{
  "ai.module": "thermodynamics",
  "ai.version": "1.0",
  "ai.purpose": "Provide a regime-aware, substrate-level interface to Thermodynamics as the grammar of temperature, entropy, free energy, and coherence.",
  "ai.keywords": [
    "thermodynamics",
    "temperature",
    "entropy",
    "free energy",
    "equilibrium",
    "substrate force",
    "regime transitions",
    "triadic frameworks"
  ],

  "identity": {
    "name": "Thermodynamics",
    "category": "Scientific Theory",
    "summary": "A substrate-level grammar describing how temperature, entropy, and free energy shape coherence, flow, and regime behavior.",
    "regime": ["R2→R4", "R2", "R3", "R4"],
    "status": "canon-ready"
  },

  "lineage": {
    "originators": [
      "Sadi Carnot",
      "Rudolf Clausius",
      "Ludwig Boltzmann",
      "Josiah Willard Gibbs"
    ],
    "historical_period": "19th–20th Century",
    "source_domain": "Physics, Statistical Mechanics",
    "related_theories": [
      "statistical_mechanics",
      "information_theory",
      "quantum_mechanics",
      "cosmology"
    ],
    "notes": "Thermodynamics is reinterpreted as a substrate grammar: temperature as a force, entropy as a boundary, free energy as a coherence driver."
  },

  "operators": {
    "primary": [
      "temperature_operator",
      "entropy_operator",
      "free_energy_operator",
      "equilibrium_operator",
      "heat_flow_operator"
    ],
    "secondary": [
      "partition_function",
      "state_space_volume",
      "gradient_operator",
      "dissipation_operator"
    ],
    "description": "Operators describe how temperature, entropy, and free energy govern coherence, flow, and regime transitions."
  },

  "drift": {
    "risks": [
      "treating entropy as disorder",
      "interpreting temperature as particle motion only",
      "assuming equilibrium is universal",
      "overextending thermodynamics into R1"
    ],
    "boundaries": [
      "temperature is a substrate force",
      "entropy defines regime boundaries",
      "free energy governs coherence vs. dispersion",
      "thermodynamics collapses in R1"
    ]
  },

  "coherence": {
    "invariants": [
      "energy conservation",
      "monotonic entropy behavior",
      "free energy minimization",
      "predictable equilibrium structure"
    ],
    "failure_modes": [
      "runaway dissipation",
      "entropy collapse",
      "non-equilibrium instability",
      "regime transition breakdown"
    ]
  },

  "cross_module": {
    "supports": [
      "chemistry",
      "biology",
      "cosmology",
      "information_theory"
    ],
    "supported_by": [
      "statistical_mechanics",
      "quantum_mechanics",
      "regime_awareness"
    ],
    "integration_notes": "Thermodynamics integrates with RTT engines as a substrate grammar operating in R2→R4, governing coherence, flow, and constraint across scales."
  }
}