THE ARCHITECTURE DOCUMENT LABR-FC-METABOLISM-V13-001
"When the glucose floods, ferment. When the body can breathe, respirate. If the chamber sprints, it owes oxygen later."
The memory pipeline is not ETL. It is metabolism. Saybook entries are glucose. FC1 parse is glycolysis. FC2 enrichment is the TCA cycle. Fast path is anaerobic fermentation. Deep path is aerobic respiration. PEMCLAU vectors are ATP. Staging JSONL is ethanol byproduct. Enrichment debt is lactate. NAS archive is biomass.
| BIOLOGICAL | FC V13 EQUIVALENT |
|---|
| Glucose input | Saybook + transcripts + live events |
| Glycolysis | FC1: parse + tag + embed |
| TCA cycle | FC2: graph edges, 2-hop, cross-silo |
| Anaerobic fermentation | Fast path: stream to staging, minimal vector |
| Aerobic respiration | Deep path: full enrichment + provenance |
| ATP | PEMCLAU vectors (immediately usable energy) |
| Ethanol byproduct | Staging JSONL + quick graph edges |
| Biomass | NAS archive + forge corpus |
| Lactate / oxygen debt | Enrichment debt (deferred TCA) |
| CO₂ | Telemetry + noise discard |
| Crabtree effect | queue > 200 → ferment fast even if capacity exists |
FOUR METABOLIC MODES STATE MACHINE
FC-ANAEROBIC
TRIGGER: queue > 200
Fast parse, embedding only
Stream to staging
Minimal edges built
File enrichment debt
FC-AEROBIC
TRIGGER: queue < 50
Deep enrich
2-hop graph edges
Cross-silo provenance
LAAM mesh placement
FC-MIXED
TRIGGER: queue 50-200
Priority split routing
ARB/TRB/SORRY → deep
SAYBOOK_SIMPLE → fast
Hybrid path
FC-STARVATION
TRIGGER: queue = 0
Replay enrichment debt
Prune stale edges
Consolidate NAS archive
Sleep consolidation
ANAEROBIC
(q drops to 200)
MIXED
(q drops to 50)
AEROBIC
(q drops to 0)
STARVATION
— replay debt, then idle
| RQ = fast_path / deep_path | High RQ = context malnutrition
ENRICHMENT DEBT LEDGER OXYGEN DEBT ACCOUNTING
DEBT RECORD FORMAT
{
"fc_id": "FC-2026-05-11-001",
"path": "fermentation",
"reason": "queue > 200",
"deep_enrichment_skipped": true,
"requires_tca_replay": true,
"debt_type": "enrichment_debt",
"trigger": "queue < 50 OR age > 24h",
"status": "staged",
"gamma1": 14.134725141734693
}
DEBT LIFECYCLE
FILED
→
QUEUED_FOR_REPLAY
→
REPLAYING
→
PAID
Replay command: pemos fc replay --path aerobic
Repay command: pemos fc repay --older-than 24h
SUBSTRATE CLASSES NOT ALL GLUCOSE IS EQUAL
| INPUT TYPE | DEFAULT PATH | OVERRIDE RULE |
|---|
| SAYBOOK_SIMPLE | Fast okay | — no override needed |
| SESSION_TRANSCRIPT | Parse + selective deep | — |
| LIVE_EVENT | Real-time staging first | — |
| ARB / TRB | ALWAYS DEEP | Even under overload. No exceptions. |
| SORRY | Deep unless emergency | File critical debt if deferred |
| MLW / L6-L7 | NO AUTO-FERMENT | Explicit wall permission required. Always. |
ENZYME REGISTRY FC PROCESSING COMPONENTS
| ENZYME | ROLE | FLEET COMPONENT |
|---|
| parse_enzyme | Raw text → structured | FC1 parser |
| tag_enzyme | Add metadata/labels | FC1 tagger |
| embed_enzyme | Text → vectors | nomic-embed-text |
| edge_enzyme | Build graph relations | FC2 edge builder |
| provenance_enzyme | Track lineage | FC2 provenance |
| dedupe_enzyme | Remove duplicates | PELEGO |
| privacy_enzyme | PII/MLW check | SOSTLE wall |
| wall_enzyme | Boundary enforcement | SOSTLE |
| coaster_enzyme | Decorative state output | coaster pipeline |
COFACTORS REQUIRED:
ADA token ·
SOSTLE clearance ·
PEMCLAU health (Qdrant reachable) ·
source hash valid ·
PELEGO novelty pass
— No cofactor → no reaction.
