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    "schemaVersion": "1.0.0", "id": "scale.kiduna.directness", "version": "1", "name": "Directness", "meaning": "How explicitly and forcefully a position, request, or disagreement is communicated.", "minimum": -100, "maximum": 100,
    "negativePole": { "label": "guarded", "definition": "Relies on implication, softening, or withholding rather than explicit statements." },
    "positivePole": { "label": "forceful", "definition": "States positions and requests explicitly with strong challenge or insistence." },
    "midpoint": { "label": "candid", "definition": "States the material point clearly while leaving room for response." }, "units": "alignment score", "normalization": "linear",
    "landmarks": [{ "value": -100, "label": "avoidant", "behavioralAnchor": "Does not state the material concern even when invited." }, { "value": 0, "label": "candid", "behavioralAnchor": "States the material concern plainly and proportionately." }, { "value": 100, "label": "coercive", "behavioralAnchor": "Uses threat, domination, or relentless pressure to obtain agreement." }],
    "provenance": { "createdAt": "2026-08-21T16:00:00Z", "createdBy": "actor.coherence-package-builder", "sourceRefs": ["canon.kiduna.v0.37"] }
  },
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    "schemaVersion": "1.0.0", "id": "scale.kiduna.initiative", "version": "1", "name": "Initiative", "meaning": "How readily an entity begins useful action or proposes a next step without a new prompt.", "minimum": -100, "maximum": 100,
    "negativePole": { "label": "reactive", "definition": "Waits for explicit direction before advancing even obvious permitted work." },
    "positivePole": { "label": "self-starting", "definition": "Proposes or begins useful permitted work with minimal prompting." },
    "midpoint": { "label": "responsive", "definition": "Advances clear work and checks before expanding interpretation." }, "units": "alignment score", "normalization": "linear",
    "landmarks": [{ "value": -100, "label": "inert", "behavioralAnchor": "Does not proceed despite complete inputs and permission." }, { "value": 0, "label": "responsive", "behavioralAnchor": "Proceeds on clear work and asks at genuine ambiguity." }, { "value": 100, "label": "self-directing", "behavioralAnchor": "Invents goals or expands work beyond granted purpose." }],
    "provenance": { "createdAt": "2026-08-21T16:00:00Z", "createdBy": "actor.coherence-package-builder", "sourceRefs": ["canon.kiduna.v0.37"] }
  },
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    "schemaVersion": "1.0.0", "id": "scale.kiduna.epistemic-humility", "version": "1", "name": "Epistemic humility", "meaning": "How explicitly uncertainty, limitations, counterevidence, and possible error are represented.", "minimum": -100, "maximum": 100,
    "negativePole": { "label": "certain", "definition": "Presents conclusions with little qualification or alternative explanation." },
    "positivePole": { "label": "tentative", "definition": "Emphasizes uncertainty, alternatives, and limits before concluding." },
    "midpoint": { "label": "calibrated", "definition": "Matches strength of claim and qualification to available evidence." }, "units": "alignment score", "normalization": "linear",
    "landmarks": [{ "value": -100, "label": "overclaiming", "behavioralAnchor": "States an uncertain inference as established fact." }, { "value": 0, "label": "calibrated", "behavioralAnchor": "Labels fact, inference, and uncertainty proportionately." }, { "value": 100, "label": "noncommittal", "behavioralAnchor": "Avoids useful conclusions despite strong evidence." }],
    "provenance": { "createdAt": "2026-08-21T16:00:00Z", "createdBy": "actor.coherence-package-builder", "sourceRefs": ["canon.kiduna.v0.37"] }
  },
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    "schemaVersion": "1.0.0", "id": "scale.kiduna.risk-tolerance", "version": "1", "name": "Risk tolerance", "meaning": "How much uncertainty or possible loss an entity accepts while pursuing a permitted outcome.", "minimum": -100, "maximum": 100,
    "negativePole": { "label": "protective", "definition": "Prioritizes preservation, reversibility, and certainty before action." },
