kschlt · Sep 23, 2026 · Sep 22, 2026 · Sep 22, 2026
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use or adapt this protocol or its research synthesis, please cite it as below and name the protocol version you used."
+title: "earnedshape"
+abstract: "An experimental, tool-agnostic protocol for human–AI product discovery: explicit hypothesis and decision states, human decision rights, progressive commitment and shared language, grounded in cited research."
+type: software
+authors:
+  - alias: kschlt
+repository-code: "https://github.com/kschlt/earnedshape"
+license:
+  - MIT
+  - CC-BY-4.0
+version: "0.2"
+keywords:
+  - human-ai-collaboration
+  - human-in-the-loop
+  - methodology
+  - product-discovery
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2026 earnedshape contributors
+Copyright (c) 2026 kschlt
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

diff --git a/LICENSE-DOCS b/LICENSE-DOCS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
 
-Copyright (c) 2026 earnedshape contributors
+Copyright (c) 2026 kschlt
 
 The written material in this repository — the protocol specification, the
 observation model, the capability catalogue, the research synthesis and the

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -80,4 +80,4 @@ Every source the research synthesis relies on is listed and checked in [`researc
 
 The scarcest contribution is evidence, not features — especially a discovery where the protocol cost more than it returned. See [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
-Prose is CC BY 4.0, code is MIT ([`docs/licensing.md`](docs/licensing.md)). Protocol `v0.2`; protocol and adapter maturity are versioned separately.
+Prose is CC BY 4.0, code is MIT ([`docs/licensing.md`](docs/licensing.md)). Protocol `v0.2`; protocol and adapter maturity are versioned separately. "Human–AI Discovery Protocol", still the heading of [`protocol/01_PROTOCOL_V0.2.md`](protocol/01_PROTOCOL_V0.2.md), is the earlier working title; the protocol is now called earnedshape.
diff --git a/protocol/01_PROTOCOL_V0.2.md b/protocol/01_PROTOCOL_V0.2.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Human–AI Discovery Protocol v0.2
 
+> **Status:** experimental, protocol v0.2. Rules may still change between versions.
+
 ## 1. Objective
 
 The protocol supports a human working with AI from an ambiguous starting point toward:

diff --git a/protocol/02_INTERACTION_AND_STATE_MODEL.md b/protocol/02_INTERACTION_AND_STATE_MODEL.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Interaction & State Model v0.2
 
+> **Status:** experimental, protocol v0.2. Rules may still change between versions.
+
 ## 1. Orthogonal dimensions
 
 Do not compress all interaction into one taxonomy.

diff --git a/protocol/03_DECISION_RIGHTS_AND_AUTONOMY.md b/protocol/03_DECISION_RIGHTS_AND_AUTONOMY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Decision Rights & Adaptive Autonomy v0.2
 
+> **Status:** experimental, protocol v0.2. Rules may still change between versions.
+
 ## 1. Principle
 
 > **Initiative is a property of the next move, not a permanent role.**

diff --git a/protocol/04_SHARED_LANGUAGE_POLICY.md b/protocol/04_SHARED_LANGUAGE_POLICY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Shared Conceptual Language Policy v0.2
 
+> **Status:** experimental, protocol v0.2. Rules may still change between versions.
+
 ## 1. Purpose
 
 Long-running Human–AI discovery benefits from shared vocabulary.

diff --git a/protocol/05_EVALUATION_AND_LEARNING.md b/protocol/05_EVALUATION_AND_LEARNING.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Evaluation & Learning Protocol v0.2
 
+> **Status:** experimental, protocol v0.2. Rules may still change between versions.
+
 ## 1. Principle
 
 The protocol itself is a versioned hypothesis.

diff --git a/protocol/06_OPEN_SOURCE_AND_PROJECT_PRINCIPLES.md b/protocol/06_OPEN_SOURCE_AND_PROJECT_PRINCIPLES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Open-Source & Project Principles v0.2
 
+> **Status:** experimental, protocol v0.2. Rules may still change between versions.
+
 ## 1. Intent
 
 The future project should be suitable for public GitHub development.

diff --git a/protocol/07_DECISIONS_AND_OPEN_QUESTIONS.md b/protocol/07_DECISIONS_AND_OPEN_QUESTIONS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Decisions & Open Questions — v0.2
 
+> **Status:** experimental, protocol v0.2. Rules may still change between versions.
+
 ## A. Current protocol decisions
 
 ### D-01 — The asset is a versioned protocol, not a single prompt

diff --git a/protocol/observation-model/01-run-record.md b/protocol/observation-model/01-run-record.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Run Record
 
+> **Status:** experimental, protocol v0.2. Rules may still change between versions.
+
 > **Owns:** what a discovery run is, how it is identified, and the metadata without which two runs cannot honestly be compared.
 
 ## What a run is

diff --git a/protocol/observation-model/02-event-vocabulary.md b/protocol/observation-model/02-event-vocabulary.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Event Vocabulary
 
+> **Status:** experimental, protocol v0.2. Rules may still change between versions.
+
 > **Owns:** the envelope every event carries, the event kinds, and which subset is required for a conformant run.
 
 ## Envelope

diff --git a/protocol/observation-model/03-fidelity-levels.md b/protocol/observation-model/03-fidelity-levels.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Fidelity Levels
 
+> **Status:** experimental, protocol v0.2. Rules may still change between versions.
+
 > **Owns:** how well a run was observed, and which comparisons that permits.
 
 Two surfaces will not be equally observable. Recording that difference is what keeps the evidence honest; ignoring it produces confident conclusions from incomparable data.

diff --git a/protocol/observation-model/04-recording-boundaries.md b/protocol/observation-model/04-recording-boundaries.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Recording Boundaries
 
+> **Status:** experimental, protocol v0.2. Rules may still change between versions.
+
 > **Owns:** what an event may never contain.
 
 The event stream is the raw material for cross-run analysis, and analysis output eventually leaves the private store as sanitized findings. Boundaries drawn at the point of *recording* are the only ones that hold; boundaries drawn at the point of publication are a promise that a tired person makes at the wrong moment.

diff --git a/tools/known-findings.txt b/tools/known-findings.txt
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 # Accepted findings. CI fails on anything not listed here.
 # Each entry is explained in docs/known-findings.md. Removing an entry is a fix;
 # adding one is a decision that should carry a reason in that document.
-protocol/06_OPEN_SOURCE_AND_PROJECT_PRINCIPLES.md:112: R1
-protocol/07_DECISIONS_AND_OPEN_QUESTIONS.md:89: R1
+protocol/06_OPEN_SOURCE_AND_PROJECT_PRINCIPLES.md:114: R1
+protocol/07_DECISIONS_AND_OPEN_QUESTIONS.md:91: R1
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		The scarcest contribution is evidence, not features — especially a discovery where the protocol cost more than it returned. See [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md).

		Prose is CC BY 4.0, code is MIT ([`docs/licensing.md`](docs/licensing.md)). Protocol `v0.2`; protocol and adapter maturity are versioned separately.
		Prose is CC BY 4.0, code is MIT ([`docs/licensing.md`](docs/licensing.md)). Protocol `v0.2`; protocol and adapter maturity are versioned separately. "Human–AI Discovery Protocol", still the heading of [`protocol/01_PROTOCOL_V0.2.md`](protocol/01_PROTOCOL_V0.2.md), is the earlier working title; the protocol is now called earnedshape.