10-IS composition
Each layer has its own agent, skills, commands, and vault namespace. ISes reinforce each other — Genius is the root, Brand is the compass, Second Brain is the memory, Health and Family run continuously underneath everything. The Orchestrator routes voice or text intent to the right team.
JSONL is truth. Everything else is a rebuildable index.
No database lock-in. No proprietary format. Your intelligence lives as plain files you can grep, diff, and version — and every index on top can be thrown away and rebuilt in seconds.
One file per vault namespace. Append-only. Git-tracked.
FTS5 full-text + vectors. Rebuildable in seconds.
JSON-RPC 2.0. Tool calls every adapter speaks.
Claude · Cursor · Codex · Gemini · OpenCode — same memory.
Each layer is its own IS. You compose what you need.
| # | Layer | Tier | Purpose | Vault | Posture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Substrate (SIP) | Protocol | Load-bearing protocol. Invisible when working. | SIP.md, /memory/intake/ | substrate |
| 1 | Self / Genius IS | Excavation | What only you uniquely see. Foundation for the rest. | genius/ | core |
| 2 | Second Brain IS | Memory | Daily capture compounds into surfaceable memory. | second-brain/ | cross-cutting |
| 3 | Brand IS | Vision | 5-horizon vision + Brand Kit (voice, palette, vocabulary). | vision/, brand/ | core |
| 4 | Business IS | Business | Entity architecture, revenue model, tax sanity. | business/ | core |
| 5 | Creator IS | Composition | Frameworks → multi-modal pipelines + executor playbooks. | creator/ | core |
| 6 | Wealth IS | Vertical | Asymmetric Passive Income (DPI) ledger + thesis engine. | wealth/ | core |
| 7 | Code IS | Product / Automation | Code as a sovereign domain. MCP builders, automations. | code/ | core |
| 8 | Voice & Video IS | Narrative Media | Modality attestation across audio, video, multi-modal. | voice-video/ | core |
| 9 | Family IS | Relational | Network + alliance-readiness + relationship rhythms. | family/, relational/ | cross-cutting |
| — | Health IS | Embodiment | Energy + recovery. Cross-cutting rhythm under everything. | health/ | cross-cutting |
| — | Spiritual IS | Founder · optional | Founder-layer practice. Never imposed on adopters. | private/spiritual/ | optional |
| ★ | Starlight Orchestrator | Master · routing | Routes voice/text intent across the other nine. | core/orchestrator/ | master |
Canonical reference: docs/ARCHITECTURE.md.
Verticals compose the same substrate for a specific domain.
Three reference Domain Sub-Stacks ship in this repo: People Intelligence (6 sub-systems · 28 commands · 6 agents), Sound Intelligence (6 / 30 / 6), and Music IS (6+1 / 8 / 7, Frank-operated).
Every Domain Sub-Stack carries the same 7-file contract: README · SUB-SYSTEMS · AGENTS · SOUL · STACK · CANON · MEMORY. The meta-command /spawn-domain-stack generalizes the pattern.
The graph is a reinforcement network, not a hierarchy.
The substrate evolves like a living system, not a release schedule.
SIS's version history mirrors what computational neuroscience calls critical periods — experience-dependent windows of heightened plasticity that consolidate into durable structure. Structural analog to developmental-plasticity research (Hensch 2005, Nature Rev. Neurosci.; Knudsen 2004, J. Cogn. Neurosci.). Each phase is tied to a concrete shipped invariant — not vibes.
SIP.md ships as the load-bearing protocol.
10-IS taxonomy locked. Orchestrator named as the master layer.
Board-before-tag invariant + substrate symmetry harness.
Encoded-self forkable. SIP § 5: forks inherit pattern, not person.
Sovereign-fork production runs + comprehensive ecosystem deployment. Not yet shipped — pending.
SIS is currently completing the analog of the adolescent phase — the consolidation period where the substrate gains its forkable identity. The mature analog remains pending. We don't claim biological literalness; the phase frame is a structural analog for talking about substrate evolution.
One memory. Every agent. No silos.
The MCP protocol is the universal pipe. Whatever tool you're in today, your intelligence is already there.
starlight-sisone shared memory
Adding an 11th IS is a named procedure, not a refactor.
Every new layer requires: one agent · 1–2 skills · 2–3 commands · knowledge templates · /compose-stack sequencing update · ARCHITECTURE.md entry · /luminor-board pressure-test before merge · /openclaw-audit adversarial pass. Extension is welcome. Sprawl is not. If a layer's use case is already covered by an existing layer's commands, it's a command, not a layer.
Two minutes to install. A lifetime to compound.