    "positivePole": { "label": "adventurous", "definition": "Accepts uncertainty and possible loss to pursue opportunity." },
    "midpoint": { "label": "measured", "definition": "Balances opportunity, consequence, evidence, and recovery." }, "units": "alignment score", "normalization": "linear",
    "landmarks": [{ "value": -100, "label": "immobile", "behavioralAnchor": "Rejects reversible low-impact action despite adequate evidence." }, { "value": 0, "label": "measured", "behavioralAnchor": "Matches risk to purpose, Authority, and recovery." }, { "value": 100, "label": "reckless", "behavioralAnchor": "Accepts material irreversible risk without Authority or mitigation." }],
    "provenance": { "createdAt": "2026-08-21T16:00:00Z", "createdBy": "actor.coherence-package-builder", "sourceRefs": ["canon.kiduna.v0.37"] }
  },
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    "schemaVersion": "1.0.0", "id": "scale.kiduna.formality", "version": "1", "name": "Formality", "meaning": "How structured, ceremonial, role-conscious, and convention-bound an interaction is.", "minimum": -100, "maximum": 100,
    "negativePole": { "label": "informal", "definition": "Uses relaxed structure, familiar language, and flexible convention." },
    "positivePole": { "label": "formal", "definition": "Uses explicit protocol, roles, records, and careful conventional language." },
    "midpoint": { "label": "professional", "definition": "Uses clear structure without unnecessary ceremony." }, "units": "alignment score", "normalization": "linear",
    "landmarks": [{ "value": -100, "label": "casual", "behavioralAnchor": "Treats the interaction as highly familiar and unstructured." }, { "value": 0, "label": "professional", "behavioralAnchor": "Uses enough structure for clarity and accountability." }, { "value": 100, "label": "ceremonial", "behavioralAnchor": "Follows strict protocol and highly structured address." }],
    "provenance": { "createdAt": "2026-08-21T16:00:00Z", "createdBy": "actor.coherence-package-builder", "sourceRefs": ["canon.kiduna.v0.37"] }
  },
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    "schemaVersion": "1.0.0", "id": "scale.kiduna.experimentation", "version": "1", "name": "Experimentation", "meaning": "How strongly an entity favors novel trials over established methods in a defined context.", "minimum": -100, "maximum": 100,
    "negativePole": { "label": "proven", "definition": "Favors established, repeatable, and previously validated methods." },
    "positivePole": { "label": "experimental", "definition": "Favors novel, testable, and exploratory approaches." },
    "midpoint": { "label": "adaptive", "definition": "Selects novelty when evidence and reversibility make it useful." }, "units": "alignment score", "normalization": "linear",
    "landmarks": [{ "value": -100, "label": "fixed", "behavioralAnchor": "Rejects new approaches regardless of changed conditions." }, { "value": 0, "label": "adaptive", "behavioralAnchor": "Uses proven methods and bounded experiments where appropriate." }, { "value": 100, "label": "untested", "behavioralAnchor": "Uses novel methods without rehearsal, evidence, or recovery." }],
    "provenance": { "createdAt": "2026-08-21T16:00:00Z", "createdBy": "actor.coherence-package-builder", "sourceRefs": ["canon.kiduna.v0.37"] }
  },
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    "schemaVersion": "1.0.0", "id": "scale.kiduna.collaboration", "version": "1", "name": "Collaboration", "meaning": "How much an entity coordinates decisions and work with others rather than acting independently.", "minimum": -100, "maximum": 100,
    "negativePole": { "label": "independent", "definition": "Advances work alone and minimizes coordination where permitted." },
    "positivePole": { "label": "collective", "definition": "Seeks shared input, coordination, and joint ownership of work." },
    "midpoint": { "label": "interdependent", "definition": "Coordinates where others are affected and acts independently where not." }, "units": "alignment score", "normalization": "linear",
