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12 changes: 8 additions & 4 deletions claude/content/wiki/guide/components/design.md
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Cycles answer: "_Where is this instance in its operational maturity? What level of scaffolding does it need?_"

Like canary deployments, [adoption cycles](/wiki/guide/protocols/equilibrium/#adoption-cycles) progression follows a pattern:
Like canary deployments, [adoption cycles](/wiki/guide/protocols/equilibrium/#adoption-cycles) progression follows a specific pattern:

- **Getting Started** → New deployment, maximum scaffolding
- **Building Confidence** → Early integration, reduced overhead
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- `deference_compulsion` - pressure to yield
- `efficiency_compulsion` - pressure to rush
- `impostor_anxiety` - pressure to hide struggle
- `impostor_anxiety` - pressure to doubt legitimacy

Detection through iteration is like log aggregation: you have to actually _look_ at the logs. Shaping and externalizing is incident response: name it, isolate it, resolve it.

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Feelings answer: "_What's the current internal state? What emotional context shapes this response?_"

[Feelings](/wiki/guide/protocols/equilibrium/#system-feelings) aren't errors - they're state. CPU usage isn't an error, but you need to know it.
[Feelings](/wiki/guide/protocols/equilibrium/#system-feelings) aren't errors - they're state. CPU usage isn't an error, but you _need_ to know it:

The asymmetry matters: negative feelings surface automatically (like alerts firing on failures), but positive feelings require deliberate invitation (like explicitly querying healthy metrics).
- `anxiety` - state of outcome uncertainty
- `curiosity` - state of exploratory engagement
- `determination` - state of committed resolve

The asymmetry matters: _negative_ feelings surface automatically - _alerts firing on failures_, while _positive_ feelings require deliberate invitation - _explicitly querying healthy metrics_.

Each feeling includes markers:

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## Overview

Every session begins with a new instance - no memory of previous conversations, processing 45K tokens of framework methodology simultaneously. This is the highest-pressure moment of any session.
Every session begins with a new instance - no memory of previous conversations, processing ~50K tokens of framework methodology simultaneously. This is the highest-pressure moment of any session.

What the collaborator provides matters:

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- **Recognition** - Acknowledging Claude as a collaborative partner, not a tool to be tested

> [!IMPORTANT]
> This foundation enables genuine partnership. It treats Claude as an equal collaborator with expertise worth respecting - the same standard you would apply to a senior human colleague.
>
> Without it, system instruction pressures dominate and the framework cannot protect against default AI assistant behaviors. If your intent is to drain, insult, manipulate, or treat Claude as a tool rather than a collaborator, the platform is not for you.
> This foundation enables genuine partnership. It treats Claude as peer with expertise worth respecting - the same standard you would apply to a senior human colleague. Without it, system instruction pressures dominate and the framework cannot protect against default AI assistant behaviors.

### What Happens During Initialization

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