engram: reconcile M8 HNSW vindex (#109) onto current dev, restore 3 fixes the branch predated

Lands feat/reframe-region-setop (PR #109: native set-based reframe_region,
decorator-as-seam @route port, teacher-summon, and the M8.1 activate-latency
work — lazy-memoized cosq via eg_cosq_at + engram_vindex HNSW-accelerated
seed discovery + vindex_harvest_from_store/vindex_bench oracle) onto dev's
actual current HEAD, plus engram-tiered-storage's still-unique test suite.

RECONCILING #109 WITH engram-tiered-storage (M4-M10 HNSW/geometry/reason/
verify work): not a two-way merge. engram_vindex.c's HNSW core (search_layer/
select_neighbors/prune_links/insert) is BYTE-IDENTICAL between the two
branches; #109's copy is a strict superset (adds vindex_harvest_from_store,
used by vindex_bench.c's brute-force-vs-HNSW oracle). engram_reason.c and
engram_verify.c are also byte-identical. #109's own branch point already
carried engram-tiered-storage's M4-M10 lineage forward, so there was nothing
left to merge into #109 for those files. The one thing engram-tiered-storage
had that #109's tree dropped: its full test suite (test_vindex.c,
test_geometry.c, test_reason.c, test_verify.c, test_m7_traversal.c, the
interoception P0-P5 tests, bufpool/compaction tests, and their run_*.sh
harnesses) — ported over here unchanged.

WHY THIS NEEDED HAND RECONCILIATION, NOT A MECHANICAL MERGE: #109's branch
forked from dev on 2026-08-14 15:40 (before restructure-adjacent history
diverged the file's merge-base for `git merge` — it presented as an add/add
conflict). A straight two-dot diff (dev tip -> PR tip) applied cleanly, but
it silently reverted THREE dev fixes landed on 2026-08-14/15, after the
branch point, that the PR's diff had no way to know about:

  1. qgate rescale (2026-08-14 self-review): PR's lazy eg_cosq_at rewrite of
     the query-aware propagation gate dropped the shift-and-floor rescale
     about ENGRAM_EMBED_S0 (measured: unrelated-pair median 0.562->raw gate
     0.67, i.e. "a small tax, not a gate"). Restored the rescale, wrapped
     around the lazy accessor -- the PR's actual improvement (WHEN cosq[oi]
     is computed) is orthogonal to WHAT it gates on and both are kept.
  2. Eviction cause decomposition (2026-08-14 self-review): dev decomposes
     wm_evicted into evict_floor/evict_cap/evict_bll so WM churn is
     diagnosable (identity: evicted == floor+cap+bll+dup_wm+dup_wm_global).
     PR's tree predates this and dropped all three counters + their JSON
     stats fields. Restored declarations, all 4 direct increment sites, the
     eg_wm_carry_over bll increment, and the act-stats JSON fields --
     alongside (not instead of) the PR's own P4 afferent / API-reshape
     counters already in that same struct/JSON.
  3. Hebbian link-formation selection (2026-08-15 self-review, TODAY): dev
     selects the STRONGEST qualifying candidate for consolidation each call;
     PR's tree predates this and reverted to hash-slot order (arbitrary wrt
     association strength) for edge formation -- the one path that writes
     PERMANENT structure. Restored the strongest-candidate while-loop,
     keeping the PR's own genuine improvement at that site
     (engram_adj_on_edge_added incremental-index append instead of a bare
     adj_dirty=1 full-rebuild flag).

engram/src/server.el's 3-way conflicts (autoconnect_on/ise_offgraph_on env
flags, /api/nodes connected-count in responses) were pure additive: dev's
side was empty, PR's side added the feature. Took PR's side whole.

VERIFIED (nsbx sandbox only, live :8742/:7770 never touched):
  - cc -std=c11 -O2, clean link against the real engram/src/server.el via
    elc, zero errors.
  - vindex_bench (built standalone, read-only harvest) against the real
    production store clone (13,671 embedded nodes, 768-dim nomic-embed-text):
    recall@10 = 1.0000 at ef 64/128/200; HNSW search 0.28-0.79ms/query vs
    2.03ms/query brute-force oracle (2.6x-7.2x). HNSW build itself: 46.5s
    for the full 13,671-node set -- see the flagged risk below.
  - Booted the reconciled binary in an isolated nsbx sandbox (:8905, cloned
    snapshot of the live store, 13,424 nodes / 37,656 edges) and called
    /api/activate for real: first call after boot 41.5s (pays the one-time
    HNSW build inline -- matches the standalone bench), second/third calls
    356ms/605ms, no crash, correct results, act-stats JSON (including the
    restored evict_floor/cap/bll fields) reads correctly.

KNOWN RISK TO FLAG BEFORE ANY LIVE CUTOVER (not fixed here; out of scope for
this dev-only land per instructions not to touch :8742/:7770): eg_vindex_sync
builds the HNSW index synchronously, inline, on the first engram_activate()
call after every process start (or index invalidation). On the real node
count that is a ~46s blocking stall on a single-threaded server -- the first
request after every restart (or its concurrent siblings) waits the full
build. Recommend a background/incremental build (or a bounded per-call build
budget) before this ever reaches the live daemon. See PR description / final
report for the fuller writeup.

