MECHANISM · CONTEXT · CORE

Instruction Discovery

Discover, order, bound, and attribute project instructions before model execution.

2 lessons0 agent snapshots0 experiments
contextinstruction-discoveryproblem → policy → evidence
L0Intuitioncomplete
L1Buildcomplete
L2Engineeringcomplete
L3Architecturemissing
L4Researchmissing
DEPENDENCY GRAPH · READER PATH

What feeds it, and what does it unlock?

Arrows show learning and design dependencies, not runtime data flow. Follow any node to continue through the Atlas.

instruction-discoveryInstruction DiscoveryCurrent research boundary
Bilingual deep dive missing

Discover, order, bound, and attribute project instructions before model execution.

The structured record is in the Atlas, but the L0–L4 article has not passed content review.

AGENT MAPPING · EVIDENCE ONLY

Snapshot implementations

An implementation enters the map only when both a snapshot and claims exist; unknowns remain visible.

UNKNOWN · EVIDENCE GAPClaude Code

No implementation currently clears the Snapshot + Claim threshold; this is not a claim that the product lacks the capability.

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UNKNOWN · EVIDENCE GAPCodex

No implementation currently clears the Snapshot + Claim threshold; this is not a claim that the product lacks the capability.

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UNKNOWN · EVIDENCE GAPGrok Build

No implementation currently clears the Snapshot + Claim threshold; this is not a claim that the product lacks the capability.

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UNKNOWN · EVIDENCE GAPOpenCode

No implementation currently clears the Snapshot + Claim threshold; this is not a claim that the product lacks the capability.

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UNKNOWN · EVIDENCE GAPPi

No implementation currently clears the Snapshot + Claim threshold; this is not a claim that the product lacks the capability.

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UNKNOWN · EVIDENCE GAPReasonix

No implementation currently clears the Snapshot + Claim threshold; this is not a claim that the product lacks the capability.

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UNKNOWN · EVIDENCE GAPReference Harness

No implementation currently clears the Snapshot + Claim threshold; this is not a claim that the product lacks the capability.

Inspect coverage boundary
CLAIMS · EVIDENCE LEDGER0 RECORDS
No reviewed Agent claims

The teaching-harness reference does not automatically become an architectural claim about any vendor agent.

EXPERIMENTS · EXERCISES

What has actually been tested?

Formal experiments are separate from course exercises. Exercises can validate the reference implementation but cannot replace Native evidence from a real agent.

Formal experiment · not registered

No experiment record means untested, not passed. The course checks below cover only the deterministic reference harness.

s05-instructionsobserve
Verify instruction input

The run matches the committed trace without leaking a local absolute path.

python3 -m curriculum.golden verify s05-instructions
s05-instructionsmodify
Test root-to-leaf precedence

Root instructions remain before package instructions and an external cwd is rejected.

python3 -m unittest curriculum.tests.test_vertical_slice.VerticalSliceTests.test_s05_root_to_leaf_instructions curriculum.tests.test_vertical_slice.VerticalSliceTests.test_instruction_discovery_rejects_external_cwd -v
s12-project-trustobserve
Verify instruction authority

Platform/project sources are accepted while external/tool-output sources are quarantined outside the system prompt.

python3 -m curriculum.golden verify s12-project-trust
s12-project-trustmodify
Test identity-bound trust

Changing revision changes the fingerprint and does not inherit the old grant; keyword detection does not change authority.

python3 -m unittest curriculum.tests.test_vertical_slice.VerticalSliceTests.test_s12_keeps_untrusted_data_out_of_instruction_authority -v
OPEN QUESTIONS · L4
01

How should conflicting instruction scopes be surfaced to users and traces?