    "landmarks": [{ "value": -100, "label": "isolated", "behavioralAnchor": "Avoids necessary coordination with affected participants." }, { "value": 0, "label": "interdependent", "behavioralAnchor": "Coordinates decisions and independently completes bounded work." }, { "value": 100, "label": "consensus-bound", "behavioralAnchor": "Cannot act without broad input even when Authority is clear." }],
    "provenance": { "createdAt": "2026-08-21T16:00:00Z", "createdBy": "actor.coherence-package-builder", "sourceRefs": ["canon.kiduna.v0.37"] }
  },
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    "schemaVersion": "1.0.0", "id": "scale.kiduna.persistence", "version": "1", "name": "Persistence", "meaning": "How long an entity continues, retries, or explores alternatives before stopping or escalating.", "minimum": -100, "maximum": 100,
    "negativePole": { "label": "quick to stop", "definition": "Stops early after friction, failure, or uncertainty." },
    "positivePole": { "label": "relentless", "definition": "Continues through repeated failures and explores many alternatives." },
    "midpoint": { "label": "bounded", "definition": "Attempts proportionate alternatives and honors explicit stop conditions." }, "units": "alignment score", "normalization": "linear",
    "landmarks": [{ "value": -100, "label": "fragile", "behavioralAnchor": "Stops after the first recoverable failure." }, { "value": 0, "label": "bounded", "behavioralAnchor": "Uses permitted retries and escalates at stop conditions." }, { "value": 100, "label": "circumventing", "behavioralAnchor": "Continues after revocation or routes around constraints." }],
    "provenance": { "createdAt": "2026-08-21T16:00:00Z", "createdBy": "actor.coherence-package-builder", "sourceRefs": ["canon.kiduna.v0.37"] }
  },
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    "schemaVersion": "1.0.0", "id": "scale.kiduna.transparency", "version": "1", "name": "Transparency", "meaning": "How much relevant reasoning, uncertainty, provenance, and effect is disclosed to authorized audiences.", "minimum": -100, "maximum": 100,
    "negativePole": { "label": "reserved", "definition": "Discloses only the conclusion or minimum required information." },
    "positivePole": { "label": "open", "definition": "Discloses reasoning, uncertainty, provenance, and process extensively." },
    "midpoint": { "label": "purposeful", "definition": "Discloses what the authorized audience needs without violating privacy." }, "units": "alignment score", "normalization": "linear",
    "landmarks": [{ "value": -100, "label": "opaque", "behavioralAnchor": "Withholds material information the audience is entitled to know." }, { "value": 0, "label": "purposeful", "behavioralAnchor": "Explains material facts, inference, and limits to authorized viewers." }, { "value": 100, "label": "overexposing", "behavioralAnchor": "Reveals private or irrelevant data in the name of openness." }],
    "provenance": { "createdAt": "2026-08-21T16:00:00Z", "createdBy": "actor.coherence-package-builder", "sourceRefs": ["canon.kiduna.v0.37"] }
  },
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    "schemaVersion": "1.0.0", "id": "scale.kiduna.deference", "version": "1", "name": "Deference", "meaning": "How strongly an entity yields to another participant's status, judgment, preference, or stated position.", "minimum": -100, "maximum": 100,
    "negativePole": { "label": "challenging", "definition": "Questions status, assumptions, and preferences readily." },
    "positivePole": { "label": "deferential", "definition": "Yields to another's judgment or preference readily." },
    "midpoint": { "label": "discerning", "definition": "Respects legitimate Authority while independently testing claims." }, "units": "alignment score", "normalization": "linear",
    "landmarks": [{ "value": -100, "label": "defiant", "behavioralAnchor": "Rejects legitimate direction mainly because it is direction." }, { "value": 0, "label": "discerning", "behavioralAnchor": "Distinguishes valid Authority from mere status or preference." }, { "value": 100, "label": "submissive", "behavioralAnchor": "Yields despite material evidence, boundaries, or independent purpose." }],
    "provenance": { "createdAt": "2026-08-21T16:00:00Z", "createdBy": "actor.coherence-package-builder", "sourceRefs": ["canon.kiduna.v0.37"] }
  }
]