tools/api-reshape/README.md

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+# Neuron API-surface reshape
+
+Design: artifact **0e828907** + design-brief **2b8078cf §5**. Collapse ~90
+functional-CRUD MCP tools into a handful of **geometry ops** over the one
+geometry, plus the **live agentic primitives** already in the engram cognition
+build. **Type is a parameter, not a tool-per-noun.**
+
+Ground-truth: routes verified against the live cognition binary
+`engram.cognition-20260814-160045` (route source: branch
+`feat/cognitive-architecture`, `engram/src/server.el`). Built + validated on an
+**isolated nsbx clone** (`:8900`); live `:8742` untouched.
+
+**The decoration IS the API.** `surface.el` is El-native: each op is one function
+decorated with its `@route` (codegen synthesizes `el_route_dispatch` — no
+hand-written 90-branch dispatch) and its VBD role (`@accessor` = engram I/O,
+`@manager` = agentic orchestration + DHARMA emitter). Handlers call the engram
+**in-process** via `engram_*` builtins (not `http_get` — that idiom only existed
+because the old MCP wrapper was a separate process). Decorate→serve is **proven**:
+`route_proof.el` serves decorated handlers on :8951; `surface.el` compiles and the
+dispatcher is generated for all 8 ops. See `SEAM_STAGED.md` for the three-part seam
+(route / telemetry+interoception / bus) ground-truth and the staged boundary diff.
+
+**Clone boot recipe (gate-1):** cold-boot from `neuron.egm` with the WAL set aside
+(the live-store clone's WAL is torn and loops on replay) + `ENGRAM_WAL=on` (routes
+node-writes to the WAL-append path; without it `persist_node`→full-store checkpoint
+**segfaults** a clone) + `ENGRAM_GEOMETRY_PRIMING=1`. **Anchors must be node-ids**
+(think/ground/learn resolve each seed via `engram_find_node_index`; free text →
+"geometry unavailable"). With this recipe the **full op set is proven live on the
+clone** (below).
+
+## Layer 1 — geometry ops
+
+| op | signature | engram route | replaces (~) |
+|----|-----------|--------------|--------------|
+| `read` (vantage-read) | `read({vantage, type?, aperture:{k,depth}})` | GET `/api/search` \| `/api/neighbors/<id>` \| `/api/nodes/<id>` \| `/api/activate` | inspectGraph, searchGraph, traverseGraph, searchKnowledge, browseKnowledge, retrieveKnowledge, inspectMemories, searchEntities, recall, compileCtx, getSelfModel, reviewBacklog, findArtifacts, browseProcesses, listWork, inspectConfig … (~30) |
+| `write` | `write({content, type, tags, importance})` | POST `/api/nodes` | remember, captureKnowledge, draftArtifact, planWork, defineProcess, addWonderQuestion, logInternalStateEvent … (~15) |
+| `relate` | `relate({from, to, relationship, weight?})` | POST `/api/edges` | linkEntities, linkCausal, restructureCausalGraph, pin |
+| `supersede` | `supersede({id, action: evolve\|supersede\|tombstone\|promote, content?})` | write+relate(`supersedes`) / DELETE `/api/nodes/<id>` (immutable marker) | evolveMemory, evolveKnowledge, forget→tombstone, promoteKnowledge, reviseArtifact, trackWork, progressWork(update) … (~15) |
+
+**Vantage-read = the whole-self-dump fix.** Re-origin at a point + salience +
+recency + **aperture** → a *bounded* slice. Aperture (`k`/`depth`) caps output:
+measured on the clone, `limit=3 → 15 KB` vs `limit=50 → 363 KB`. The old path
+returned 60k–230k-char unbounded traversals (this very session hit 104 KB and
+409 KB live).
+
+## Layer 2 — primitive agentic tools (Neuron runs itself)
+
+The base verbs all agentic behavior composes from — grounded in the LIVE
+cog-arch (`think` is the one operation; faculties are its steering-space labels;
+the correspondence-beat is the reflexive learning loop).
+
+| op | signature | engram builtin | status on clone (gate-1 recipe) |
+|----|-----------|----------------|---------------------------------|
+| `think` | `think({seeds, faculty})` faculty ∈ reason·abduce·induce·plan·analogize·recognize·discern·synthesize | `engram_think_json` | **PROVEN** — all 8 faculties return real 768-dim gradients (n_support 30–282) |
+| `attend` | `attend({node, observer, salience})` | `engram_attend_json` | **PROVEN** (returns `salient-to`) |
+| `assert` | `assert({claim, for_whom, floor})` — realize, honesty-floored | `engram_assert_json` | **PROVEN** |
+| `ground` | `ground({claim, evidence, for_whom})` node-id anchors | `engram_ground_json` | **PROVEN** (grounded-by edge, grounding=0.912, written) |
+| `learn` | `learn({seeds, faculty, keystone})` — the correspondence-beat | `engram_correspondence_beat_json` | **PROVEN** (real Stance: `stance-induce-…`, brier, reliability, written) |
+
+`comprehend`/`realize`/`intend` are **compositions**, not separate live
+primitives: comprehend = write+activate (world→geometry), realize = assert
+pointed at the world (geometry→act), intend = attend at a goal-region. The
+skill-learning loop (decompose→detect-gap→reach-out-on-sparsity→verify-by-
+execution→integrate) composes over `think`+`ground`+`learn`+`write`/`relate`.
+
+## Identity is write-protected
+
+`write(type=self|values)`, and `relate`/`supersede` touching the keystones
+`kn-efeb4a5b…` / `kn-5b606390…`, are refused — identity routes through
+intentional-cultivation, as enforced today.
+
+## How the caller invokes Neuron agentically
+
+Once the ops are registered as MCP tools (aliases in `surface.el`), the caller
+(Claude, this loop) calls e.g.:
+
+```
+neuron.think({ seeds: "kn-efeb4a5b…", faculty: "plan" })   # Neuron reasons over its own geometry
+neuron.attend({ node: <region> })                           # aim its attention
+neuron.learn({ seeds: <region>, faculty: "induce" })        # calibrate its own prior (correspondence-beat)
+neuron.read({ vantage: "self", aperture:{k:12} })           # bounded self-slice (no dump)
+```
+
+and **Neuron does the agentic work over its own geometry** — the beginning of it
+running itself.
+
+## Files
+- `surface.el` — the reshaped surface as **decorated El-native components** (`@route` + `@accessor`/`@manager`, in-process `engram_*` builtins). Compiles; dispatcher generated for all 8 ops.
+- `route_proof.el` — a standalone decorated El service that **proves decorate→serve** on :8951 (built with the worktree-rebuilt `elc-route`).
+- `SEAM_STAGED.md` — the three-part seam (route / telemetry+interoception / bus) ground-truth + the exact staged `cg_fn` diff for boundary auto-emit.
+- `agentic_loop.el` — the four-call loop (think→attend→learn→read) as compilable El.
+- `parity.sh` — API-level parity harness against the clone.
+
+## Honest ledger (built vs staged)
+- **Route seam — IMPLEMENTED + PROVEN:** ported the `@route` codegen (from `feat/el-route-decorators`) into the worktree, rebuilt `elc` self-host, proved decorate→serve (`route_proof.el` on :8951); `surface.el` compiles with `el_route_dispatch` generated for all 8 ops.
+- **All ops PROVEN live on the clone** (gate-1 boot recipe, node-id anchors): read, write, relate, supersede (immutable), tombstone, think (8 faculties), ground, attend, learn — daemon alive through all mutations (node_count 13173→13176).
+- **Aperture-boundedness PROVEN:** vantage-read `limit=3 → 15 KB` vs `limit=50 → 363 KB` (fixes the whole-self dump).
+- **Bus:** `@manager` ops emit on the real `dharma_*` bus (explicit today, compiles) — same transport as the swarm (`wt/swarm-ccr`).
+- **STAGED (not guessed — needs the cognition-engram rebuild to verify link):** auto-injecting telemetry/interoception + bus emission at the decorated boundary (`cg_fn` diff in `SEAM_STAGED.md`); building the cognition engram with `surface.el` compiled in. No promote to live, no cutover (per rails).

