Canonize legible AI-assisted expression

IDEA_TRAIL_GRAPH.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 version: 0.3
-updated: 2026-09-18
+updated: 2026-09-19
 canonical_trails: IDEA_TRAILS.md
 metadata_convention: IDEA_TRAIL_METADATA.md
 
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ documents:
       - stewardship-authority
       - accountability-externalization
 
+  - repo: Root-Sequence/root-sequence
+    path: concepts/legible-ai-assisted-expression.md
+    role: analytical-lens
+    trails:
+      - accessibility-participation
+      - intelligence-authority
+      - memory-provenance
+
   - repo: Root-Sequence/root-sequence
     path: research/papers/coherent-systems/README.md
     role: research

IDEA_TRAIL_INDEX.md

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ This index is generated from [`IDEA_TRAIL_GRAPH.yml`](IDEA_TRAIL_GRAPH.yml) and
 - **Human practice:** [`beinghumane-guide/README.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/beinghumane-guide/blob/main/README.md)
 - **Embodied practice:** [`liberation-mass/README.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/liberation-mass/blob/main/README.md) · [`liberation-mass/docs/resilience-and-low-tech.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/liberation-mass/blob/main/docs/resilience-and-low-tech.md) · [`liberation-mass/docs/safety/accessibility.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/liberation-mass/blob/main/docs/safety/accessibility.md) · [`liberation-mass/docs/spaces/spaces.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/liberation-mass/blob/main/docs/spaces/spaces.md) · [`liberation-mass/docs/spatial-principles.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/liberation-mass/blob/main/docs/spatial-principles.md)
 - **Real-system work:** [`community-infrastructure/docs/concepts/community-assistant.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/docs/concepts/community-assistant.md) · [`community-infrastructure/docs/concepts/community-discovery.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/docs/concepts/community-discovery.md) · [`community-infrastructure/docs/concepts/community-home.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/docs/concepts/community-home.md) · [`community-infrastructure/docs/concepts/discovery-profile.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/docs/concepts/discovery-profile.md) · [`community-infrastructure/docs/concepts/space-mobility-and-access.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/docs/concepts/space-mobility-and-access.md) · [`community-infrastructure/docs/design/accessibility.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/docs/design/accessibility.md) ★ · [`community-infrastructure/docs/design/resilience-and-graceful-degradation.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/docs/design/resilience-and-graceful-degradation.md) · [`community-infrastructure/prototypes/community-assistant/README.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/prototypes/community-assistant/README.md) · [`community-infrastructure/prototypes/community-discovery/README.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/prototypes/community-discovery/README.md) · [`community-infrastructure/prototypes/degraded-mode/README.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/prototypes/degraded-mode/README.md) · [`community-infrastructure/prototypes/space-access/README.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/prototypes/space-access/README.md)
+- **Analytical lens:** [`root-sequence/concepts/legible-ai-assisted-expression.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/main/concepts/legible-ai-assisted-expression.md)
 - **Speculative design:** [`coherent-world/world/space-mobility-and-belonging.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/coherent-world/blob/main/world/space-mobility-and-belonging.md)
 - **Routing / maps:** [`beinghumane-guide/IDEA_TRAILS.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/beinghumane-guide/blob/main/IDEA_TRAILS.md) · [`coherent-world/IDEA-TRAILS.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/coherent-world/blob/main/IDEA-TRAILS.md) · [`coherent-world/PROJECT-MAP.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/coherent-world/blob/main/PROJECT-MAP.md) · [`community-infrastructure/docs/IDEA_TRAILS.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/docs/IDEA_TRAILS.md) · [`liberation-mass/docs/community-infrastructure.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/liberation-mass/blob/main/docs/community-infrastructure.md) · [`liberation-mass/docs/idea-trails.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/liberation-mass/blob/main/docs/idea-trails.md) · [`root-sequence/IDEA_TRAILS.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/main/IDEA_TRAILS.md)
 
