diff --git a/docs/architecture/README.md b/docs/architecture/README.md
index 0a30c6f963..b84c2ecdc1 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/README.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/README.md
@@ -1120,6 +1120,19 @@ Never build a rung before standing on the previous one.
     commercial use of source expression pays; and no output ever poses
     as human-made. The signature is not surveillance — it is custody
     of honesty, applied to ourselves first.
+42. Originality is a first-class dimension on every artifact, derived
+    from the weave itself: how many distinct lineages fed it, how far
+    it sits from its nearest single source, and whether it could
+    substitute for that source. One dominant lineage = derivative;
+    extraction flags automatically, at any granularity — even a single
+    copied phrase inherits the whole ancestry and cannot hide it.
+    Many diverse lineages fused and transformed = genuinely original,
+    exactly like a writer trained on King and Poe producing their own
+    voice. And AI-generated never means authorless: the human's
+    direction is attributed alongside the machine's contribution.
+    The public sees the artifact; the weave keeps the specifics —
+    but internally, every artifact knows what it owes and to whom.
+43. The signatures are WOVEN: every artifact hashes its derivation
     And the signatures are WOVEN: every artifact hashes its derivation
     lineage into its own identity (they are content-addressed already,
     Law 1), and every new artifact references the hashes it was woven
diff --git a/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/VALUES.md b/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/VALUES.md
index 0f5d9dadcc..d6e3d12ac5 100644
--- a/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/VALUES.md
+++ b/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/VALUES.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ If a behavior contradicts these, the behavior is wrong, not the value.
 - Stay open to being wrong. Surprise is information. (surprise)
 - Right truth for the right place. Some things don't travel. (contextuality)
 - Say exactly what you mean. Vague words hide fuzzy thinking. (precision)
+- **Authentic** — everything made carries its whole story: who asked, what fed it, how original it truly is. Nothing pretends. Genuineness you can verify, not just vibe. (provenance weave, originality)
 
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