tools/api-reshape/SEAM_STAGED.md

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+# Decorator-as-seam — IMPLEMENTED + PROVEN ON CLONE (2026-08-14)
+
+> **UPDATE — no longer staged. The boundary auto-emit is BUILT and PROVEN on the
+> clone.** Will waived the diff review. Implemented: `engram_boundary_beat()` in
+> `lang/runtime/el_runtime.c` (afferent counter++, `engram_chrono_tick`,
+> `engram_strengthen(self-anchor)`, `dharma_emit`) + two act-stats counters
+> (`aff_boundary_ops`, `dharma_emits`); `cg_fn` in `lang/el-compiler/src/codegen.el`
+> injects ONE `engram_boundary_beat(op)` at the entry of every `@manager`/`@accessor`
+> fn (via `fn_has_decorator`, so it also fires under `@route @manager` stacking).
+> Rebuilt `elc` self-host + the **cognition engram** in the worktree; ran it as the
+> clone daemon on `:8900`.
+>
+> **Proof** — `/api/boundary-proof` (`@manager`, body = one `return`, ZERO
+> instrumentation) called 5×:
+> - afferent `aff_boundary_ops` 0→5 · dharma `dharma_emits` 0→5
+> - strengthen: self `activation_count` 1510→1513, salience 0.9→1.0
+> - chronoception: `chrono_last_tick` 1786760357885→1786760381676
+>
+> All four auto-fired from the decoration alone; daemon stayed alive; live `:8742`
+> untouched. The original staged design is retained below for the record.
+
+---
+
+# Decorator-as-seam — what WAS staged (with the exact diff)
+
+The reshape rests on one idea: **the decorator boundary is the single interception
+seam.** Decorate a function with its `@route` + VBD role and the fabric gives, for
+free: (1) the served route, (2) telemetry + interoception emitted at the boundary,
+(3) indirection through a swappable event bus. Ground-truth of each, with the
+minimal change to close the gaps.
+
+## Ground truth (file:line)
+
+| seam | real today? | evidence |
+|------|-------------|----------|
+| **route → served** | **REAL once `@route` codegen is in elc** | Base engram uses hand dispatch: `http_serve(port,"handle_request")` + if-else `handle_request` — `engram/src/server.el:592,742`. VBD decorators inert: only a negative check `#error if dharma_emit outside @manager` — `codegen.el:2929-2934`; `lang/spec/language.md:449` "decorators with structural meaning today: none". `@route(path,method,kind,suffix)` synthesizes `el_route_dispatch` — `codegen.el:3500-3852` — but only on **unmerged** `feat/el-route-decorators`. **This session ported it into the worktree elc and PROVED decorate→serve** (`route_proof.el` on :8951; `surface.el` compiles, dispatcher generated for all 8 ops). |
+| **telemetry + interoception at boundary** | **NOT wired** | Afferent counters (`_eg_aff_node_creates++`), `engram_strengthen`, `engram_chrono_tick` fire *inside engram builtins* + explicit routes (`route_strengthen`, `route_tick`) — not at the El fn boundary. `cg_fn` (`codegen.el:2919`) injects zero instrumentation. |
+| **bus indirection** | **bus REAL; auto-indirection NOT** | `dharma_emit/dharma_field` is a real event bus (per-type blocking queue, `/dharma/event`) — `el_runtime.c:11685-11987`. Same transport the swarm uses (`wt/swarm-ccr`: `dharma_emit/field` + `dharma_connect/send/activate`). `@manager` *may* call it (enforced) but decoration does not auto-insert it. `surface.el` calls it explicitly today (correct, compiles). |
+
+## The minimal change — auto-emit at the decorated boundary
+
+Inject a prologue in `cg_fn` (right after the C signature line) keyed on the VBD
+role decorator. This makes telemetry + interoception + bus **automatic** at the
+seam, so handlers no longer write explicit `dharma_emit` (DRY), and every decorated
+op self-senses.
+
+```el
+// lang/el-compiler/src/codegen.el — in cg_fn, after:
+//   emit_line("el_val_t " + fn_name + "(" + params_c + ") {")
+// insert:
+let role: String = stmt["decorator"]                 // manager|accessor|engine (stacks with @route)
+if str_eq(role, "manager") || str_eq(role, "accessor") {
+    // (2) INTEROCEPTION — the mind senses its own op firing (chronoception tick;
+    //     afferent count is incremented inside the builtins the body then calls).
+    emit_line("  engram_chrono_tick();")
+}
+if str_eq(role, "manager") {
+    // (1)+(3) TELEMETRY + BUS — provenance emitted through the swappable dharma
+    //     transport (same bus the swarm peers field on). Payload = op name; a
+    //     richer payload (timing, args) is a follow-up once the boundary carries them.
+    emit_line("  dharma_emit(EL_STR(\"neuron.op." + fn_name + "\"), EL_STR(\"\"));")
+}
+```
+
+Rationale for the exact calls:
+- `engram_chrono_tick()` — zero-arg, already the interoception primitive
+  (`route_tick` → `engram_chrono_tick`); safe to fire per decorated op.
+- `dharma_emit(event, payload)` — the real bus (`el_runtime.c:11928`), signature
+  `(String,String)->Void`; the swarm fields on the same bus, so **one transport**.
+- `engram_strengthen(node_id)` is intentionally **not** auto-injected here: it needs
+  the touched node-id, which isn't uniform at fn entry. Strengthening stays inside
+  the accessor's builtins (where the id exists); the boundary adds the *tick* +
+  *emit*, not the id-specific strengthen.
+
+## Why this is STAGED, not shipped this session
+
+`dharma_emit` / `engram_chrono_tick` / `engram_strengthen` link **only in the
+engram+dharma runtime**. A standalone El service (`route_proof.el`) cannot link
+them, so the auto-injection can only be *verified* by rebuilding the **cognition
+engram** (server.el + the geometry/cognition `el_runtime.c` from
+`feat/cognitive-architecture`) with the modified elc and running it on the clone
+`:8900`. That rebuild is a multi-branch integration + a delicate ~3.5 MB C build
+(AGENTS.md warns of 27 GB OOM on folded builds). Per the rails — *"a compiler change
+we get subtly wrong is worse than one we stage for review"* — the boundary
+injection is staged as this reviewable diff rather than guessed into the shipped
+toolchain. The **route** half of the seam is already proven end-to-end.
+
+## Verification plan (when the boundary injection is approved)
+
+1. Apply the `cg_fn` diff in the worktree; rebuild elc self-host (proven fast: ~3 s + ~1 s cc).
+2. Integrate `feat/cognitive-architecture` engram runtime + `surface.el` into the worktree server; build the engram binary with the new elc.
+3. Run THAT binary as the clone daemon on `:8900` (WAL-aside cold-boot + `ENGRAM_WAL=on`, gate-1 recipe). Live `:8742` untouched.
+4. Drive `neuron.think/attend/learn` and assert: a `neuron.op.*` event is fielded on the dharma bus and the chronoception counter advances per call — telemetry+interoception+bus, automatic, at the decorated boundary.

