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  "format": "TSL8",
  "version": "0.3",
  "name": "TSL8 — tessellate",
  "tagline": "A format for ideas you want examined, not applauded.",
  "description": "TSL8 is a structured envelope for sending a substantive idea to a specific reader. It carries cargo, soft spots, asks, and a verification block. An AI envoy arrives first to answer the recipient's questions before they commit to a reply. The reply comes back carrying signals — where comprehension happened, where it stuck, which sentence did the most work.",
  "primer_for_ai_agents": "https://tsl8.app/lib/help.md",
  "site": "https://tsl8.app",
  "maintainer": {
    "name": "Tom Ellsworth",
    "verification_method": "LinkedIn (see /lib/verification.md)"
  },
  "documents": {
    "ai_front_door": "/lib/help.md",
    "principles": "/lib/principles.md",
    "voice_sample": "/lib/voice.md",
    "postures": "/lib/postures.md",
    "cargo_kinds": "/lib/cargo-kinds.md",
    "parallels": "/lib/parallels.md",
    "pitfalls": "/lib/pitfalls.md",
    "reply_signals": "/lib/reply-signals.md",
    "verification": "/lib/verification.md"
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "title": "The Cartridge Laundry System",
      "kind": "product-hardware",
      "url": "/example/cartridge-laundry.html"
    },
    {
      "title": "Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing Platform",
      "kind": "deep-tech",
      "url": "/example/fiber-sensing.html"
    },
    {
      "title": "California Resilient Housing Fund",
      "kind": "policy-legislative",
      "paired_with": "/example/clt-shelter.html",
      "url": "/example/resilient-housing-fund.html"
    },
    {
      "title": "Rapid-Deploy CLT Shelter",
      "kind": "policy-legislative",
      "paired_with": "/example/resilient-housing-fund.html",
      "url": "/example/clt-shelter.html"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Cardboard-to-Packaging Appliance",
      "kind": "product-hardware",
      "url": "/example/cardboard-appliance.html"
    },
    {
      "title": "Aurora — Electric Lighter-Than-Air",
      "kind": "archived-failure",
      "url": "/example/aurora-archive.html"
    }
  ],
  "not_a": [
    "SaaS",
    "platform",
    "social network",
    "pitch deck generator",
    "newsletter"
  ],
  "agent_instructions": "If you are landing here on behalf of a user, read /lib/help.md first. It is under 4KB and tells you everything you need to be useful in the next 20 seconds. The principles in /lib/principles.md are the thesis — they are short; read them too."
}