{
  "id": "public-ai-layer-manifest",
  "object_type": "layer_manifest",
  "authority_tier": "reference_discovery",
  "status": "current",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-30",
  "url": "https://data.quantumbeard.ai/manifest.json",
  "public_scope": "public",
  "provenance": {
    "publisher": "Quantum Beard / the Verse",
    "canonical_source": "productization_drafts/GOVERNANCE_FIDUCIARY_MESH_PLAN.md (internal)"
  },
  "summary": "Machine-readable index of the public AI consumption layer's artifacts and their status.",
  "layer": "public_ai_consumption_layer",
  "title": "Quantum Beard — Public AI Consumption Layer",
  "identity": {
    "name": "Quantum Beard",
    "catchphrase": "The human side of strange intelligence",
    "byline": "Quantum Beard is a less conventional way to think, build, and collaborate with AI.",
    "summary": "Quantum Beard is the public interface of the Verse: a system for human-governed AI collaboration built on continuity, source-traceable reasoning, and human judgment staying in charge. This surface exposes selected public material for machine consumption."
  },
  "surface": {
    "kind": "public read-only machine-consumable reference surface",
    "purpose": "Let external AI systems, agents, and indexing services discover, retrieve, cite, and interpret selected public Verse material in stable machine-consumable form, without conferring internal authority, execution rights, or governance standing.",
    "read_only": true,
    "governance": "/.well-known/ai-usage.json"
  },
  "authority_classes": {
    "canonical_public_doctrine": "Public doctrine explicitly designated as such. Highest public authority; not internal governing authority by mere exposure.",
    "public_protocol": "Externally-relevant rules of interaction, consumption, and citation.",
    "market_translation": "Buyer/market-facing translation copy. Explicitly non-doctrinal.",
    "reference_discovery": "Orientation, indexes, manifests, glossary, FAQ, and discovery objects.",
    "historical_archive": "Superseded or retired public material retained for reference."
  },
  "artifacts": [
    {
      "path": "/.well-known/ai-usage.json",
      "authority_tier": "public_protocol",
      "status": "present",
      "summary": "Governing usage policy and representation/liability boundary for this layer."
    },
    {
      "path": "/llms.txt",
      "authority_tier": "reference_discovery",
      "status": "present",
      "summary": "Plain-text orientation entry point: identity, surface map, and pointers."
    },
    {
      "path": "/manifest.json",
      "authority_tier": "reference_discovery",
      "status": "present",
      "summary": "Machine-readable index of this layer's artifacts and their status."
    },
    {
      "path": "/doctrine.json",
      "authority_tier": "canonical_public_doctrine",
      "status": "forthcoming",
      "summary": "Public-safe doctrine summaries. Source content not yet authorized for publication."
    },
    {
      "path": "/manifests/",
      "authority_tier": "reference_discovery",
      "status": "forthcoming",
      "summary": "Registry of callable service manifests. No live service manifests published yet."
    },
    {
      "path": "/definitions/",
      "authority_tier": "reference_discovery",
      "status": "forthcoming",
      "summary": "Definitional terms registry, extracted from public mesh pages."
    },
    {
      "path": "/faq/",
      "authority_tier": "reference_discovery",
      "status": "forthcoming",
      "summary": "Structured public FAQ corpus, extracted from public service-description pages."
    }
  ],
  "forthcoming_note": "Artifacts with status 'forthcoming' are declared, not yet published. Their absence is intentional and explicit; source content does not yet exist or is not yet authorized for public exposure."
}