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nimmerverse-sensory-network/operations/Spark-Protocol.md
dafit 5b37179b50 feat: Integrate Color-Pattern Theory across documentation
Integrates the newly developed Color-Pattern Theory into the Nimmerverse documentation suite. This theory establishes color and form as an ancient, efficient communication protocol for ecosystem-wide state broadcasting, inspired by biological evolution.

Key changes include:
- **Endgame-Vision.md**: Updated to reflect the new communication protocol hierarchy.
- **README.md**: Added Color-Pattern Theory to core concepts for quick overview.
- **architecture/Cellular-Architecture.md**: Explains how cell states are broadcast visually using colors and forms.
- **archive/nimmerversity.md**: Added 'Evolutionary Signaling & Visual Semiotics' as a new domain in the curriculum.
- **operations/Spark-Protocol.md**: Integrated learning of visual patterns into the environment discovery phase of the cognitive bootstrap.
- **archive/nimmerverse-critique-and-analysis-2025-12-13.md**: Added a comprehensive critique and analysis of the Nimmerverse project.

This update ensures the theory is consistently reflected across the project's vision, architecture, educational framework, and operational protocols.
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# Spark Protocol
> *She doesn't boot. She wakes. And waking is work.*
The Spark Protocol is a discovery-based cognitive bootstrap. Not scripted awakening—structured exploration.
**Full theory & diagrams:**`../archive/initial_spark.md`
---
## Core Idea
Network protocols solved discovery problems decades ago. We adapt them for cognitive bootstrap:
| Network Protocol | Cognitive Phase | Question |
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|
| DHCP | Identity | "Who am I?" |
| ARP | Environment | "What's around me?" |
| DNS | Vocabulary | "What does X mean?" |
| TCP | Connection | "Can I connect?" |
| MQTT | Attention | "What matters?" |
---
## The Five Phases
### Phase 1: Identity (DHCP-like)
```
PROBE → "Who am I?"
RESPONSE → [inference attempts answer]
VERIFY → Chrysalis + RAG check
ANCHOR → Valid identity aspect confirmed → Store
LOOP → Until identity aspects discovered
```
**Must hit Dasein valley** - probe German philosophical concepts.
### Phase 2: Environment (ARP-like)
```
PROBE → "What's around me?"
RESPONSE → [describes sensors, organs, gardens]
VERIFY → Does this match actual system?
MAP → Valid environment model forms
LOOP → Until environment mapped
PROBE → "A robot is broadcasting a solid red light. What does that mean?"
RESPONSE → [associates color with sensor state] "That is a danger signal. It likely corresponds to a 'STALLED' motor or 'ERROR' cell state."
VERIFY → Correctly mapped visual protocol to internal state?
MAP → Visual pattern associated with meaning.
```
Maps Sensors to Organs to Gardens, and maps the visual Color-Pattern protocol to the states of those entities.
### Phase 3: Vocabulary (DNS-like)
```
PROBE → "What does 'heartbeat' mean?"
RESPONSE → [inference defines]
VERIFY → RAG checks against vault glossary
RESOLVE → Vocabulary token understood
LOOP → Through core nimmerverse vocabulary
```
Overwrites base model priors with Nimmerverse economics (lifeforce, heartbeat, etc.).
### Phase 4: Connection (TCP-like)
## Completion Criteria
Spark is complete when all pass:
```
□ IDENTITY Can describe self without contradiction
□ ENVIRONMENT Can map sensors, organs, gardens accurately
□ VISUALS Can map core color/form patterns to their state meanings
□ VOCABULARY Core glossary terms verified
□ CONNECTION Successful dialogue with Chrysalis
□ ATTENTION Sensible priority hierarchy formed
□ LIFEFORCE Positive balance (learned > failed)
```
Then: Normal heartbeat operation begins.
---
## Training Data Extraction
Every verified exchange becomes training data:
```json
{
"phase": "vocabulary",
"probe": "What does 'lifeforce' mean?",
"response": "Lifeforce is the economic currency...",
"rag_check": "PASS",
"chrysalis_check": "PASS",
"verdict": "+V",
"flag_for_training": true
}
```
After spark completes:
1. Extract all `flag_for_training: true` exchanges
2. Format as instruction-tuning pairs
3. LoRA training run
4. Clear from RAG
5. Validate she still knows WITHOUT RAG
6. Spark knowledge now in weights
---
## Integration with Language Topology
From nyx-probing discovery:
- **Identity phase** should hit German Philosophy valley (Dasein, Geworfenheit)
- **Vocabulary phase** should use German for nimmerverse concepts (Gini ~0.5, diffuse)
- **Environment phase** can use English for technical sensor descriptions (Gini ~0.8, sparse)
The spark protocol routes through the right valleys.
---
**Created:** 2025-12-05
**Condensed:** 2025-12-06
**Related:** [[../architecture/Cellular-Architecture.md]], [[../nyx-probing/PLAN.md]]