README.md

# emergence — live-events sensor net for fact.ngo News reports from registered sources (teaser depth only), machine-distilled by a fixed neutral-framing protocol (glm-5.3-flash) into an append-only second-order heap, rolled into fractal day-level aggregates (topics, GIS, day stats) that the website renders as many lenses. Every record is `status: unverified` at birth; the fact-checking council lane (glm-5.3 deliberation) is built but inactive. Standing cost: ~$0.02–0.07/day, hard-capped at $1/day by the ledger guard. ## Pipeline ```bash node scripts/pipeline.js --commit # scrape -> distill -> aggregate -> gis -> commit data repo node scripts/council.js --claim "..." --activate # the inactive lane, opened explicitly ``` Data lives in `../emergence-data` (append-only repo). Docs: `docs/design.md` is the system model; `docs/ux-brief.md` is the frontend handoff brief. Contract: `AGENTS.md`. Mono-folder conventions as everywhere in fact.ngo: this repo is mechanism only; push to `remote:remotes/fact.ngo/emergence.git` after every work unit.