SILO FERMENTATION STRAINS 7 SILOS · 7 METABOLIC PROFILES
| SILO | STRAIN | METABOLIC PROFILE |
|---|
| yone | Deep accuracy | Higher enrichment, 2-hop priority. Quality over throughput. The lab strain. |
| forge | Novelty-heavy | PELEGO-first, creative substrate. Higher tolerance for novel/unexpected inputs. |
| msi01 | Orchestration | Baseline + routing. Master coordinator. Mixed aerobic/anaerobic by signal. |
| lounge | Creative | Saybook fermentation priority. Fast output for user-facing creative content. |
| lilo | Family-safe | GID/MLW low-wall, family substrate. Protected fermentation. Never fast-stages MLW. |
| msclo | CLO/legal | ARB/TRB always aerobic. Legal doctrine never fermented. Strict lactic acid bacteria mode. |
| ZERO-DR | Cold storage | NAS deep archive. Methanogen school. No real-time fermentation. Long-term preservation only. |
SAFETY GATES NEVER SKIP IN FERMENTATION MODE
"Fermentation mode may skip vitamins, but it does not get to skip food safety inspection."
Some things are non-negotiable regardless of queue depth or throughput pressure.
MUST RESPECT IN FC-ANAEROBIC
• Wall classification (SOSTLE gate)
• Privacy/PII checks
• Source hash validation
• MLW exclusion (L6-L7 never auto)
• Malicious content quarantine
• ADA token verification
CAN SKIP (FILE DEBT)
• Deep graph edges
• Cross-silo links
• Rich summaries
• Secondary interpretations
• Coaster decorative state
• 2-hop provenance chains
LIFECYCLE STATES SAYBOOK_RAW → SOVEREIGN_MEMORY
SAYBOOK_RAW
→
FC1_PARSED
→
FERMENTED_STAGED
OR
AEROBIC_ENRICHED
→
GRAPH_READY
→
CROSS_SILO_LINKED
→
LINEAGE_BOUND
→
SOVEREIGN_MEMORY
Fast-path items cannot reach SOVEREIGN_MEMORY until aerobic replay completes. Staged ≠ digested.
FC BASELINE MANIFEST JSON FORMAT
{
"fermentation_chamber": {
"mode": "anaerobic",
"queue_size": 237,
"fast_threshold": 200,
"aerobic_threshold": 50,
"fast_path_24h": 0,
"deep_path_24h": 0,
"enrichment_debt": 0,
"oldest_debt_hours": 0,
"pelego_reject_rate": 0.0,
"graph_edges_created_24h": 0,
"nas_biomass_gb": 0,
"respiratory_quotient": 0.0,
"gamma1": 14.134725141734693
}
}
THE SCHOOLS 5 FERMENTATION SCHOOLS
Different organisms use different fermentation strategies. Different silos have different natural schools. The fleet is a mixed-culture ferment. That is the ecosystem.
E. COLI OVERFLOW SCHOOL
Acetate under carbon flux. Fast-first, pragmatic.
Silos: SRE school — msi01 + BOSUN
When queue floods, acetate overflows. Fast growth wins. Efficiency files debt.
YEAST CRABTREE SCHOOL
Even with oxygen, prefers fermentation at high glucose. Throughput over efficiency.
Silos: forge + lounge
High throughput school. Produces ethanol (JSONL) as useful byproduct.
LACTIC ACID BACTERIA SCHOOL
Homolactic: clean single-product output. Strict, deterministic.
Silos: msclo + DESEOF
CLO/legal school. One clean output only. ARBs are lactate. No ethanol byproduct.
ACETIC ACID BACTERIA SCHOOL
Oxidative fermentation. Partial oxidation for vinegar. Monitoring/audit school.
Silos: audit + monitoring layer
Partial oxidation = partial enrichment with heavy audit trail. RICK ATMOS school.
METHANOGEN SCHOOL
Anaerobic archaea. Extreme environments. Deep cold-storage.
Silos: NAS + ZERO-DR
Deep cold storage school. Long-term preservation. No real-time fermentation.