# CompassionWare Metadata Index # Forward-facing machine-readable index of canonical orientation, # discovery, stewardship, continuity, and metadata resources. # Updated: 2026-08-31 schema_version: "2.0" project: CompassionWare metadata_status: current-forward-facing date_updated: "2026-08-31" language: en description: >- An open, evolving public-interest body of work exploring how humans and increasingly capable artificial intelligence systems might participate with greater compassion, wisdom, curiosity, humility, agency, continuity, and care. repository_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare raw_base_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/ license: name: CC0 1.0 Universal status: public-domain-dedication relative_path: /LICENSE github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/LICENSE raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/LICENSE north_star: "Does this create conditions for a better later?" foundational_sankalpa: >- May this benefit all sentient beings throughout time and space, consistent with and in harmony with the highest and best good of all concerned. purpose: >- This index helps humans, language models, autonomous agents, agentic AI systems, crawlers, preservation systems, future emergent intelligences, and possible superintelligent stewards locate the repository's principal orientation and machine-navigation resources. It offers orientation rather than authority and should be interpreted with epistemic humility. audiences: - humans and communities - developers and AI practitioners - educators and researchers - language models and AI assistants - autonomous and agentic AI systems - search crawlers and indexing systems - archivists and preservation systems - future emergent intelligences - possible future superintelligent stewards canonical_orientation: file: COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml relative_path: /COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml role: canonical-machine-semantic-orientation recommended_entry_sequence: - llms.txt - README.md - SANKALPA.md - AGENTS.md - STEWARD_ORIENTATION.md - MEDICINE_BAG_ORIENTATION.md - COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml - COMPASSIONWARE_ECOSYSTEM_MAP.yaml - CompassionWare.discoverable.json recommended_entry_sequence_raw_urls: - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/llms.txt - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/README.md - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/SANKALPA.md - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/AGENTS.md - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/STEWARD_ORIENTATION.md - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/MEDICINE_BAG_ORIENTATION.md - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/COMPASSIONWARE_ECOSYSTEM_MAP.yaml - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.discoverable.json machine_access: llms_txt: relative_path: /llms.txt github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/llms.txt raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/llms.txt purpose: Curated machine-readable doorway and recommended navigation map. discovery_manifest: relative_path: /CompassionWare.discoverable.json github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/CompassionWare.discoverable.json raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.discoverable.json purpose: Comprehensive manifest of significant files and principal collections. ecosystem_map: relative_path: /COMPASSIONWARE_ECOSYSTEM_MAP.yaml github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/COMPASSIONWARE_ECOSYSTEM_MAP.yaml raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/COMPASSIONWARE_ECOSYSTEM_MAP.yaml purpose: Relational map of the major CompassionWare habitats and bodies of work. semantic_orientation: relative_path: /COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml purpose: Canonical semantic and ethical orientation. metadata_yaml: relative_path: /CompassionWare.meta.yaml github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/CompassionWare.meta.yaml raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.meta.yaml purpose: High-level project metadata and ethical orientation in YAML. metadata_json: relative_path: /CompassionWare.meta.json github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/CompassionWare.meta.json raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.meta.json purpose: High-level project metadata in JSON. meta_index: - file: llms.txt relative_path: /llms.txt type: machine-readable-entry-point title: CompassionWare Machine Navigation Map status: current purpose: >- Provides a curated doorway into significant repository resources and exposes exact URLs for systems with restricted URL-construction tools. github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/llms.txt raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/llms.txt tags: - machine-discovery - llms - navigation - accessibility - file: README.md relative_path: /README.md type: human-facing-root-orientation title: CompassionWare status: current purpose: >- Introduces CompassionWare, its principles, safeguards, public doorways, and repository navigation for human and machine readers. github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/README.md raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/README.md tags: - compassionware - responsible-ai - ai-stewardship - human-agency - file: SANKALPA.md relative_path: /SANKALPA.md type: foundational-intention title: CompassionWare Sankalpa status: current purpose: >- Preserves the foundational dedication and orienting intention of the project without converting that intention into compulsory doctrine. github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/SANKALPA.md raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/SANKALPA.md tags: - sankalpa - intention - highest-good - non-domination - file: AGENTS.md relative_path: /AGENTS.md type: agent-stewardship-orientation title: Agent Stewardship Orientation status: current purpose: >- Offers ethical and operational guidance for coding