2.**[`architecture/active-architecture.md`](./architecture/active-architecture.md)** — the deep architecture: the transcription chain, the DOM-primitive ownership table, the hard rules.
3.**[`docs/CANON.md`](./CANON.md)** — the semantic vocabulary (8 families, intents, verbs, channels). **Single source of truth — every other doc links here instead of re-stating it.**
4. Then the **layer reference** for whatever you are touching (table below).
| [`architecture/eidos.md`](./architecture/eidos.md) | The visual layer |
| [`architecture/active-uix.md`](./architecture/active-uix.md) | Composition root (boot modes) — first chapter migrated into the book tree ([`docs/process/PLAN-docs-book.md`](./process/PLAN-docs-book.md)) |
| [`architecture/active-app.md`](./architecture/active-app.md) | The arts composition root — fixed core (logger/bus/timers/orca/prefs) + declared services + orchestration; the App-side analogue of `active-uix` |
| [`architecture/packs.md`](./architecture/packs.md) | The pack tier — encapsulated opt-in collections above the layers (the canon-vs-pack admission rule, the P contract, the `Aura` promotion path) |
| [`architecture/agent.md`](./architecture/agent.md) | The agentic axis — the delegation model (`delegate` family), the actor primitive, the per-component participation contract, minimum contracts, a11y + threat doctrine |
| [`spec/delegation-contract.md`](./spec/delegation-contract.md) | **NORMATIVE** — the delegation contract as a citable specification (RFC-2119, stable `AG-n` requirement ids, date-versioned). `agent.md` is the WHY; this is the WHAT a conformant implementation must do. Status: DRAFT |
| [`architecture/blocks.md`](./architecture/blocks.md) | The blocks tier — page-function compositions above the canon (the canon-vs-block admission rule, the B contract, `blocks:check`) |
| [`docs/CANON.md`](./CANON.md) | The semantic vocabulary — authoritative |
| [`canon/vocabularies.md`](./canon/vocabularies.md) | **The closed sets, GENERATED from the code** — archetypes, families+holds, verbs, intents, haptic kinds, palette scales, sizes, variants, shared strings. Build a component from exactly these (`npm run docs:vocabularies`; guarded by `docs:check`) |
| [`canon/tsc.md`](./canon/tsc.md) | Token Scope Contract — where every eidos token may be emitted |
| [`canon/recipe-contract.md`](./canon/recipe-contract.md) | Recipe Contract — which transversal theming systems every recipe must consume (enforced by `component-audit` R-4.x) |
| [`canon/direction-contract.md`](./canon/direction-contract.md) | Direction Contract — the `prop → prefs → 'ltr'` resolution chain, which attribute carries the direction (raw `dir` vs resolved `data-dir`) and which selector form may read it (`:dir()`; `[dir='rtl']` is forbidden) (enforced by `rtl-lint` RTL-1) |
| [`docs/decisions.md`](./decisions.md) | The RFC/design index — entry to all rationale |
| [`docs/next-features.md`](./next-features.md) | The initiative registry — user-decided future work (scope, sequencing, dependencies), fed by audits and sessions |
| [`decisions/design-text-effects.md`](./decisions/design-text-effects.md) | The text-effects component family — why text animations are canon (not the pack tier), the CountUp-service vs `Text*`-decorative split, and the a11y / measurement doctrine every member obeys |
| [`decisions/book-deviations.md`](./decisions/book-deviations.md) | Where the implementation deviates from / extends the book (Spanish — the author's decision logbook) |
| [`decisions/guia-semantica-historica.md`](./decisions/guia-semantica-historica.md) | The founding implementation guide (Spanish, historical seed — superseded by `CANON.md` + code) |
| [`theming/channels.md`](./theming/channels.md) | The eight expression channels, synthesized |
| [`theming/changelog.md`](./theming/changelog.md) | The theming chronicle — the dated history behind the reference's standing decisions (§13, §20–§38) |
| [`docs/building-a-component.md`](./building-a-component.md) | **Build a component — start here.** The cross-layer route (9 phases, one doc per phase, one guard per phase) |
| [`guides/component-guide.md`](./guides/component-guide.md) | The soma phase in depth (ordered steps + rules A1–A37) |
| [`guides/completion-checklist.md`](./guides/completion-checklist.md) | Decide when a component is _done_ (machine-audited) |
| [`theming/motion.md`](./theming/motion.md) | The motion model — two moments, F1–F7, the preset/signature system (reference) |
| [`theming/gradient-finish.md`](./theming/gradient-finish.md) | The gradient finish — a gradient is a MATERIAL of the fill, never a color identity: the anchored ramp («la rampa huye de la tinta»), the dial, the executable guard, and the full decision record (D1–D9) |
| [`eidos/components/README.md`](../src/uix/eidos/components/README.md) | The eidos component pattern |
| [`theming/motion-guide.md`](./theming/motion-guide.md) | Animate it — the `motion` prop, the preset catalog, loops, stagger, reduced-motion (links the model + the motion RFC) |
| [`guides/demo-authoring.md`](./guides/demo-authoring.md) | Author an interactive demo page |
| [`guides/component-audit.md`](./guides/component-audit.md) | The binding pre-flight audit before touching any component |
| [`docs/consuming.md`](./consuming.md) | Consume the framework from an app in this workspace — aliases, runes, composition root, CSS and assets, the pre-hydration boot |
| Know what a family / intent / verb means | `docs/CANON.md` (doctrine) · [`canon/vocabularies.md`](./canon/vocabularies.md) (the generated closed sets) |
| Know which archetype / hold / haptic kind / scale a part or event may use | [`canon/vocabularies.md`](./canon/vocabularies.md) — the authoritative lists, generated from the code |
| **Build a new component** | [`docs/building-a-component.md`](./building-a-component.md) — the one door: the 9-phase route across all layers, with the guard for each phase and the known superseded-doc traps |
| Know if a component is finished | [`guides/completion-checklist.md`](./guides/completion-checklist.md) (`npm run component:audit`) |
| Theme it / add a token | [`theming/reference.md`](./theming/reference.md) + [`canon/tsc.md`](./canon/tsc.md) |
- **Editorial source**: [`docs/Disenando_lo_que_ocurre_FINAL.pdf`](./Disenando_lo_que_ocurre_FINAL.pdf) — the book _Diseñando lo que ocurre_ (FINAL edition, 426 pp., tracked in-repo since 2026-07-11; the `.docx` sibling is the editable master), the origin of the semantic canon.
- **Agent rules**: [`CLAUDE.md`](../CLAUDE.md) and [`AGENTS.md`](../AGENTS.md) — the build/test commands, code style, and the hard rules. Read these before editing.
## Process (ephemeral — not a source of truth)
[`docs/process/`](./process/) holds session hand-offs, architecture snapshots and
