canon/tiers/99_Tier_99_Operational/T99_Custom_Instructions_Registry [ACTIVE v1.1].md
T99\_Custom\_Instructions\_Registry owns the canonical per-project Custom Instructions tracking surface across all Humanity project workspaces (Projects 1 through 7). Per-CI metadata including version, status, authored date, retired date, scope summary, replacement chain, and retirement trigger marker live here. The registry is the canonical lookup surface for verifying which CI is ACTIVE per project at any session start, which prior CIs archive at what trigger events, and what future-state CIs anchor at upcoming phase boundaries per T1\_Architecture\_and\_State Strategic Roadmap section.
Authority hierarchy. T99 operational tier authority applies; this registry holds workflow and protocol authority on CI lifecycle, not world canon. CVD plus T1 Foundation docs win on every conflict against this registry where canonical content surfaces during CI authoring. T1\_Architecture\_and\_State Strategic Roadmap section owns future-project phase sequencing; this registry tracks the CI iteration that lands per project at each Strategic Roadmap phase boundary.
Update cadence. Per-CI entries land at CI authoring or retirement events. New CI authoring appends an ACTIVE entry; prior CI ARCHIVED state updates the same session. The registry compacts at each Strategic Roadmap phase boundary into the post-phase canonical state.
Each CI entry carries the following canonical fields:
Currently active per-project CIs across Projects 1 through 7\. One ACTIVE entry per project lineage at canonical lock.
Prior canonical CI versions retired by replacement. Preserved for forensic provenance and replacement chain traceability.
Projects 2 through 7 launch at subsequent Strategic Roadmap phase boundaries per T1\_Architecture\_and\_State Strategic Roadmap section. CI authoring for each project lands at project launch event; this section documents the future-state CI tracking scope per project so the schema is pre-aligned at launch.
First CI version P2\_CI\_v1.0 authors at Phase 8 Book Processing launch per Strategic Roadmap Phase 8 plus onward section. Scope summary covers T99\_Project\_2\_Book\_Processing\_Workflow operational handbook plus 2500-source corpus processing scope plus summer-campaign partner-assistance discipline plus pilot Herskovits 50-book validation plus T0\_Source\_Material\_Registry populate cadence. Attachment set anchors at T1\_CVD plus T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §8 plus T1\_Research\_Corpus\_Master v1.1 plus T2 ResearchBasis docs (deferred retirement scope) plus T0\_Source\_Material\_Registry plus T0\_Research\_Corpus\_Registry.
First CI version P3\_CI\_v1.0 authors at Phase 8 plus onward Project 3 Region Building launch. Six sub-project variants per chapter range (3A Ch 02-15 Flores-first launch, 3B Ch 16-25, 3C Ch 26-38, 3D Ch 39-50, 3E Ch 51-65, 3F Ch 66-77) carry sub-CI tracking under the P3 project lineage. Scope summary covers T1\_Region\_Page\_Template v1.0 canonical 20-section spec plus T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §7 Region Page Build pipeline plus one region per weekend pace plus 69-region full populate target. Attachment set anchors at T1\_CVD plus T1\_Region\_Page\_Template plus chapter-range T2 ChapterDesign plus T2 ResearchBasis (deferred retirement scope) plus T3 character canon summary plus T4 antagonist canon plus T5 questline summary plus T6 weapons summary.
First CI version P4\_CI\_v1.0 authors at Phase 8 plus onward Project 4 Quest Writing launch. Two sub-project variants under P4 (4A Main Story Quest Writing, 4B Trade and Side Questline Writing) carry sub-CI tracking. Scope summary covers T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §6 Quest Writing pipeline plus T0\_Quest\_Definition\_Registry populate cadence plus dialogue dataset authoring discipline plus author-in-loop §6.4.1 hard-line track scope. Attachment set anchors at T1\_CVD plus T1\_Story\_Spine v2.4 plus T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §6 plus chapter-range T2 ChapterDesign plus T3 character canon plus T4 antagonist canon plus T5 questline detailed docs plus T7\_Narrative\_Reference plus T7\_Philosophy\_and\_Balance.
First CI version P5\_CI\_v1.0 authors at Phase 8 plus onward Project 5 UE5 Build launch. Scope summary covers T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §1 UE5 pipeline plus T1\_Ability\_Tree v1.4 ACTIVE Final Lock plus UE5 Sheets API setup gating plus build-pipeline orchestration agent discipline. Attachment set anchors at T1\_CVD plus T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §1 plus T1\_Ability\_Tree plus T1\_Combat\_System\_Spec plus T6\_Weapons\_Master\_Index plus T7\_Humanity\_Project\_Reference plus T7\_Narrative\_Reference plus T0 build-pipeline foreign-key registries per §1.5 commitments.