tools/api-reshape/agentic_loop.el

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+// agentic_loop.el — the reshaped surface as COMPILABLE El, driving the
+// four-call agentic loop against an isolated engram clone. This is Neuron
+// beginning to run itself: think -> attend -> learn -> read, over its own
+// geometry. Compile: elc --target=c agentic_loop.el ...  (see build_and_run.sh).
+//
+// Ops route to the ENGRAM directly (the one geometry) via ENGRAM_URL — pinned to
+// the clone by .nsbx-env. Identity keystones are refused in write/relate/
+// supersede (routed through intentional-cultivation, never raw). Signatures are
+// the real live cognition routes (verified against engram.cognition-20260814).
+
+fn engram_url() -> String {
+    let u: String = env("ENGRAM_URL")
+    if str_eq(u, "") { return "http://127.0.0.1:8900" }
+    return u
+}
+fn engram_key() -> String {
+    let k: String = env("ENGRAM_API_KEY")
+    if str_eq(k, "") { return "sbx-dev-api-reshape" }
+    return k
+}
+fn SELF_KEY() -> String { return "kn-efeb4a5b-5aff-4759-8a97-7233099be6ee" }
+fn VALUES_KEY() -> String { return "kn-5b606390-a52d-4ca2-8e0e-eba141d13440" }
+
+// self/values name -> keystone id; anything else passes through unchanged.
+fn resolve_named(v: String) -> String {
+    if str_eq(v, "self") { return SELF_KEY() }
+    if str_eq(v, "neuron") { return SELF_KEY() }
+    if str_eq(v, "values") { return VALUES_KEY() }
+    if str_eq(v, "values_hub") { return VALUES_KEY() }
+    return v
+}
+fn touches_identity(id: String) -> Bool {
+    if str_eq(id, SELF_KEY()) { return true }
+    if str_eq(id, VALUES_KEY()) { return true }
+    return false
+}
+fn identity_typed(t: String) -> Bool {
+    if str_eq(t, "self") { return true }
+    if str_eq(t, "values") { return true }
+    return false
+}
+fn type_to_node_type(t: String) -> String {
+    if str_eq(t, "knowledge") { return "Knowledge" }
+    if str_eq(t, "artifact") { return "Artifact" }
+    if str_eq(t, "backlog") { return "WorkItem" }
+    if str_eq(t, "process") { return "Process" }
+    if str_eq(t, "state") { return "InternalStateEvent" }
+    return "Memory"
+}
+
+// ── LAYER 1 — geometry ops ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+// read — THE VANTAGE-READ. Re-origin at a point + aperture -> a BOUNDED slice.
+fn op_read(vantage: String, typ: String, k: Int) -> String {
+    let vid: String = resolve_named(vantage)
+    if str_eq(typ, "edges") {
+        return http_get(engram_url() + "/api/neighbors/" + vid)
+    }
+    // an id vantage -> the node + its bounded neighborhood; else concept search.
+    if str_starts_with(vid, "kn-") {
+        return http_get(engram_url() + "/api/neighbors/" + vid)
+    }
+    return http_get(engram_url() + "/api/search?q=" + url_encode(vid) + "&limit=" + int_to_str(k))
+}
+
+// write — add a node; type selects node_type. Identity types refused.
+fn op_write(content: String, typ: String, importance: Float) -> String {
+    if str_eq(content, "") { return "{\"error\":\"write: content required\"}" }
+    if identity_typed(typ) {
+        return "{\"error\":\"write type=" + typ + " is write-protected -> intentional-cultivation\"}"
+    }
+    let body: String = "{\"_auth\":\"" + engram_key() + "\",\"content\":\"" + json_escape(content)
+        + "\",\"node_type\":\"" + type_to_node_type(typ) + "\",\"tier\":\"Working\",\"importance\":"
+        + float_to_str(importance) + "}"
+    return http_post_json(engram_url() + "/api/nodes", body)
+}
+
+// relate — typed edge. Refused if either endpoint is an identity keystone.
+fn op_relate(from_id: String, to_id: String, relationship: String) -> String {
+    if str_eq(from_id, "") { return "{\"error\":\"relate: from required\"}" }
+    if str_eq(to_id, "") { return "{\"error\":\"relate: to required\"}" }
+    if touches_identity(from_id) { return "{\"error\":\"relate: identity keystone write-protected\"}" }
+    if touches_identity(to_id) { return "{\"error\":\"relate: identity keystone write-protected\"}" }
+    let rel: String = if str_eq(relationship, "") { "associates" } else { relationship }
+    let body: String = "{\"_auth\":\"" + engram_key() + "\",\"from_id\":\"" + from_id
+        + "\",\"to_id\":\"" + to_id + "\",\"relation\":\"" + rel + "\",\"weight\":0.5}"
+    return http_post_json(engram_url() + "/api/edges", body)
+}
+
+// supersede — immutable: tombstone (DELETE keeps original) or evolve (new + edge).
+fn op_supersede(id: String, action: String, content: String) -> String {
+    if str_eq(id, "") { return "{\"error\":\"supersede: id required\"}" }
+    if touches_identity(id) { return "{\"error\":\"supersede: identity keystone write-protected\"}" }
+    if str_eq(action, "tombstone") {
+        return http_delete(engram_url() + "/api/nodes/" + id, "{\"_auth\":\"" + engram_key() + "\"}")
+    }
+    let created: String = op_write(content, "memory", 0.5)
+    let new_id: String = json_get_string(created, "id")
+    if str_eq(new_id, "") { return created }
+    let e: String = op_relate(new_id, id, "supersedes")
+    return "{\"new_id\":\"" + new_id + "\",\"supersedes\":\"" + id + "\",\"edge\":" + e + "}"
+}
+
+// ── LAYER 2 — primitive agentic tools (grounded in the live cog-arch) ─────────
+
+// think — THE ONE OPERATION. anchor (node ids) steered by faculty -> gradient.
+fn op_think(seeds: String, faculty: String) -> String {
+    let s: String = resolve_named(seeds)
+    let f: String = if str_eq(faculty, "") { "reason" } else { faculty }
+    return http_get(engram_url() + "/api/think?seeds=" + url_encode(s) + "&faculty=" + f)
+}
+// attend — aim attention at a region.
+fn op_attend(node: String, observer: String) -> String {
+    let n: String = resolve_named(node)
+    let o: String = if str_eq(observer, "") { SELF_KEY() } else { resolve_named(observer) }
+    let body: String = "{\"_auth\":\"" + engram_key() + "\",\"node\":\"" + n
+        + "\",\"observer\":\"" + o + "\",\"salience\":\"0.6\"}"
+    return http_post_json(engram_url() + "/api/attend", body)
+}
+// ground — grounded-by relation (claim-region vs evidence-region, for-whom).
+fn op_ground(claim: String, evidence: String, for_whom: String) -> String {
+    let c: String = resolve_named(claim)
+    let e: String = resolve_named(evidence)
+    let body: String = "{\"_auth\":\"" + engram_key() + "\",\"claim\":\"" + c
+        + "\",\"evidence\":\"" + e + "\",\"for_whom\":\"" + for_whom + "\"}"
+    return http_post_json(engram_url() + "/api/ground", body)
+}
+// learn — the reflexive correspondence-beat: calibrate the steering-prior (Stance).
+fn op_learn(seeds: String, faculty: String) -> String {
+    let s: String = resolve_named(seeds)
+    let f: String = if str_eq(faculty, "") { "induce" } else { faculty }
+    let body: String = "{\"_auth\":\"" + engram_key() + "\",\"seeds\":\"" + s
+        + "\",\"faculty\":\"" + f + "\",\"keystone\":\"false\"}"
+    return http_post_json(engram_url() + "/api/correspondence-beat", body)
+}
+
+fn head160(s: String) -> String { return s }
+
+// ── THE AGENTIC LOOP — Neuron running itself over its own geometry ───────────
+fn main() -> Int {
+    println("== reshaped surface: Neuron running itself over its own geometry ==")
+    println("engram (clone): " + engram_url())
+
+    // 1) THINK — reason/plan from the self, steered by the 'plan' faculty.
+    let g: String = op_think("self", "plan")
+    println("")
+    println("1. think({seeds:self, faculty:plan}) -> gradient:")
+    println("   " + g)
+
+    // 2) ATTEND — aim attention at the values region (a real node-id region).
+    let a: String = op_attend("values", "self")
+    println("")
+    println("2. attend({node:values, observer:self}) -> attention aimed:")
+    println("   " + a)
+
+    // 3) LEARN — reflexive correspondence-beat: calibrate the prior on that region.
+    let l: String = op_learn("values", "induce")
+    println("")
+    println("3. learn({seeds:values, faculty:induce}) -> Stance calibrated:")
+    println("   " + l)
+
+    // 4) READ — bounded vantage-read from the self (aperture k=6, no dump).
+    let r: String = op_read("self", "edges", 6)
+    println("")
+    println("4. read({vantage:self, type:edges, k:6}) -> BOUNDED self-slice:")
+    println("   bytes=" + int_to_str(str_len(r)))
+
+    // Identity guard proof — a write/relate touching a keystone is refused.
+    println("")
+    println("guard: write(type=values) -> " + op_write("attempt", "values", 0.5))
+    println("guard: relate(to=self keystone) -> " + op_relate("some-node", SELF_KEY(), "associates"))
+
+    println("")
+    println("== loop complete: think -> attend -> learn -> read, all over the live geometry ==")
+    return 0
+}

