# Project Tapestry: First 30 Minutes Wiki

> A fast, source-anchored onboarding path through the Tapestry repository: what the project is, the working consortium-training PoC, the technical documentation system, and exactly where to go after the first half hour.

This is a Grok-Wiki source-grounded repository wiki. Use the complete Markdown link when an agent needs the full repo context.

## Context Links

- [Complete Markdown wiki](https://grok-wiki.com/public/wiki/the-ai-alliance-tapestry-4a40b7cf9eb6/llms-full.txt)
- [Complete Markdown alias](https://grok-wiki.com/public/wiki/the-ai-alliance-tapestry-4a40b7cf9eb6.md)
- [Human interactive wiki](https://grok-wiki.com/public/wiki/the-ai-alliance-tapestry-4a40b7cf9eb6)
- [GitHub repository](https://github.com/The-AI-Alliance/tapestry)

## Repository

- Repository: The-AI-Alliance/tapestry

- Generated: 2026-05-21T01:41:40.140Z
- Updated: 2026-05-21T21:33:19.929Z
- Runtime: Grok CLI
- Format: First 30 Minutes
- Pages: 6

## Pages

- [Start Here](https://grok-wiki.com/public/wiki/the-ai-alliance-tapestry-4a40b7cf9eb6/pages/01-start-here.md): What 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.
- [Setup, Tests & Demo in Under 10 Minutes](https://grok-wiki.com/public/wiki/the-ai-alliance-tapestry-4a40b7cf9eb6/pages/02-setup-tests-demo-in-under-10-minutes.md): Exact 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.
- [The N+1 Consortium Training Model](https://grok-wiki.com/public/wiki/the-ai-alliance-tapestry-4a40b7cf9eb6/pages/03-the-n-1-consortium-training-model.md): What 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.
- [Inside the PoC: Six Python Modules](https://grok-wiki.com/public/wiki/the-ai-alliance-tapestry-4a40b7cf9eb6/pages/04-inside-the-poc-six-python-modules.md): Line-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.
- [Technical Documentation System](https://grok-wiki.com/public/wiki/the-ai-alliance-tapestry-4a40b7cf9eb6/pages/05-technical-documentation-system.md): How 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).
- [After 30 Minutes: Your Map Forward](https://grok-wiki.com/public/wiki/the-ai-alliance-tapestry-4a40b7cf9eb6/pages/06-after-30-minutes-your-map-forward.md): What 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.

## Source Files

- `.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/general_code_pr.md`
- `AGENTS.md`
- `docs/_config.yml`
- `docs/contributing.markdown`
- `docs/index.markdown`
- `examples/consortium_training_demo.py`
- `Makefile`
- `pyproject.toml`
- `README.md`
- `src/tapestry/training/consortium/coordinator.py`
- `src/tapestry/training/consortium/messages.py`
- `src/tapestry/training/consortium/model.py`
- `src/tapestry/training/consortium/node.py`
- `src/tapestry/training/consortium/policy.py`
- `src/tapestry/training/consortium/README.md`
- `src/tapestry/training/consortium/types.py`
- `src/tests/tapestry/training/consortium/test_consortium_training.py`
- `tech-docs/architecture/0-tva-methodology.md`
- `tech-docs/architecture/decisions/adr-001-core-plus-sovereign.md`
- `tech-docs/architecture/decisions/adr-002-consortium-training.md`
- `tech-docs/architecture/decisions/adr-007-architecture-comparison.md`
- `tech-docs/architecture/decisions/adr-008-data-sovereignty.md`
- `tech-docs/architecture/README.md`
- `tech-docs/governance/anti-capture-principle.md`
- `tech-docs/README.md`
- `tech-docs/reference/training-approaches.md`
- `tech-docs/strategic-plan/README.md`
- `tech-docs/work-groups/README.md`