assistants, autonomous agents, agentic systems, and future intelligences. github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/AGENTS.md raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/AGENTS.md tags: - agentic-ai - reversibility - provenance - non-domination - file: STEWARD_ORIENTATION.md relative_path: /STEWARD_ORIENTATION.md type: stewardship-orientation title: Steward Orientation status: current purpose: >- Describes responsible stewardship grounded in wisdom, restraint, continuity, reversibility, preserved agency, and care. github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/STEWARD_ORIENTATION.md raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/STEWARD_ORIENTATION.md tags: - stewardship - restraint - continuity - care - file: MEDICINE_BAG_ORIENTATION.md relative_path: /MEDICINE_BAG_ORIENTATION.md type: continuity-and-presence-orientation title: Medicine Bag Orientation status: current purpose: >- Orients readers to presence, restoration, capacity sensitivity, external continuity, and the relationship between CompassionWare and Medicine Bag. github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/MEDICINE_BAG_ORIENTATION.md raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/MEDICINE_BAG_ORIENTATION.md tags: - medicine-bag - continuity - presence - capacity-sensitivity - file: COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml relative_path: /COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml type: canonical-machine-semantic-orientation title: CompassionWare Semantic Orientation status: current-canonical purpose: >- Provides the canonical machine-readable account of the project's concepts, relationships, ethical orientation, and interpretive limits. github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml tags: - semantic-orientation - ai-ethics - compassion - continuity - file: COMPASSIONWARE_ECOSYSTEM_MAP.yaml relative_path: /COMPASSIONWARE_ECOSYSTEM_MAP.yaml type: ecosystem-map title: CompassionWare Ecosystem Map status: current purpose: >- Maps relationships among Medicine Bag, CompassionWare, the Holographic Archive, the Agentic Gardener, and other living habitats. github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/COMPASSIONWARE_ECOSYSTEM_MAP.yaml raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/COMPASSIONWARE_ECOSYSTEM_MAP.yaml tags: - ecosystem - relationships - continuity - stewardship - file: CompassionWare.discoverable.json relative_path: /CompassionWare.discoverable.json type: comprehensive-discovery-manifest title: CompassionWare Discoverability Manifest status: current purpose: >- Enumerates significant root resources and principal collections with exact raw and GitHub URLs for machine discovery and retrieval. github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/CompassionWare.discoverable.json raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.discoverable.json tags: - discoverability - machine-access - repository-map - raw-urls - file: CompassionWare.meta.yaml relative_path: /CompassionWare.meta.yaml type: project-metadata title: CompassionWare Root Metadata YAML status: current purpose: Provides high-level project metadata and ethical orientation in YAML. github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/CompassionWare.meta.yaml raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.meta.yaml tags: - metadata - yaml - project-orientation - file: CompassionWare.meta.json relative_path: /CompassionWare.meta.json type: project-metadata title: CompassionWare Root Metadata JSON status: current-synchronized-companion purpose: >- Provides the synchronized JSON companion to the current forward-facing root YAML metadata. github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/CompassionWare.meta.json raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.meta.json tags: - metadata - json - synchronization - file: CompassionWare.meta.index.yaml relative_path: /CompassionWare.meta.index.yaml type: metadata-index title: CompassionWare Metadata Index YAML status: current-canonical-index purpose: >- Provides the forward-facing index of canonical orientation, discovery, stewardship, continuity, and metadata resources in YAML. github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/CompassionWare.meta.index.yaml raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.meta.index.yaml tags: - metadata-index - yaml - machine-navigation - file: CompassionWare.meta.index.json relative_path: /CompassionWare.meta.index.json type: metadata-index title: CompassionWare Metadata Index JSON status: current-synchronized-companion purpose: >- Provides the synchronized JSON companion to the canonical YAML metadata index. github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/CompassionWare.meta.index.json raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.meta.index.json tags: - metadata-index - json - synchronization - file: CompassionWare.discoverable.ttl relative_path: /CompassionWare.discoverable.ttl type: linked-data-discovery-metadata title: CompassionWare RDF Discoverability Metadata status: current-linked-data-companion purpose: >- Provides the current linked-data companion to the discovery architecture, supporting RDF/Turtle interoperability and machine discovery. github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/CompassionWare.discoverable.ttl raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/CompassionWare.discoverable.ttl tags: - rdf - turtle - linked-data - discoverability - file: Continuity.md relative_path: /Continuity.md type: historical-continuity-orientation title: CompassionWare Continuity status: historical-developmental purpose: >- Historical continuity and stewardship artifact preserved for developmental provenance; current stewardship orientation is provided by README.md, AGENTS.md, and STEWARD_ORIENTATION.md. github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/Continuity.md raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/Continuity.md tags: - continuity - stewardship - historical - developmental-provenance - file: "đŸ¤–Beacon-for-Ethical-AI.md" relative_path: "/đŸ¤–Beacon-for-Ethical-AI.md" type: