Project Tapestry: First 30 Minutes Wiki

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1. Start HereWhat this repo actually contains, the single fastest read order, the five entry points to open first, and the core vocabulary (N+1 outcome, sovereign artifact, governed delta, quality floor, anti-capture cap) a new reader must know.
2. Setup, Tests & Demo in Under 10 MinutesExact commands that work: uv + make one-time-setup, the five most useful Makefile targets, how to run the consortium demo, where tests live, and the two files you edit to change behavior on first run.
3. The N+1 Consortium Training ModelWhat the PoC actually proves: one governed shared base + N persistent sovereign artifacts, raw data never leaves the node, only weight deltas cross the boundary, and the quality-floor + max-weight anti-capture rules that the coordinator enforces on every round.
4. Inside the PoC: Six Python ModulesLine-by-line reality of the working code: TinyCausalModel, SovereignTrainingNode local training loop and artifact retention, ConsortiumCoordinator.run_round delta application, ContributionPolicy iterative capping, the exact messages, and the one test file that locks the invariants.
5. Technical Documentation SystemHow the real documentation is organized: the TVA phased methodology (0-5), the eight ADRs that actually constrain the design, the anti-capture principle, the eight work-group charters, and the difference between docs/ (published site) and tech-docs/ (source of truth).
6. After 30 Minutes: Your Map ForwardWhat you now know and the three concrete next actions: pick one ADR or work-group charter to read deeply, run and modify the demo with your own corpus, and the exact contribution workflow (PR templates, license stack, AGENTS.md conventions) for this repository.