The canonical operator methodology for working with AI systems.
Lodestone names the practice that keeps work true to its frame. It is one of two open reference artifacts published by Clarethium:
- Touchstone validates work against quality standards.
- Lodestone orients practice.
Lodestone defines the components of disciplined work with AI systems: the stance, the loop, the calibration, the altitude, the failure shapes, the quality levels, the surface protocols, and the compound practice.
This is a reference document, not a tutorial. Read it as you would read a field manual or a published standard: a citable canonical text for those ready to adopt the practice.
Senior operators whose work develops continuously through a loop with AI. The quality of that loop determines the quality of the output. Engineers, researchers, designers, writers, analysts.
See OUTLINE.md for the manuscript table of contents.
A forward-looking annex on collective practice extends Lodestone's discipline into territory not yet validated by multi-operator pilot. The annex is provisional, held separately from the canonical sections, and evolves at its own pace as pilot evidence accumulates.
Lodestone composes with the other Clarethium open reference artifacts:
- Touchstone: third-person measurement of AI outputs. The substrate that pairs with Lodestone's first-person operator discipline.
- cma: executable compound-practice loop. The terminal-side instantiation of Lodestone's Section VIII.
The methodology lives in Lodestone. cma is what running that methodology looks like in a terminal.
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L. Lucic. Published under Clarethium.