Recommended Reading Order
- Repository root: README.md
- Researcher Guide — shortest path for reviewers and collaborators
- Scientific Criteria — what is testable, what remains future work
- Paper Draft v1 and recorded results in the repository
- Application Map — how workbenches relate to the theorem
Core Research
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Researcher Guide
Shortest path for reviewers and collaborators
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Scientific Criteria
Testable claims, partial support, and future work
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Paper Draft v1
Current academic paper draft
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Paper Outline v0
Venue framing, reviewer risks, and stress-test interpretation
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Phase 2 Blocks Design
Occlusion and block-based follow-up experiment design
Workbench Roadmaps
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Application Map
How operating-envelope workbenches and products relate to the theorem
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Sundog Balance
Cart-pole hidden-angle workbench; reads shadow, not pole
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Sundog Three-Body
Denied full state; indirect instability signatures
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Sundog Pressure Mines
Phase 0 game-native workbench for hidden mines and noisy pressure fields
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Sundog Geometry
Parametric parhelion render workbench
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Sundog Gimmicks Ledger
Candidate game-native workbenches under evaluation; not yet promoted
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Sundog Gravity Ledger
Staging ledger for the "gravity for agents under partial observability" claim; horizon experiments not yet run
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Sundog vs. Mesa-Optimization
First roadmap promoted out of the gravity ledger: mesa-trap empirical front paired with a Formal Separability appendix
Mesa Implementation Specs
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Mesa Phase 0 Spec
Environment math, controller pseudocode, sensor-tier and probe affordances Phase 1 codes against
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Mesa Phase 1 — HC-Signature Baseline
Canonical shadow-field navigation task with the hand-coded Sundog controller tracking the external signature
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Mesa Phase 2 Spec
Matched-capacity learned controllers against the Phase 1 task; canonical-budget Sundog-cost gap
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Mesa Phase 3 Spec
Proxy-splitting probe slate: does the Phase 2 cost gap translate into robustness under shortcut-breaking probes?
Three-Body Experiment
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Three-Body Writeup
Public-facing experiment writeup with sensor model audit
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Phase 11 Summary
Guard-quantile and outside-pocket results summary
Product and Application Docs
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Standalone App Roadmap
Plan for no/low-dependency .html, .exe, and .apk observer app
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Dungeon Gleaner Roadmap
Writeup roadmap for the Dungeon Gleaner application
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Eyes Only Roadmap
Writeup roadmap for the Eyes Only runner
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Eyes Only / Gone Rogue Detailed Writeup
Pass 4 deep-dive executing against the ratified scaffold (2026-05-08)
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Money Bags Roadmap
Writeup roadmap for the Money Bags application
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Runners
Gone Rogue / EyesOnly runner integration
Technical Specs
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Sundog Generator Spec
Programmatic generator architecture: Prompt → Geometry → SVG
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Sundog Overlay Protocol
Overlay protocol specification
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UI/UX Theme Foundation
Site-wide visual frame: theme tokens, stylesheet layers, component roadmap
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Paper Theme Demo
Live reference page for paper cards, sticky notes, tape, desk, and manila primitives
Presentation and Promotion
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Promo Highlights
Hooks, headlines, provocative statements, future-facing language
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Brand Positioning
Public lab posture, Mythos stress-test lessons, and About-page spine
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Claims and Scope
What to say, what not to say; safe public claims
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Message House
Core messaging: three-layer structure
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Landing Page Outline
Web structure: section-by-section plan
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YouTube Plan
Video strategy: content pillars and first five videos
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Asset Tracker
Project management: promotional asset status
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Logo Brief
Visual identity guidance
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Applications Index
Gallery structure for the proof layer
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Wikipedia Outreach
Wikipedia engagement notes
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Mythos Benchmark
External LLM (Mythos) summary of the Sundog project, with our response; benchmarks how outside readers describe the work
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Presentation README
Orientation for the promotional materials folder
Site and Infrastructure
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Website Development
How to edit HTML pages, link docs, build dist/, and deploy
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Icon Assets
Favicon, app icon, manifest, and HTML tags for sundog.cc
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Third-Party Reuse
Permissions and attribution for borrowed design, code, and assets
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Brand and IP Roadmap
Legal hygiene, registration, and future entity-formation plan
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Legal Standing
Summary of the current ownership and sponsorship structure
Documentation Index
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Docs README
Research-facing landing layer and reading order
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Table of Contents
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