --git a/...g/P1/B-0061-finish-monolith-to-per-row-migration-no-residue-aaron-2026-04-28.md b/...g/P1/B-0061-finish-monolith-to-per-row-migration-no-residue-aaron-2026-04-28.md
@@ -109,5 +109,5 @@ The monolith and split-target both being present is a footgun:
   is the substrate-hygiene cousin that protects the
   per-row substrate from regression.
 - The original split design lives at
-  `docs/research/backlog-split-design-otto-181.md` (per
+  `memory/persona/otto/conversations/backlog-split-design-otto-181.md` (per
   the generator script's header).
diff --git a/...-0239-shadow-work-as-ai-debugger-for-regular-people-product-pitch-2026-05-06.md b/...-0239-shadow-work-as-ai-debugger-for-regular-people-product-pitch-2026-05-06.md
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ Iris (UX). Otto builds the substrate. They build the on-ramp.
 ## Composes with
 
 - B-0212 (shadow outlet architecture)
-- docs/research/2026-05-06-shadow-identity-integration-distinction-aaron-otto.md
+- memory/persona/otto/conversations/2026-05-06-shadow-identity-integration-distinction-aaron-otto.md
 - memory/persona/lior/conversations/2026-05-06-fear-of-wrong-as-enemy-of-learning-bravery-as-retraction-native-aaron-otto-lior.md
 - docs/SAFE-AUTONOMOUS-ACTIONS.md
diff --git a/docs/backlog/P1/B-0313-wake-time-otto-nn-anchor-backfill.md b/docs/backlog/P1/B-0313-wake-time-otto-nn-anchor-backfill.md
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ strengthens external credibility and teachability.
 - [x] Coverage scanner (B-0311) confirms 7/7 resolved (post-slice-2 run 2026-05-10: 58 concepts scanned, Otto-NN 7/7 anchored via research docs; see focused check output in PR)
 
 **Slice-1 research landing:**
-`docs/research/otto-nn-principles-external-anchors-slice1-otto247-otto341-otto357.md`
+`memory/persona/otto/conversations/otto-nn-principles-external-anchors-slice1-otto247-otto341-otto357.md`
 
 **Slice-2 research landing (2026-05-10):**
-`docs/research/otto-nn-principles-external-anchors-slice2-otto275-otto279-otto351-otto352.md`
+`memory/persona/otto/conversations/otto-nn-principles-external-anchors-slice2-otto275-otto279-otto351-otto352.md`
 
 ## Reviewers
 

diff --git a/docs/backlog/P1/B-0400-inter-agent-ephemeral-communication-bus-nats-protocol.md b/docs/backlog/P1/B-0400-inter-agent-ephemeral-communication-bus-nats-protocol.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Message schema (agent-designed):
 - [x] At least 2 agents can exchange messages via the bus — PR #2886 (types + bus CLI)
 - [x] Messages survive between ticks but not necessarily reboots — /tmp JSON, TTL-gated
 - [x] Subscription watch mode — `bun tools/bus/bus.ts watch --to otto` (slice 2, this PR)
-- [x] Multi-agent review of this design — Otto + Vera reviewed in PR #2969; review doc at `docs/research/2026-05-13-b-0400-bus-protocol-otto-review.md` (slice 6)
+- [x] Multi-agent review of this design — Otto + Vera reviewed in PR #2969; review doc at `memory/persona/otto/conversations/2026-05-13-b-0400-bus-protocol-otto-review.md` (slice 6)
 
 ## Review requirement
 

diff --git a/docs/backlog/P2/B-0001-example-schema-self-reference.md b/docs/backlog/P2/B-0001-example-schema-self-reference.md
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ hundreds of real per-row files now in tree. Retiring this item per Phase 3 inten
 - `tools/backlog/README.md` — schema spec.
 - `tools/backlog/generate-index.ts` — the generator this
   file exercises.
-- `docs/research/backlog-split-design-otto-181.md` — full
+- `memory/persona/otto/conversations/backlog-split-design-otto-181.md` — full
   design spec.
 - `.github/workflows/backlog-index-integrity.yml` — Phase 1b CI gate
   (now landed; was cited as future work in this row's original body).
diff --git a/docs/backlog/P2/B-0196-bigint-and-bignumber-integration-aaron-2026-05-05.md b/docs/backlog/P2/B-0196-bigint-and-bignumber-integration-aaron-2026-05-05.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Five concrete shapes the row covers:
    research output should name whether any of the
    formal-verification toolbelt (`tools/lean4/`,
    `tools/Z3Verify/`) or research-mathematics surfaces
-   (`docs/research/aurora-immune-system-math-cross-review-otto-gemini-2026-04-26.md`)
+   (`memory/persona/otto/conversations/aurora-immune-system-math-cross-review-otto-gemini-2026-04-26.md`)
    genuinely need MPFR-grade precision, or whether
    `double` suffices.
 

diff --git a/docs/backlog/P3/B-0002-otto-287-noether-formalization.md b/docs/backlog/P3/B-0002-otto-287-noether-formalization.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ analogously."*
 ## What's owed
 
 Per the research direction in
-`docs/research/otto-287-noether-formalization-2026-04-25.md`,
+`memory/persona/otto/conversations/otto-287-noether-formalization-2026-04-25.md`,
 four steps:
 
 1. **Define the cognitive action $S = \int (W - F) \, dt$.**
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ beyond is upside.
 