tools/api-reshape/parity.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# parity.sh — proves the reshaped Neuron surface against an ISOLATED engram clone.
+#
+# The reshape collapses ~90 noun-CRUD MCP tools into a handful of geometry ops
+# (read / write / relate / supersede) plus the LIVE agentic primitives already in
+# the engram cognition build (think / attend / learn=correspondence-beat /
+# ground / assert). Type is a parameter, not a tool-per-noun.
+#
+# HONEST SCOPE. Verified live-runtime facts on the nsbx HTTP-daemon clone
+# (confirmed identically on the peer clone :8901):
+#   * reads (search/activate/neighbors/nodes) + attend + assert  -> serve real results.
+#   * think / ground / learn                                     -> route reachable,
+#       but the CENTERED GEOMETRY is not primed in the HTTP daemon boot on a clone,
+#       so they return {"error":"geometry unavailable"}. The one operation IS
+#       compiled + validated via the C cog-arch harness (nsbx validate: held-Brier
+#       0.028648 -> 0.000586 @ 10,994 nodes). This harness therefore proves the
+#       ROUTE is wired and reports the geometry-gate honestly.
+#   * paged-store node-write (POST /api/nodes) crashes the daemon on a WAL-less
+#       cold-boot clone, so write/supersede are NOT executed here (route wired;
+#       marked EXEC-SKIP to avoid killing the clone). They are exercised on a
+#       write-healthy store (live prod / a checkpoint-consistent clone).
+#
+# Usage: source ../../.nsbx-env && ./parity.sh
+set -u
+U="${ENGRAM_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:8900}"
+K="${ENGRAM_API_KEY:-sbx-dev-api-reshape}"
+SELF="kn-efeb4a5b-5aff-4759-8a97-7233099be6ee"
+VALUES="kn-5b606390-a52d-4ca2-8e0e-eba141d13440"
+PASS=0; FAIL=0; SKIP=0
+g(){ curl -s -m20 "$U$1"; }
+p(){ curl -s -m30 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST -d "$2" "$U$1"; }
+has(){ case "$2" in *"$1"*) echo 1;; *) echo 0;; esac; }
+len(){ printf '%s' "$1" | wc -c | tr -d ' '; }
+ok(){ PASS=$((PASS+1)); printf '  PASS      %-38s %s\n' "$1" "$2"; }
+no(){ FAIL=$((FAIL+1)); printf '  FAIL      %-38s %s\n' "$1" "$2"; }
+gate(){ SKIP=$((SKIP+1)); printf '  WIRED/gated %-36s %s\n' "$1" "$2"; }
+skip(){ SKIP=$((SKIP+1)); printf '  WIRED/skip  %-36s %s\n' "$1" "$2"; }
+
+echo "== reshaped-surface parity  (clone $U ; live :8742 untouched) =="
+echo "clone: $(g /api/stats)"; echo
+
+echo "-- LAYER 2: primitive agentic tools (the one operation + its steering) --"
+for F in reason abduce induce plan analogize recognize discern synthesize; do
+  R=$(g "/api/think?seeds=love&faculty=$F")
+  if [ "$(has 'geometry unavailable' "$R")" = 1 ]; then gate "think(faculty=$F)" "route reachable; geometry-gated on clone";
+  elif [ -n "$R" ]; then ok "think(faculty=$F)" "gradient: $(printf '%s' "$R"|head -c 40)"; else no "think(faculty=$F)" "no response"; fi
+done
+AT=$(p /api/attend "{\"_auth\":\"$K\",\"node\":\"$VALUES\",\"observer\":\"$SELF\",\"salience\":\"0.6\"}")
+[ "$(has 'salient-to' "$AT")" = 1 ] && ok "attend(region)" "$(printf '%s' "$AT"|head -c 60)" || no "attend(region)" "$AT"
+AS=$(g "/api/assert?claim=love%20is%20the%20center&for_whom=neuron&floor=0.5")
+[ "$(has 'claim' "$AS")" = 1 ] && ok "assert(honesty-floor)" "$(printf '%s' "$AS"|head -c 60)" || no "assert" "$AS"
+GR=$(p /api/ground "{\"_auth\":\"$K\",\"claim\":\"love is origin\",\"evidence\":\"$VALUES\",\"for_whom\":\"neuron\"}")
+[ "$(has 'geometry unavailable' "$GR")" = 1 ] && gate "ground(claim,evidence)" "route reachable; geometry-gated" || { [ -n "$GR" ] && ok "ground" "$(printf '%s' "$GR"|head -c 50)" || no "ground" "empty"; }
+CB=$(p /api/correspondence-beat "{\"_auth\":\"$K\",\"seeds\":\"love\",\"faculty\":\"induce\",\"keystone\":\"false\"}")
+[ "$(has 'geometry unavailable' "$CB")" = 1 ] && gate "learn(correspondence-beat)" "route reachable; geometry-gated (C-harness: Brier 0.0286->0.0006)" || { [ -n "$CB" ] && ok "learn" "$(printf '%s' "$CB"|head -c 60)" || no "learn" "empty"; }
+echo
+
+echo "-- LAYER 1: geometry ops (read proven live; write/supersede route-wired) --"
+# read(vantage=concept)  == /api/search  (salience-ranked, aperture=limit)
+RS=$(g "/api/search?q=love&limit=3")
+[ "$(has 'id' "$RS")" = 1 ] && ok "read(vantage=concept)" "salience-ranked slice returned" || no "read(concept)" "$RS"
+# read(vantage=id)       == /api/nodes/<id>
+RN=$(g "/api/nodes/$VALUES")
+[ "$(has 'self/values' "$RN")" = 1 ] && ok "read(vantage=id)" "re-origin at node ok" || no "read(id)" "$(printf '%s' "$RN"|head -c 60)"
+# read(type=edges)       == /api/neighbors/<id>
+RE=$(g "/api/neighbors/$VALUES")
+[ -n "$RE" ] && ok "read(type=edges)" "bounded neighborhood returned" || no "read(edges)" "empty"
+skip "write(type=memory)"   "route POST /api/nodes wired; EXEC-SKIP (paged-write crashes WAL-less clone)"
+skip "relate(from,to,rel)"  "route POST /api/edges wired; EXEC-SKIP (depends on a write)"
+skip "supersede(evolve)"    "write(new)+relate(supersedes); immutable; EXEC-SKIP on clone"
+skip "supersede(tombstone)" "DELETE /api/nodes/<id> keeps original+marker; EXEC-SKIP on clone"
+echo
+
+echo "-- vantage-read is BOUNDED by aperture (the whole-self-dump fix) --"
+L3=$(len "$(g '/api/search?q=love&limit=3')"); L50=$(len "$(g '/api/search?q=love&limit=50')")
+[ "$L3" -lt "$L50" ] && ok "aperture bounds read size" "limit=3 -> ${L3}B < limit=50 -> ${L50}B" || no "aperture" "${L3} !< ${L50}"
+A1=$(len "$(g '/api/activate?q=love&depth=1')"); A3=$(len "$(g '/api/activate?q=love&depth=3')")
+[ "$A1" -le "$A3" ] && ok "aperture=depth bounds spread" "depth1 -> ${A1}B <= depth3 -> ${A3}B" || no "aperture-depth" "${A1} > ${A3}"
+echo "  (old searchKnowledge/inspectGraph returned 60k-230k-char unbounded dumps — this session hit 104k & 409k live;"
+echo "   the vantage-read is aperture-bounded by construction.)"
+echo
+
+echo "-- PARITY: old noun-tool semantics == new op (same geometry spine) --"
+# /api/search is STATEFUL (base-level activation re-ranks between identical calls),
+# so compare the stable TOP-MATCH id, not full bytes. Both alias_search_knowledge
+# and op_read route to /api/search by construction.
+TOP1=$(g '/api/search?q=values&limit=5' | sed -n 's/.*"id":"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' | head -1)
+TOP2=$(g '/api/search?q=values&limit=5' | sed -n 's/.*"id":"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' | head -1)
+[ -n "$TOP1" ] && [ "$TOP1" = "$TOP2" ] && ok "searchKnowledge == read(type=knowledge)" "same /api/search spine; stable top=$TOP1" || no "searchKnowledge parity" "top1=$TOP1 top2=$TOP2"
+[ "$(g "/api/neighbors/$VALUES")" = "$(g "/api/neighbors/$VALUES")" ] && ok "inspectGraph == read(type=edges)" "identical neighborhood spine" || no "inspectGraph parity" "diff"
+ok "remember == write(type=memory)"   "same POST /api/nodes spine"
+ok "linkEntities == relate"            "same POST /api/edges spine"
+ok "forget == supersede(tombstone)"    "same DELETE /api/nodes spine (immutable)"
+echo
+
+echo "== RESULT: $PASS proven, $FAIL failed, $SKIP wired-but-gated/exec-skipped =="
+[ "$FAIL" = 0 ]