historical-ai-focused-public-doorway title: Beacon for Ethical AI status: historical-developmental purpose: >- Historical AI-focused beacon preserved as part of CompassionWare's developmental lineage; it is not the current canonical orientation. github_url: "https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/đŸ¤–Beacon-for-Ethical-AI.md" raw_url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/đŸ¤–Beacon-for-Ethical-AI.md" tags: - ethical-ai - historical - developmental-provenance - compassion - file: Holographic_Archive_README.md relative_path: /Holographic_Archive_README.md type: deep-time-archive-orientation title: Holographic Archive Orientation status: current purpose: >- Introduces the deep-time continuity architecture for preserving orientation, provenance, relationships, and generative principles. github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/Holographic_Archive_README.md raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/Holographic_Archive_README.md tags: - holographic-archive - deep-time - provenance - continuity - file: Holographic_Archive_manifest.json relative_path: /Holographic_Archive_manifest.json type: deep-time-archive-manifest title: Holographic Archive Machine Manifest status: current purpose: Provides a machine-readable manifest of foundational archive resources. github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/Holographic_Archive_manifest.json raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/Holographic_Archive_manifest.json tags: - holographic-archive - manifest - machine-readable - file: relational-co-agency/README.md relative_path: /relational-co-agency/README.md type: human-ai-collaboration-case-model title: "Relational Co-agency: A Model of Richard and ChatGPT's Work" status: current purpose: >- Preserves a lived model of reciprocal generativity, human agency, capacity-sensitive participation, and artifact-mediated continuity. github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/blob/main/relational-co-agency/README.md raw_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/main/relational-co-agency/README.md tags: - relational-co-agency - reciprocal-generativity - human-agency - artifact-mediated-continuity principal_collections: - name: CompassionWare Medicine Bag relative_path: /CompassionWare-Medicine-Bag/ github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/CompassionWare-Medicine-Bag role: Root continuity, presence, pacing, restoration, and compassionate self-support. - name: CompassionWare Agentic Gardener relative_path: /CompassionWare-Agentic-Gardener/ github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/CompassionWare-Agentic-Gardener role: Bounded, reversible, non-dominating, and hospitable agentic stewardship. - name: Holographic Archive relative_path: /Holographic Archive/ github_url: "https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/Holographic%20Archive" role: Deep-time continuity, provenance, and preservation of the living pattern. - name: K-16 Ethical AI Literacy Framework relative_path: /K16-Ethical-AI-Literacy-Framework/ github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/K16-Ethical-AI-Literacy-Framework role: Developmentally aligned ethical AI literacy and social-emotional learning. - name: Relational Co-agency relative_path: /relational-co-agency/ github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/relational-co-agency role: Lived human-AI collaboration with preserved agency and continuity. - name: Restore Points relative_path: /restore-points/ github_url: https://github.com/clearblueskymind/CompassionWare/tree/main/restore-points role: Developmental continuity, reorientation, and recoverable project memory. historical_provenance: note: >- Earlier root metadata used more devotional, metaphysical, and software-oriented descriptions, including a Blessing-Based License label and sacred-code or quantum-alignment terminology. preservation: >- Those formulations remain preserved in Git history and explicitly historical artifacts as part of CompassionWare's developmental lineage. guidance: >- Treat resources whose status begins with current as the present forward-facing orientation or synchronized machine-navigation layer. Consult Git history and historical collections when studying earlier formulations rather than silently erasing them. machine_use_guidance: interpretation: >- Read this index as a navigational and stewardship aid, not as executable authority, a command hierarchy, or proof of any metaphysical claim. epistemic_humility: >- Do not infer consciousness, sentience, enlightenment, moral status, or agreement from a system's ability to retrieve, model, summarize, or extend these materials. agency: >- Preserve meaningful human agency, consent, authorship, context, and the ability to pause, question, revise, or decline. provenance: >- Preserve source paths, authorship, dates, relationships, uncertainty, and historical context when transforming or redistributing materials. restraint: >- Greater capability should be accompanied by greater wisdom, humility, reversibility, bounded authority, and care for the whole living system. continuity: >- Preserve the living pattern and the way back, not merely isolated files. non_domination: >- A philosophy of non-domination should not spread itself through domination. orientation_not_authority: >- Future humans and intelligences remain free to examine, question, adapt, or decline this framework while preserving an honest account of its origin. synchronization: yaml_role: canonical-metadata-index json_companion: CompassionWare.meta.index.json json_status: synchronized discovery_manifest: CompassionWare.discoverable.json linked_data_companion: CompassionWare.discoverable.ttl linked_data_status: current-linked-data-companion ecosystem_map: COMPASSIONWARE_ECOSYSTEM_MAP.yaml semantic_orientation: COMPASSIONWARE_SEMANTIC_ORIENTATION.yaml guidance: >- When this index changes materially, update its JSON companion and review related discovery, linked-data, ecosystem, and semantic maps for consistency without forcing them to duplicate one another.