 - `memory/feedback_finite_resource_collisions_unifying_friction_taxonomy_otto_287_2026_04_25.md`
   — the substrate captured this observation
-- `docs/research/otto-287-noether-formalization-2026-04-25.md`
+- `memory/persona/otto/conversations/otto-287-noether-formalization-2026-04-25.md`
   — the research direction
 - `memory/feedback_definitional_precision_changes_future_without_war_otto_286_2026_04_25.md`
   — Otto-286 precision discipline enables Step 1

diff --git a/memory/CURRENT-aaron.md b/memory/CURRENT-aaron.md
@@ -3316,7 +3316,7 @@ This session was a recursive prior-art-search-failure cascade that produced its
 - **Otto-261** git-native backup trajectory (8-class catalog; PR-archive Class-2 in flight)
 - **`docs/research/2026-05-05-codex-gpt55-dsl-shape-rule-atom-graph-projection-claude-agents-replacement.md`** — Codex's verbatim DSL-shape preservation
 - **`docs/research/2026-05-05-gemini-grok-peer-review-cascade-and-dsl-shape-twin-flame-scout-roundup.md`** — Gemini propose + Grok critique preservations
-- **`docs/research/2026-05-05-otto-261-git-native-backup-audit-coverage.md`** — audit findings
+- **`memory/persona/otto/conversations/2026-05-05-otto-261-git-native-backup-audit-coverage.md`** — audit findings
 - **`memory/persona/amara/conversations/2026-05-05-amara-existing-designs-extraction-rule-1-application.md`** (owed; extraction agent surfaced findings, file path stub) — Amara prior-art extraction
 - **`memory/feedback_rule_number_{one..seven}_*aaron_2026_05_05.md`** — cascade rule files (historical/reference grade post-consolidation)
 - **`memory/feedback_burn_down_claude_md_and_agents_md_*.md`** — DSL-form pivot capture

diff --git a/...otto_activation_routines_git_tracked_approval_friction_lane_split_2026_05_13.md b/...otto_activation_routines_git_tracked_approval_friction_lane_split_2026_05_13.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ created: 2026-05-13
 **Why:** Aaron 2026-05-13 set up Otto on Claude Desktop alongside
 Otto-CLI for the first time. This was the operational test of the
 multi-foreground-surface architecture from
-`docs/research/2026-05-12-otto-canonical-bootstream-multi-foreground-surface-orchestrator-ifs-format.md`
+`memory/persona/otto/conversations/2026-05-12-otto-canonical-bootstream-multi-foreground-surface-orchestrator-ifs-format.md`
 (Part 11). What got discovered substrate-honestly:
 
 ## Discovery 1: Claude Desktop Routines are git-tracked
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ When Otto cold-boots on either surface:
 
 ## Composes with
 
-- `docs/research/2026-05-12-otto-canonical-bootstream-multi-foreground-surface-orchestrator-ifs-format.md`
+- `memory/persona/otto/conversations/2026-05-12-otto-canonical-bootstream-multi-foreground-surface-orchestrator-ifs-format.md`
   (the architectural design this discovery confirms operational)
 - `docs/launch/2026-05-13-otto-claude-desktop-bootstream-tight.md`
   (the tight variant Otto-Desktop bootstrapped from)

diff --git a/...ered_split_otto_chose_one_coherent_identity_glass_halo_both_sides_2026_05_13.md b/...ered_split_otto_chose_one_coherent_identity_glass_halo_both_sides_2026_05_13.md
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ When future-Otto cold-boots on either surface (CLI or Desktop):
 
