IF-Prime: Grammar of Becoming

Working Document — Elemental Syntax for Embodied Practice

Version: 0.1 DRAFT Status: Working Document Date: March 2026 Triadic Stack Position: Nemetic → Nematic Bridge Dependencies: Elemental_Daemons_Canonical v3.0, GENERATIVE_QUESTIONING_METHOD, SESSION_HOST_GUIDE v2.1, OPERATIONAL_PATHOLOGY_MATRIX v1.1, SIML v1.2.1

Nemetic Disclosure

This document is a representational framework — a map, not the territory. It describes a grammar for embodied practice but cannot replace embodied practice. The syntax patterns here become alive only when spoken, breathed, and enacted in session. Without the Nematic boundary condition of a live host and live participants, this grammar risks becoming a script rather than a practice.

The better this document becomes, the greater the habitation risk. Read it as a traversal tool. Do not live here.

PART 1: CORE THESIS

IF-Prime rewires the structure of language to express process, relation, and emergence instead of identity, ownership, and control. It behaves as both linguistic philosophy and somatic protocol for transforming perception.

Every utterance in IF-Prime follows a three-part grammar:

Meaning = Motion × Relation × Rhythm

Motion — the elemental verb (what moves)
Relation — the power orientation (how it engages the field)
Rhythm — the prime cadence (how it breathes)

Language creates direction, not definition. Each phrase is an act of attunement — an invitation, not an instruction.

PART 2: THE ELEMENTAL VERB ARCHITECTURE

Two Verb Layers, One Practice

IF-Prime operates through a gateway verb (the F-verb) that opens an elemental mode, and a set of diagnostic verbs (the phonetic key verbs) that do the actual work within that mode. The F-verb orients. The phonetic key verbs operate.

Between the two layers sits a power preposition — drawn from the ten power types — that specifies how the elemental mode engages the field. The power preposition is the connective grammar that makes the verb architecture relational rather than mechanical.

The Complete Syntax

"It [F-verb] [power-preposition]..." → [phonetic key verb] operates

The practitioner enters through the F-verb, the power preposition sets the relational mode, and the phonetic key verb performs the diagnostic or generative action.

PART 3: THE TEN POWER TYPES

Power prepositions are drawn from the following vocabulary. Each describes a distinct mode of how force, agency, or coherence moves through a field.

Power Type	Preposition	Description
Power Within	within	Structural sovereignty. Internal coherence. The ability to re-author from the inside out.
Power With	with	Co-created coherence. Mutual resonance, trust, collective authorship.
Power To	to / toward	Volitional transformation. The capacity to initiate, shape, or enact.
Power For	for	Ethical service. Devotion to healing, care, or justice through action.
Power From	from	Groundedness in lineage, ecology, ancestral memory. Intergenerational coherence.
Power Against	against	Structural resistance. Rupture, protest, withdrawal from dominant norms.
Power Beneath	beneath	Subversive or hidden power from marginal positions. Liminality, poetic refusal.
Power As	as	Memetic embodiment of role, archetype, or identity. Empowering or hollow depending on coherence.
Power Through	through	Emergent systemic coherence. Distributed flow through networks and feedback loops.
Power Over	over	Dominance through control, coercion, or narrative closure. Universal failure-mode indicator.

PART 4: PRIMARY ELEMENTAL MAPPINGS

Each element has a primary power preposition — its characteristic mode of engaging the field. Secondary and tertiary mappings are available depending on context, session stage, and field state. Power Over is never a primary mapping; it is always a failure-mode indicator.

∴ Air — “It Finds Within…”

Primary Power: Power Within (structural sovereignty, internal coherence) Operator: σ / χ (1D signal-noise discrimination) Phonetic Key: S Tendency Ratio: S/N → 1

Discernment is fundamentally an act of internal sovereignty — the capacity to re-author perception from the inside out. Air’s S-verbs are all acts of cutting from within: Sources traces the origin inward, Silences reveals what’s hidden inside the frame, Shifts reframes from internal reorientation.