First CI version P6\_CI\_v1.0 authors at Phase 8 plus onward Project 6 Music Production launch. Scope summary covers T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §3 music pipeline (AIVA closed as skip 2026-07-27 — composer-in-loop hero themes, local ACE-Step/YuE bulk) plus composer-in-loop §3.4.1 discipline plus T0\_Theme\_Registry populate cadence plus per-region instrumentation substrate authority plus cultural-substrate audio at high-care cultural chapter scope. Attachment set anchors at T1\_CVD plus T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §3 plus Music Master Direction (pending authoring) plus T7\_Narrative\_Reference plus T7\_Philosophy\_and\_Balance plus T7\_Humanity\_Project\_Reference plus region-focus chapter design substrate plus T0\_Theme\_Registry plus T0\_Chapter\_Index music fields.
First CI version P7\_CI\_v1.0 authors at Phase 8 plus onward Project 7 Art Production launch. Scope summary covers T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §2 Meshy pipeline plus two-track substrate-canonical plus region-driven mesh generation plus T0 mesh\_id\_ref column foreign-key discipline plus concept art reference layer per T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §1.13. Attachment set anchors at T1\_CVD plus T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §2 plus Art Master Direction (pending authoring) plus T7\_Narrative\_Reference plus T7\_Philosophy\_and\_Balance plus T7\_Humanity\_Project\_Reference plus region-focus chapter design substrate plus T3 character canon plus T3\_Familiars\_Named plus T3\_Creatures\_Tameable plus T0\_Weapon\_Registry plus T0\_Familiar\_Registry plus T0\_Creature\_Roster.
Pre-restructure-era Project 1 CI versions (preceding v4.1-Restructure) carry historical CI iteration scope through cascade execution phases. Comprehensive pre-restructure CI lineage absorption defers to v5-Operational launch per scope-locked-to-known-state discipline; v5-Operational CI authoring captures Phase 5 close exit state plus Phase 5.5 Pre-Spine Cleanup plus Phase 5.6 Corpus Doc Rebuild plus Phase 6 Story Spine cascade scope, at which point Phase 7 CI v3.8 sweep per T1\_Architecture\_and\_State Strategic Roadmap section absorbs the broader CI lineage if forensic reconstruction surfaces as authoring priority.
v1.0 ACTIVE lock at Phase 5M-5 Phase F close. Initial population pass authoring §1 Document Purpose and Authority plus §2 Per-CI Entry Schema plus §3 Active CI Entries (P1\_CI\_v4.2\_Phase\_5\_Close) plus §4 Archived CI Entries (P1\_CI\_v4.1\_Restructure) plus §5 Future-State Schema for Projects 2-7 CI Tracking plus §6 Pre-Restructure CI Lineage Absorption note. Empty placeholder doc at Phase 5M-4 absorbed-doc retirement audit surfaces as Phase D D-11 finding; Phase F population landing closes the D-11 finding per Phase G consolidated audit doc routing.
Subsequent version bumps. v1.0 → v1.1 MINOR at next CI authoring event (P1 v5-Operational ACTIVE lock plus P1 v4.2-Phase-5-Close ARCHIVED transition at HUM-PHASE-5-COMPLETE marker). Subsequent MINOR bumps per per-project CI authoring events. PATCH bumps resolve schema-doc drift without altering per-CI entry structure.
v1.1 MINOR PATCH at v5-Operational CI authoring session 2026-05-17. P1\_CI\_v4.2\_Phase\_5\_Close transitions from §3 ACTIVE entry to §4 ARCHIVED entry with retired\_date 2026-05-17 plus retires\_at\_marker filled. P1\_CI\_v5.0\_Operational ACTIVE entry adds to §3 covering Phase 5.6 finish plus Phase 5.5 plus Phase 6 cascade scope. §5 Future-State Schema for Projects 2-7 CI Tracking entries hold unchanged. §6 Pre-Restructure CI Lineage Absorption note unchanged.
Subsequent version bumps. v1.1 → v1.2 MINOR at next CI authoring event. Anticipated next CI events: Phase 8 launches with Project 2 plus Project 3 plus subsequent Project CI lineage activations per Strategic Roadmap. v6-Operational at HUM-STORY-SPINE-COMPLETE marker covers Projects 2-7 launch sequence.