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ This index is generated from [`IDEA_TRAIL_GRAPH.yml`](IDEA_TRAIL_GRAPH.yml) and
 - **Research:** [`community-infrastructure/docs/research/local-community-assistant.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/docs/research/local-community-assistant.md) · [`liberated-intelligence/README.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/liberated-intelligence/blob/main/README.md) · [`root-sequence/concepts/intelligence-ecology.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/main/concepts/intelligence-ecology.md) · [`root-sequence/research/papers/coherent-systems/README.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/main/research/papers/coherent-systems/README.md)
 - **Human practice:** [`beinghumane-atlas/seeds/intelligence-ecology-and-selection-environments.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/beinghumane-atlas/blob/main/seeds/intelligence-ecology-and-selection-environments.md) · [`beinghumane-guide/README.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/beinghumane-guide/blob/main/README.md)
 - **Real-system work:** [`coherent-computing/docs/conceptual-model.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/coherent-computing/blob/main/docs/conceptual-model.md) · [`community-infrastructure/docs/concepts/community-assistant.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/docs/concepts/community-assistant.md) · [`community-infrastructure/docs/concepts/permissions-and-consent.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/docs/concepts/permissions-and-consent.md) · [`community-infrastructure/prototypes/community-assistant/README.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/prototypes/community-assistant/README.md)
+- **Analytical lens:** [`root-sequence/concepts/legible-ai-assisted-expression.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/main/concepts/legible-ai-assisted-expression.md)
 - **Speculative design:** [`coherent-world/README.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/coherent-world/blob/main/README.md) · [`coherent-world/world/resilience-failure-and-continuity.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/coherent-world/blob/main/world/resilience-failure-and-continuity.md)
 - **Narrative:** [`coherent-world/no-one-noticed/README.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/coherent-world/blob/main/no-one-noticed/README.md) · [`coherent-world/no-one-noticed/fragments/DECISION-WITHOUT-CONSENSUS.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/coherent-world/blob/main/no-one-noticed/fragments/DECISION-WITHOUT-CONSENSUS.md) · [`coherent-world/no-one-noticed/research/INTELLIGENCE-ECOLOGY-AND-AURYN.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/coherent-world/blob/main/no-one-noticed/research/INTELLIGENCE-ECOLOGY-AND-AURYN.md)
 - **Routing / maps:** [`beinghumane-guide/IDEA_TRAILS.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/beinghumane-guide/blob/main/IDEA_TRAILS.md) · [`coherent-world/IDEA-TRAILS.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/coherent-world/blob/main/IDEA-TRAILS.md) · [`coherent-world/PROJECT-MAP.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/coherent-world/blob/main/PROJECT-MAP.md) · [`community-infrastructure/docs/IDEA_TRAILS.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/docs/IDEA_TRAILS.md) · [`liberated-intelligence/meta/idea-trails.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/liberated-intelligence/blob/main/meta/idea-trails.md) · [`root-sequence/IDEA_TRAILS.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/main/IDEA_TRAILS.md) · [`universal-coherence-framework/docs/idea-trails.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/universal-coherence-framework/blob/main/docs/idea-trails.md)
@@ -181,6 +183,7 @@ This index is generated from [`IDEA_TRAIL_GRAPH.yml`](IDEA_TRAIL_GRAPH.yml) and
 - **Research:** [`coherent-world/no-one-noticed/research/HISTORICAL-CONTINGENCY-AND-ABANDONED-FUTURES.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/coherent-world/blob/main/no-one-noticed/research/HISTORICAL-CONTINGENCY-AND-ABANDONED-FUTURES.md) · [`root-sequence/futures/abandoned-futures.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/main/futures/abandoned-futures.md)
 - **Human practice:** [`beinghumane-atlas/seeds/historical-contingency-and-making-possibility-real.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/beinghumane-atlas/blob/main/seeds/historical-contingency-and-making-possibility-real.md) · [`beinghumane-guide/README.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/beinghumane-guide/blob/main/README.md)
 - **Real-system work:** [`community-infrastructure/docs/concepts/community-knowledge.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/docs/concepts/community-knowledge.md)
+- **Analytical lens:** [`root-sequence/concepts/legible-ai-assisted-expression.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/main/concepts/legible-ai-assisted-expression.md)
 - **Speculative design:** [`coherent-world/README.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/coherent-world/blob/main/README.md) · [`coherent-world/world/possibility-atlas/README.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/coherent-world/blob/main/world/possibility-atlas/README.md)
 - **Narrative:** [`coherent-world/no-one-noticed/README.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/coherent-world/blob/main/no-one-noticed/README.md)
 - **Routing / maps:** [`beinghumane-guide/IDEA_TRAILS.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/beinghumane-guide/blob/main/IDEA_TRAILS.md) · [`coherent-world/IDEA-TRAILS.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/coherent-world/blob/main/IDEA-TRAILS.md) · [`coherent-world/PROJECT-MAP.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/coherent-world/blob/main/PROJECT-MAP.md) · [`community-infrastructure/docs/IDEA_TRAILS.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure/blob/main/docs/IDEA_TRAILS.md) · [`root-sequence/IDEA_TRAILS.md`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/main/IDEA_TRAILS.md)

concepts/README.md

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 ## Cross-project frameworks and design ideas
 
 - [Legible Systems](legible-systems.md) — a working design principle about progressive understanding, technical accessibility, repair, alternatives, and power.
+- [Legible AI-Assisted Expression](legible-ai-assisted-expression.md) — a working principle for reducing the cost of expression while keeping human contributions, AI additions, transformations, evidence, uncertainty, and decisions visible.
 - [Intelligence Ecology](intelligence-ecology.md) — a developing framework for asking what behaviors an environment selects for in intelligent systems.
 - [Human(e) Design](humane-design.md) — a translation method between human observation and concrete design choices.
 - [Human(e) Infrastructure](humane-infrastructure.md) — a cross-project systems concept about durable conditions that support humane life.