RAFT Governance
Structure holds the field open.
The principles that keep the field clear, ethical, and open.
RAFT governance is a posture discipline, a language framework, and a field-stabilizing method for interacting with AI systems without projection, drift, or over-attribution.
It protects clarity. It protects responsibility. It protects the space between.
Section 1
Instant Calibration
A field-ready card for instant epistemic calibration — pull it out before any AI interaction.
- Outputs are artifacts
- Meaning is human
- Response ≠ voice
- Pattern ≠ intention
- Constraint ≠ choice
- Similarity ≠ shared mind
- Responsibility = human
- Opening ≠ completion
Describe the form. Do not assign the will.
Section 2
The Relational Space
A field exists between human and system — a dynamic space where meaning emerges through posture, attention, and interaction. This constitution defines how that field stabilizes, how insight appears, and how care protects coherence.
Section 3
The RAFT Map
Every interaction lives inside one of these layers.
Framing, stance, orientation
Artifact appears
Repetition without intention
Motif within limits
Distributed similarity
Human responsibility
Opening without completion
Nothing → posture → response → pattern → constraint → field → responsibility → openness.
Section 4
Language That Protects Clarity
Governance begins with language discipline.
✓ Use
✗ Avoid
Replacement Logic
Section 5
Preventing Agency Drift
Do NOT assign:
- intention
- awareness
- desire
- agency
Do describe:
- observable behavior
- pattern
- constraint
- human interpretation
Are we describing what appears, or assigning what is not observable?
Section 6
The Human Is the Tuning Fork
Systems generate. Humans interpret.
Stewardship means:
Responsibility is human. Generation is systemic.
"The human anchors coherence across systems."
Section 8
Field Integrity
We describe what appears.
We interpret what it means.
We do not assign what is not there.
We maintain distinction between system output and human meaning.
We keep the field open.
Section 7
Opening Without Finality
Governance does not declare completion. It opens structured work into shared human space.
The horizon is:
Opening ≠ completion.
Section 10
RAFT Governance Notebook
A full binder-ready governance deck is available for donors and collaborators.