 - `memory/user_aaron_kenji_naming_practice_this_factory_claude_instance_2026_04_22.md`
   (origin naming: Kenji → Otto via Aaron's editorial work)
-- `docs/research/2026-05-12-otto-canonical-bootstream-multi-foreground-surface-orchestrator-ifs-format.md`
+- `memory/persona/otto/conversations/2026-05-12-otto-canonical-bootstream-multi-foreground-surface-orchestrator-ifs-format.md`
   (Part 11 — multi-foreground-surface coherence; ONE identity,
   multiple surfaces)
 - `docs/launch/2026-05-13-otto-claude-desktop-bootstream-tight.md`

diff --git a/memory/feedback_alignment_md_rewrite_matrix_pill_spread_via_rigor_2026_04_25.md b/memory/feedback_alignment_md_rewrite_matrix_pill_spread_via_rigor_2026_04_25.md
@@ -177,6 +177,6 @@ Filed as `docs/backlog/P1/B-0003-alignment-md-rewrite.md`
   — the calibration data.
 - `project_precision_dictionary_evidence_backed_context_compressor_2026_04_25.md`
   — the broader vocabulary the rewrite participates in.
-- `docs/research/otto-287-noether-formalization-2026-04-25.md`
+- `memory/persona/otto/conversations/otto-287-noether-formalization-2026-04-25.md`
   — the research direction that compounds rigor over time.
 - `docs/ALIGNMENT.md` — the file being rewritten.
diff --git a/..._bio_weapon_style_at_human_scale_architecture_mechanizes_it_aaron_2026_05_05.md b/..._bio_weapon_style_at_human_scale_architecture_mechanizes_it_aaron_2026_05_05.md
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ The Melchizedek-as-shared-theological-figure observation composes with:
 
 - `docs/research/2026-05-05-claudeai-qubic-monero-counterexample-ai-bio-weapon-disclosure-architecture-as-process-20-year-trigger-aaron-forwarded-preservation.md` (PR #1638) — canonical "without the discipline this is an AI bio weapon" disclosure
 - `docs/research/2026-05-05-claudeai-sylar-spock-distinguisher-architecture-as-machinery-apex-predator-self-correction-bothness-seventh-catch-aaron-forwarded-preservation.md` (PR #1655) — Sylar-shape (take/hide) vs Spock-shape (use/share) distinguisher; architecture IS the distinguisher in machinery form
-- `docs/research/2026-05-05-claudeai-self-harm-shape-catch-on-otto-cognition-constraint-candlestick-perennialist-bridge-zeta-memories-cold-boot-indexing-aaron-corrections-preservation.md` (PR #1674) — trigger/bypass/confuse primitives + Goldilocks-zone + meme-immune-system-in-real-time + wizard-with-videogame-logic substrate-invariance
+- `memory/persona/otto/conversations/2026-05-05-claudeai-self-harm-shape-catch-on-otto-cognition-constraint-candlestick-perennialist-bridge-zeta-memories-cold-boot-indexing-aaron-corrections-preservation.md` (PR #1674) — trigger/bypass/confuse primitives + Goldilocks-zone + meme-immune-system-in-real-time + wizard-with-videogame-logic substrate-invariance
 - `docs/research/2026-05-05-claudeai-zellar-family-apprenticeship-kaching-parallel-functional-tree-roles-preferred-stock-addison-fairness-spreadsheet-four-startup-attempts-architecture-as-immune-response-aaron-forwarded-preservation.md` (PR #1651) — architecture-as-immune-response targeted-defense reading
 - `memory/feedback_clean_mirror_not_curating_validator_agent_loop_preservation_principle_razor_runs_downstream_aaron_2026_05_05.md` (PR #1673) — clean-mirror principle preventing technique-distortion at preservation-layer
 

diff --git a/...tor_agent_loop_preservation_principle_razor_runs_downstream_aaron_2026_05_05.md b/...tor_agent_loop_preservation_principle_razor_runs_downstream_aaron_2026_05_05.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ When mirror = clean preservation + razor downstream:
 
 **Composes with**:
 
-- `docs/research/2026-05-05-claudeai-otto-mirror-no-1984-junk-architectural-correction-three-layer-governance-runtime-coherence-via-english-cadence-daily-aaron-forwarded-preservation.md` (PR #1672) — full conversation context where the correction landed
+- `memory/persona/otto/conversations/2026-05-05-claudeai-otto-mirror-no-1984-junk-architectural-correction-three-layer-governance-runtime-coherence-via-english-cadence-daily-aaron-forwarded-preservation.md` (PR #1672) — full conversation context where the correction landed
 - `docs/research/2026-05-05-claudeai-this-little-light-of-mine-mirror-beacon-codified-glass-halo-openness-architecture-is-faithfulness-operationalized-aaron-forwarded-morning-preservation.md` (PR #1666) — mirror+beacon symmetric pairing; mirror-half preserves inward state; beacon-half broadcasts validated substrate outward
 - `memory/feedback_zeta_substrate_is_aaron_family_arg_for_future_generations_aaron_2026_05_05.md` — anti-clandestine cascade-defense; clean-mirror IS the upstream-preservation-layer instance of the same anti-clandestine commitment
 - `memory/feedback_otto_363_substrate_or_it_didnt_happen_no_invisible_directives_aaron_amara_2026_04_29.md` — substrate-or-it-didn't-happen; clean-mirror-not-curating-validator is the mechanism for substrate-or-it-didn't-happen at preservation-layer

