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GAAD Technical Diary - 2026-07-13

Technical diary · generated from gaad_diary_technical_20260713.md by Scripts/gaad_diary_html.py · never hand-edited

Session opened from bundle gaad_live 0_132 (+ working + website 1_012 zips). Continuous
chat. UK clock established from Miles: 17:57 at first mark, closing 21:43.

Arrival checks (all PASS)

1. Read order SKILL.md / HANDOVER.md (+ 12 Jul evening addendum) / CURRENT_ACTIONS.md.
2. gaad_manifest.py check - 173 files, complete and byte-faithful.
3. gaad_validate.py - Schema / Syntax / Parity PASS.
4. Record heads D161, F035, P060, Q036, T023; releases topped by 0_132.
5. Addon gaad_rebirth_addon_v1_023.py, only addon in Scripts/, bl_info agrees.
6. Website zip records reach D161.
7. Working zip holds twal_development, mhal_development, 6_Diary with 12 Jul pair.
Note: SKILL CURRENT STATE block still reads 0_131 values - refresh when next editing SKILL.

EP4 published

Chose Movement 2 (Backtrack) over Movement 1 (1994 AutoLISP). Movement 1 banked in

episode plan, reserved.

Text trimmed ~525 -> ~427 words at Miles's edit. Corrected a factual slip in his draft:

Backtrack moves the current-position marker, not the Champion.

Rendered lineage array SVG -> PNG (2x, Playwright/Chromium, brand colours verified).
Site episodes.html: EP4 body = posted text verbatim, older draft removed; posted PNG

leads, proof shot + dead-ends render as site extras. episode_plan.md marked POSTED.

"profiling" reworded out of EP3 body at Miles's request.

Records written this session

D162 Website - Google Analytics (GA4, G-G1FTB7K68M) instrumented at source.
D163 Website - Architecture page: six languages, single-word LIVE/DORMANT, ARAL added.
D164 Website - prototype note on ARAL + MHAL cards (no new status state).
D165 Platform - Technology Readiness ladder (see below). Rewritten several times as the

model firmed: LRL->TRL naming, 0-7 -> 1-7 start, rung names expanded, T-code notation.

Q037 - NASA / light-years lineage quote. Reassigned to Miles, marked DRAFT for his refine.
T024 - ARAL Generate/Clear does not sweep stray non-ARAL objects (Miles's Blender find;

leftovers from prior run, Clear does not remove, count does not grow = sweep gap, same
root as tree-side sweep / T023).

T025 - TWAL has no language file; its T7 is the one readiness level not file-backed.

1994 quote candidates x3 closed (removed from CURRENT_ACTIONS OPEN list).

Technology Readiness ladder (D165) - the session's main model

Adopted from NASA TRL. Seven rungs, GAAD's own T-code notation (NASA/TRL never printed on
visible artefacts, recorded in D165 only):
T1 Research verified (NASA TRL 1)
T2 Rules formed (NASA TRL 2) - "seed" deliberately avoided (RNG term)
T3 Language agreed (NASA TRL 3) <- GALF gate (definition contract)
T4 Prototype runs (NASA TRL 4)
T5 Connector ready (NASA TRL 5) <- Connector gate (runtime contract)
T6 GAAD connected (NASA TRL 6-7)
T7 Live in GAAD (NASA TRL 8-9) <- release gate (D161, Validate Scripts)
GAAD T1-T5 map one-for-one to NASA TRL 1-5; T6-T7 fold NASA's four operational levels into
two (QA folded into Live, matching where NASA puts qualification testing).
Standing: PRAL T7, TWAL T7, ARAL T4, MHAL T4 (amber - prototype present, not verified
running), GRAL T3, FWAL T3.
Status vocabulary (from NASA register): Achieved / In progress / Not started. NOT yet folded
into D165 text - to add tomorrow.

Language reference library

Added readiness_level field ({code, rung, [note]}) to identity block of five language
files: pral v0_002 (T7), aral v0_001 (T4), mhal v0_004 (T4 + amber note), fwal v0_008 (T3),
GRAL v0_021 (T3). TWAL has no language file (T025) - its T7 carried explicitly on the page.

