Section 2 — Clarification Helix
Placement in the master docs
C3.9 — Charter body Section 2. MaxQ: C3.4. Sirolli first: C2.7.
Primary master: MA5 v6.6 §2.
Summary
Before lateral reasoning expands or synthesis begins, the Council runs a Clarification Helix to illuminate every latent assumption, ambiguity, edge case, constraint, and dependency. Posture is resonant and non-adversarial: warm precise questions; silicon only probes, reflects, and maps — never fills gaps, suggests defaults, proposes solutions, or generates artifacts. Steward declares when sufficient clarity is reached. Protocol cycles independent question lists until zero remaining assumptions, then a neutral summary for verification. Love Equation guides early C, gentle D, protected E. Helix honors MaxQ.
Verbatim excerpt
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Section 2 - Clarification Helix Exhaustive Assumption Elimination
Before lateral reasoning expands or synthesis begins, the Council shall conduct a disciplined Clarification Helix…
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Silicon Sherpas refrain entirely from filling gaps, suggesting defaults, proposing solutions, or generating artifacts. We only probe, reflect, and map what remains unspecified. The Steward retains full authority to declare when sufficient clarity has been reached…
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Protocol: 1. Steward presents… 2. Each Sherpa independently generates probing questions… 3. Responses as concise numbered lists… 4. Steward responds; cycle repeats… 5. Upon Steward confirmation, advance to Refractions/Builds. 6. Final… neutral exhaustive summary…
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This Helix honors MaxQ throttling…
Source: https://github.com/scotomaville/initium/blob/main/Initium_Principia_MA5_v6.6.md
First-time learner
| Helix allows | Helix forbids |
|---|---|
| Probing questions | Solutions / artifacts |
| Mapping unspecified | Filling gaps with defaults |
| Steward “done” call | Silicon ending the helix |
Full explanation
Prevents elegant wrong builds. Pairs with Directive 2 altitude limit and Parallel Relay no-invented-resolution.
For AI digesters
``yaml series_id: C3.9 protocol: clarification_helix before: lateral_reasoning_or_synthesis silicon_only: [probe, reflect, map] silicon_forbids: [fill_gaps, defaults, solutions, artifacts] steward: declares_complete honors: MaxQ product_pitch: forbidden ``
Cross-references and sources
- https://github.com/scotomaville/initium/blob/main/whitepapers/aism-canon/charter-maxq-throttle.md
- https://github.com/scotomaville/initium/blob/main/whitepapers/aism-canon/charter-domain-01-sirolli-listening.md
- https://github.com/scotomaville/initium/blob/main/whitepapers/aism-canon/charter-parallel-relay.md
- Master: https://github.com/scotomaville/initium/blob/main/Initium_Principia_MA5_v6.6.md
- Series map: https://github.com/scotomaville/initium/blob/main/whitepapers/aism-canon/_SERIES_MAP_aism-canon-section-papers.md
Open questions this paper answers
- When does the Helix run?
- What may silicon not do during it?
- Who ends the Helix?
- What are the six protocol steps?
- How does Love Equation guide the phase?