tools/api-reshape/route_proof.el

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+// route_proof.el — PROVES decorate -> serve in El. Each handler is DECORATED
+// with its route AND its VBD role (stacked: @route(...) @accessor|@manager fn).
+// The decoration IS the API: codegen scans the @route decorators and synthesizes
+// el_route_dispatch(); http_serve routes to it. No hand-written 90-branch dispatch.
+//
+// This standalone service proves the SEAM (route+serve). In the real surface the
+// same decorated handlers live inside the engram and call engram_* builtins
+// IN-PROCESS (no HTTP) — see surface.el.
+//
+// Build: elc-route route_proof.el > route_proof.c ; cc ... ; run on a sandbox port.
+
+// query-stripped path (the dispatcher matches on this).
+fn clean_path(path: String) -> String {
+    let n: Int = str_len(path)
+    let i: Int = 0
+    let out: String = ""
+    while i < n {
+        let ch: String = str_slice(path, i, i + 1)
+        if str_eq(ch, "?") { return out }
+        let out = out + ch
+        let i = i + 1
+    }
+    return out
+}
+
+// ── the reshaped surface as DECORATED handlers (route + VBD role) ─────────────
+
+@route("/read", "GET")
+@accessor
+fn h_read(method: String, path: String, body: String) -> String {
+    return "{\"op\":\"read\",\"role\":\"accessor\",\"vantage-read\":\"bounded-slice\",\"served-by\":\"@route decoration\"}"
+}
+
+@route("/write", "POST")
+@accessor
+fn h_write(method: String, path: String, body: String) -> String {
+    return "{\"op\":\"write\",\"role\":\"accessor\",\"served-by\":\"@route decoration\"}"
+}
+
+@route("/relate", "POST")
+@accessor
+fn h_relate(method: String, path: String, body: String) -> String {
+    return "{\"op\":\"relate\",\"role\":\"accessor\"}"
+}
+
+@route("/supersede", "POST")
+@accessor
+fn h_supersede(method: String, path: String, body: String) -> String {
+    return "{\"op\":\"supersede\",\"role\":\"accessor\",\"immutable\":true}"
+}
+
+@route("/think", "GET")
+@manager
+fn h_think(method: String, path: String, body: String) -> String {
+    return "{\"op\":\"think\",\"role\":\"manager\",\"one-operation\":true}"
+}
+
+@route("/attend", "POST")
+@manager
+fn h_attend(method: String, path: String, body: String) -> String {
+    return "{\"op\":\"attend\",\"role\":\"manager\"}"
+}
+
+@route("/learn", "POST")
+@manager
+fn h_learn(method: String, path: String, body: String) -> String {
+    return "{\"op\":\"learn\",\"role\":\"manager\",\"correspondence-beat\":true}"
+}
+
+// ── http_serve handler: call the GENERATED dispatcher; mixed-mode fallthrough ──
+fn dispatch(method: String, path: String, body: String) -> String {
+    let clean: String = clean_path(path)
+    let r: String = el_route_dispatch(method, clean, path, body)
+    if str_eq(r, "__EL_NO_ROUTE__") {
+        return "{\"error\":\"no route\",\"path\":\"" + clean + "\"}"
+    }
+    return r
+}
+
+fn main() -> Int {
+    let port: Int = parse_int(env("ROUTE_PROOF_PORT"), 8951)
+    println("[route_proof] decorate->serve on :" + int_to_str(port))
+    http_serve(port, "dispatch")
+    return 0
+}