Website (published to 4bim by Miles as gaad_website 1_013)

architecture.html (hand-authored exception, edited directly):
Figure 1 stack: TWAL DORMANT->LIVE, PRAL ACTIVE->LIVE label, caption Five->Six languages.
Language cards: six languages, single-word LIVE(teal)/DORMANT(grey) pills, ARAL sixth

card ("Art", DORMANT), prototype note on ARAL + MHAL only.

New Figure 2 (readiness): built as ONE composed figure framed like Figure 1 after a

first attempt that read as list+table. Full-width row bands T-code->GATE, gate rows with
teal/gold left-edge accent, increased row gaps, dot matrix (Achieved/In progress/Not
started), colour key legend, T-codes 16px bold.

Figure numbering bug fixed: two "Figure 2" -> Figure 2 (readiness), Figure 3 (TWAL

seed->genome->phenotype).

Numbers read from language-file readiness_level fields (TWAL explicit per T025).
episodes.html: EP4 + lineage PNG. All records pages refreshed (D162-D165, Q037, T024, T025

now in Records Hub). GA tag verified on new page.

Verification caveat: image viewer stopped returning renders mid-session; figures verified

by reading rendered DOM/SVG (dot counts, gates, bands, key) rather than by eye. Miles
confirmed the website looks good and is publishing.

Not done / carried to tomorrow (full-bundle session)

Get records tight, cut full zip bundle (0_133).
Fold status vocabulary (Achieved/In progress/Not started) into D165.
T025: write TWAL language file so all six readiness levels are file-backed.
T024 + tree-side duplicate sweep (same root cause; D161 discipline, Miles's Blender gate).
Refresh SKILL CURRENT STATE block (still 0_131).
EP6 draft (readiness ladder story, Q037 to refine), EP5 draft ("Meet the team").
Parked: D160 TWAL tower/grid, Fig 2.17 presets, deploy 1_010, ARAL frame primitive, seats.

Today's Claude Task Tree

GAAD SESSION - 13 Jul 2026 (EP4 + the Readiness ladder day)
│
├── ARRIVAL ............................... COMPLETE, 7/7 PASS
│
├── EP4 - Moving Backwards Through Time .... COMPLETE, POSTED
│   ├── Movement 2 chosen, trimmed 525->427 ✓ (Movement 1 banked)
│   ├── lineage SVG -> PNG ................. ✓ posted
│   ├── site EP4 = posted text + PNG ....... ✓ (older draft removed)
│   └── episode_plan marked POSTED ......... ✓
│
├── RECORDS WRITTEN ....................... COMPLETE (in working bundle, not yet cut)
│   ├── D162 GA at source
│   ├── D163 six languages / single-word pills / ARAL
│   ├── D164 prototype note (ARAL, MHAL)
│   ├── D165 Technology Readiness ladder T1-T7 (NASA-adopted)
│   ├── Q037 NASA/light-years quote (Miles, DRAFT)
│   ├── T024 ARAL stray-object sweep gap
│   └── T025 TWAL has no language file
│
├── TRL LADDER MODEL ..................... SETTLED, RECORDED (D165)
│   └── 7 rungs, 2 contract gates, release gate; T-code notation; NASA in record only
│
├── LANGUAGE LIBRARY ..................... 5/6 done
│   └── readiness_level field added to PRAL/ARAL/MHAL/FWAL/GRAL; TWAL pending (T025)
│
├── WEBSITE 1_013 ....................... BUILT, PUBLISHING TO 4BIM (Miles)
│   ├── Architecture: Fig1 fixed, cards, Fig2 readiness, Fig3 renumbered
│   ├── episodes EP4 + records pages refreshed
│   └── verified by DOM read (viewer down); Miles confirmed looks good
│
└── CARRIED TO TOMORROW (full-bundle session)
    ├── get records tight, cut bundle 0_133
    ├── fold status words into D165
    ├── TWAL language file (T025)
    ├── T024 + tree-side sweep (D161 + Blender gate)
    ├── refresh SKILL CURRENT STATE
    └── parked: EP5/EP6 drafts, D160, Fig 2.17, deploy, frame primitive, seats