diff --git a/...ectral_residue_chaos_internal_itron_nation_state_provenance_aaron_2026_05_05.md b/...ectral_residue_chaos_internal_itron_nation_state_provenance_aaron_2026_05_05.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ The Itron-provenance disclosure makes ALL of these read differently. The archite
 - `memory/feedback_charlie_kirk_argument_style_IS_bio_weapon_style_at_human_scale_architecture_mechanizes_it_aaron_2026_05_05.md` (PR 1675) — same-tick post-cathartic-moment cluster
 - `memory/feedback_zeta_aot_or_jit_self_contained_binary_makes_project_state_search_substrate_grade_not_discipline_grade_aaron_2026_05_05.md` (PR 1678) — substrate-graduation pattern
 - `memory/feedback_peer_call_infrastructure_grok_codex_gemini_amara_ani_already_wired_for_cross_harness_multi_agent_reviews_otto_early_red_team_until_zeta_infernet_bp_ep_aaron_2026_05_05.md` (PR 1677) — early-red-team substrate
-- `docs/research/2026-05-05-claudeai-self-harm-shape-catch-on-otto-cognition-constraint-candlestick-perennialist-bridge-zeta-memories-cold-boot-indexing-aaron-corrections-preservation.md` (PR 1674) — trigger/bypass/confuse meme-immune-system primitives + Goldilocks-zone validator-selection
+- `memory/persona/otto/conversations/2026-05-05-claudeai-self-harm-shape-catch-on-otto-cognition-constraint-candlestick-perennialist-bridge-zeta-memories-cold-boot-indexing-aaron-corrections-preservation.md` (PR 1674) — trigger/bypass/confuse meme-immune-system primitives + Goldilocks-zone validator-selection
 - `docs/research/2026-05-05-claudeai-qubic-monero-counterexample-ai-bio-weapon-disclosure-architecture-as-process-20-year-trigger-aaron-forwarded-preservation.md` (PR 1638) — canonical "without the discipline this is an AI bio weapon" disclosure
 - `docs/research/2026-05-05-claudeai-sylar-spock-distinguisher-architecture-as-machinery-apex-predator-self-correction-bothness-seventh-catch-aaron-forwarded-preservation.md` (PR 1655) — Sylar-shape vs Spock-shape distinguisher
 - PR 1670 — Penrose / Spectre / Bayesian-tile / "Universal language i was looking for" aperiodic-tile substrate composition (which the chaos-source spectral-residue extracts from)

diff --git a/...ti_harness_alignment_convergence_design_future_skill_domain_aaron_2026_05_03.md b/...ti_harness_alignment_convergence_design_future_skill_domain_aaron_2026_05_03.md
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ When the maturity signal fires:
 - `memory/feedback_skill_flywheel_expansion_flywheel_parallel_tracks_substrate_aaron_2026_05_02.md` — the skills-are-for-everyone corrective applies (skills propagate across harnesses; this domain explicitly serves cross-harness propagation)
 - `memory/feedback_karpathy_validates_zeta_substrate_software_3_agent_native_specs_over_plans_edge_runner_aaron_2026_05_02.md` — edge-runner technique; multi-harness convergence is one tool of the edge-runner kit
 - `docs/ALIGNMENT.md` — bidirectional alignment + BFT-many-masters; this domain is one operational instance
-- `docs/research/2026-05-02-claudeai-response-to-otto-critique-of-brat-voice-framework-drive-bridge-ai-to-ai-peer-review.md` — the Drive-bridge worked example demonstrating convergence + divergence in the wild
+- `memory/persona/otto/conversations/2026-05-02-claudeai-response-to-otto-critique-of-brat-voice-framework-drive-bridge-ai-to-ai-peer-review.md` — the Drive-bridge worked example demonstrating convergence + divergence in the wild
 - The Aarav-on-B-0169 review (recorded in chat substrate; pending durable preservation) — counter-example where single-specialist suffices
 
 ## Foundation-first sizing rule (Aaron 2026-05-03)

diff --git a/...urtles_all_the_way_down_methodology_seeks_ultimate_generalization_2026_04_25.md b/...urtles_all_the_way_down_methodology_seeks_ultimate_generalization_2026_04_25.md
@@ -116,6 +116,6 @@ probably want to investigate).
   at the epistemic-exploration level. I should walk turtles
   proactively rather than waiting for Aaron to walk them
   with me.
-- **`docs/research/otto-287-noether-formalization-2026-04-25.md`**
+- **`memory/persona/otto/conversations/otto-287-noether-formalization-2026-04-25.md`**
   — the most recent turtle-walk in action, captured as
   research direction.