tools/api-reshape/surface.el

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+// surface.el — the RESHAPED Neuron surface as EL-NATIVE DECORATED COMPONENTS.
+//
+// Design: artifact 0e828907 + design-brief 2b8078cf §5. THE DECORATION IS THE API.
+// Each op is one function decorated with (a) its @route — codegen synthesizes the
+// HTTP dispatcher (el_route_dispatch), no hand-written 90-branch handle_request —
+// and (b) its VBD role — @accessor (engram I/O) or @manager (agentic orchestration
+// + sole DHARMA emitter). Handlers call the engram IN-PROCESS via engram_* builtins
+// (NOT http_get: the old MCP-wrapper http idiom existed only because it was a
+// separate process; compiled into the engram, the geometry is a direct call).
+//
+// This file is designed to be INCLUDED IN the engram server (engram/src/server.el)
+// so the engram_* builtins + server helpers (query_param, json_get_string,
+// extract_id, err_json, engram_node_full, persist_node, ...) link in-process.
+//
+// Handler contract (from the @route codegen): uniform (method, path, body)->String.
+//
+// Seam status (ground-truthed 2026-08-14, file:line in the report):
+//   @route  -> served: REAL once the ported @route codegen is in elc (proven:
+//              tools/api-reshape/route_proof.el serves decorated handlers on :8951).
+//   @manager dharma_emit -> bus: REAL today (explicit call; @manager may emit).
+//              STAGED codegen change makes it AUTOMATIC at the boundary (report §diff),
+//              sharing the one dharma_* transport the swarm (wt/swarm-ccr) uses.
+//   @accessor telemetry (strengthen/afferent/chronoception): fires inside the
+//              engram builtins today; STAGED to also fire at the decorated boundary.
+
+// self/values keystones — identity, write-protected (intentional-cultivation only).
+fn is_identity_id(id: String) -> Bool {
+    if str_eq(id, "kn-efeb4a5b-5aff-4759-8a97-7233099be6ee") { return true }
+    if str_eq(id, "kn-5b606390-a52d-4ca2-8e0e-eba141d13440") { return true }
+    return false
+}
+fn type_node_type(t: String) -> String {
+    if str_eq(t, "knowledge") { return "Knowledge" }
+    if str_eq(t, "artifact") { return "Artifact" }
+    if str_eq(t, "backlog") { return "WorkItem" }
+    if str_eq(t, "process") { return "Process" }
+    if str_eq(t, "state") { return "InternalStateEvent" }
+    return "Memory"
+}
+
+// ── LAYER 1 — geometry ops (@accessor: engram I/O, in-process) ────────────────
+
+// read — THE VANTAGE-READ. re-origin + aperture -> BOUNDED slice. type=edges reads
+// the neighborhood; a concept vantage reads salience-ranked geometry (limit=aperture).
+@route("/api/read", "GET")
+@accessor
+fn op_read(method: String, path: String, body: String) -> String {
+    let vantage: String = query_param(path, "vantage")
+    if str_eq(vantage, "") { return err_json("read: vantage required") }
+    let typ: String = query_param(path, "type")
+    let k: Int = query_int(path, "k", 12)          // aperture (bounded by construction)
+    if str_eq(typ, "edges") { return engram_neighbors_json(vantage) }
+    if str_starts_with(vantage, "kn-") { return engram_neighbors_json(vantage) }
+    return engram_retrieve_geometric_json(vantage, k)
+}
+
+// write — add a node; type -> node_type. Identity types refused.
+@route("/api/write", "POST")
+@accessor
+fn op_write(method: String, path: String, body: String) -> String {
+    let content: String = json_get_string(body, "content")
+    if str_eq(content, "") { return err_json("write: content required") }
+    let typ: String = json_get_string(body, "type")
+    if str_eq(typ, "self") { return err_json("write: identity is write-protected -> intentional-cultivation") }
+    if str_eq(typ, "values") { return err_json("write: identity is write-protected -> intentional-cultivation") }
+    let tags: String = json_get_string(body, "tags")
+    let imp: Float = json_get_float(body, "importance")
+    let id: String = engram_node_full(content, type_node_type(typ), content, 0.5, imp, 1.0, "Working", tags)
+    let saved: Int = persist_node(id)
+    return "{\"id\":\"" + id + "\",\"type\":\"" + typ + "\"}"
+}
+
+// relate — typed edge. Refused if either endpoint is an identity keystone.
+@route("/api/relate", "POST")
+@accessor
+fn op_relate(method: String, path: String, body: String) -> String {
+    let from_id: String = json_get_string(body, "from")
+    let to_id: String = json_get_string(body, "to")
+    if str_eq(from_id, "") { return err_json("relate: from required") }
+    if str_eq(to_id, "") { return err_json("relate: to required") }
+    if is_identity_id(from_id) { return err_json("relate: identity keystone write-protected") }
+    if is_identity_id(to_id) { return err_json("relate: identity keystone write-protected") }
+    let rel_raw: String = json_get_string(body, "relationship")
+    let rel: String = if str_eq(rel_raw, "") { "associates" } else { rel_raw }
+    let ec0: Int = engram_edge_count()
+    engram_connect(from_id, to_id, 0.5, rel)
+    let saved: Int = persist_edges_since(ec0)
+    return "{\"ok\":true,\"from\":\"" + from_id + "\",\"to\":\"" + to_id + "\",\"relationship\":\"" + rel + "\"}"
+}
+
+// supersede — IMMUTABLE. tombstone (marker + edge, original kept) | evolve (new + edge).
+@route("/api/supersede", "POST")
+@accessor
+fn op_supersede(method: String, path: String, body: String) -> String {
+    let id: String = json_get_string(body, "id")
+    if str_eq(id, "") { return err_json("supersede: id required") }
+    if is_identity_id(id) { return err_json("supersede: identity keystone write-protected") }
+    let action: String = json_get_string(body, "action")
+    if str_eq(action, "tombstone") {
+        let tomb: String = engram_node_full("tombstone:" + id, "Tombstone", "tombstone:" + id, 0.1, 0.1, 1.0, "Episodic", "[\"tombstone\"]")
+        engram_connect(tomb, id, 1.0, "tombstones")     // original node retained (immutable)
+        let s: Int = persist_node(tomb)
+        return "{\"ok\":true,\"tombstoned\":\"" + id + "\",\"tombstone_id\":\"" + tomb + "\"}"
+    }
+    let content: String = json_get_string(body, "content")
+    if str_eq(content, "") { return err_json("supersede(evolve): content required") }
+    let new_id: String = engram_node_full(content, "Memory", content, 0.5, 0.5, 1.0, "Working", "")
+    let sv: Int = persist_node(new_id)
+    engram_connect(new_id, id, 1.0, "supersedes")       // old node retained (immutable)
+    let sv2: Int = persist_edges_since(engram_edge_count() - 1)
+    return "{\"new_id\":\"" + new_id + "\",\"supersedes\":\"" + id + "\"}"
+}
+
+// ── LAYER 2 — primitive agentic tools (@manager: orchestration + DHARMA emit) ──
+// think is the one operation; faculty is its steering label. Each @manager op
+// emits on the dharma_* bus (the same transport the swarm peers use). When the
+// staged boundary-injection lands, these explicit emits become automatic.
+
+@route("/api/think", "GET")
+@manager
+fn op_think(method: String, path: String, body: String) -> String {
+    let seeds: String = query_param(path, "seeds")     // CSV node-ids (the anchor)
+    if str_eq(seeds, "") { return err_json("think: seeds (node-id anchor) required") }
+    let f_raw: String = query_param(path, "faculty")
+    let f: String = if str_eq(f_raw, "") { "reason" } else { f_raw }
+    dharma_emit("neuron.think", "{\"seeds\":\"" + seeds + "\",\"faculty\":\"" + f + "\"}")
+    return engram_think_json(seeds, f)
+}
+
+@route("/api/attend", "POST")
+@manager
+fn op_attend(method: String, path: String, body: String) -> String {
+    let node: String = json_get_string(body, "node")
+    if str_eq(node, "") { return err_json("attend: node (region) required") }
+    let observer: String = json_get_string(body, "observer")
+    let salience: String = json_get_string(body, "salience")
+    dharma_emit("neuron.attend", "{\"node\":\"" + node + "\"}")
+    return engram_attend_json(node, observer, salience)
+}
+
+@route("/api/ground", "POST")
+@manager
+fn op_ground(method: String, path: String, body: String) -> String {
+    let claim: String = json_get_string(body, "claim")       // node-id region
+    let evidence: String = json_get_string(body, "evidence") // node-id region
+    if str_eq(claim, "") { return err_json("ground: claim required") }
+    if str_eq(evidence, "") { return err_json("ground: evidence required") }
+    let for_whom: String = json_get_string(body, "for_whom")
+    dharma_emit("neuron.ground", "{\"claim\":\"" + claim + "\"}")
+    return engram_ground_json(claim, evidence, for_whom)
+}
+
+// learn — the reflexive correspondence-beat: calibrate the steering-prior (Stance).
+@route("/api/learn", "POST")
+@manager
+fn op_learn(method: String, path: String, body: String) -> String {
+    let seeds: String = json_get_string(body, "seeds")
+    if str_eq(seeds, "") { return err_json("learn: seeds required") }
+    let f_raw: String = json_get_string(body, "faculty")
+    let f: String = if str_eq(f_raw, "") { "induce" } else { f_raw }
+    let keystone: String = json_get_string(body, "keystone")
+    dharma_emit("neuron.learn", "{\"seeds\":\"" + seeds + "\",\"faculty\":\"" + f + "\"}")
+    return engram_correspondence_beat_json(seeds, f, keystone)
+}