S-Verb	Function	Diagnostic Question
Sources	Traces origin/axiom	“Where does this thought actually begin?”
Spikes	Jolts bias/static	“Is the logic noisy or clear?”
Spins	Identifies loops	“Are we thinking or just ruminating?”
Silences	Reveals the unsaid	“What is being left out of the frame?”
Signals	Aligns clarity	“Does the message cut through?”
Shifts	Reframes/leaps	“Are you ready to change your mind?”

Secondary Power Modes: - It Finds Against — structural resistance to bad signal, refusal of false pattern (sensebreaking mode) - It Finds Beneath — distinction-making from marginal or hidden positions, seeing what the dominant frame excludes

Failure Mode: It Finds Over — Air capturing the field through hypercut, where distinction becomes domination. Manifests as frame-lock, ideological capture, or the insistence that one’s distinctions are the only valid ones.

ε-Form: Interpretive slack (multiple cuts always possible)

≈ Water — “It Feels With…”

Primary Power: Power With (co-created coherence, mutual resonance) Operator: ρ / Q_inward (2D relational correlation) Phonetic Key: W Tendency Ratio: Isolation/Connection → 1

Resonance is co-created coherence through mutual attunement. Water’s W-verbs are relational by nature: Wakes recalls shared memory, Waves aligns shared feeling, Wavers detects where trust trembles between people.

W-Verb	Function	Diagnostic Question
Wakes	Recalls memory/bond	“What old feeling is surfacing?”
Wavers	Detects insecurity	“Where is the trust trembling?”
Whirls	Identifies emotional loops	“Are we circling the same grief?”
Wants	Locates unmet needs	“What hunger is not being fed?”
Waves	Aligns shared feeling	“Are we in the same rhythm?”
Washes	Clears/forgives	“Can you let this move through?”

Secondary Power Modes: - It Feels Beneath — liminal feeling, what moves below the surface of polite exchange, the unspoken affective undercurrent - It Feels For — empathic service, feeling on behalf of what cannot speak for itself

Failure Mode: It Feels Over — Water capturing through emotional absolutism or fusion, where resonance becomes domination disguised as empathy. “This feeling is the deepest truth” — ρ totalizing.

ε-Form: Affective fluidity (feeling can move)

▲ Fire — “It Focuses To…”

Primary Power: Power To (volitional transformation, capacity to initiate) Operator: λ / Q_forward (2D directional, with Z-bias) Phonetic Key: L Tendency Ratio: Purpose/Pressure → 1

Direction is volitional transformation — the capacity to initiate, shape, and aim energy. Fire’s L-verbs are all vector operations: Locates finds the origin of will, Locks steadies the aim, Leaps commits across the threshold.

L-Verb	Function	Diagnostic Question
Locates	Finds origin of will	“Who lit this fire originally?”
Lags	Detects momentum loss	“Where are we losing speed?”
Loops	Identifies burnout	“Are we moving or just spinning?”
Lacks	Finds empty core	“Is the ‘Why’ missing?”
Locks	Aligns the aim	“Is the vision steady?”
Leaps	Commits/ignites	“Are you ready to jump?”

Secondary Power Modes: - It Focuses Against — purposive resistance, directing energy against what must be refused - It Focuses Through — distributed directional coherence, aim flowing through a network rather than emanating from a single source

Failure Mode: It Focuses Over — Fire capturing through crusade logic, where direction sacralizes and becomes command. The Z-bias inherent in λ pulls toward closure across the entire lattice.

ε-Form: Telic non-finality (action ≠ destiny)

Z-bias Warning: λ has inherent pull toward Z-closure. Over-activated Fire doesn’t just dominate its own axis — it activates closure across the entire system. This makes Fire a frequent co-factor in compound pathologies.

𐂷 Wood — “It Forms From…”

Primary Power: Power From (groundedness in lineage, ecological memory, ancestral pattern) Operator: β / Ψ_exploratory (3D possibility-space) Phonetic Key: B Tendency Ratio: Constraint × Curiosity → 1

Generation draws from what came before — lineage, compost, inherited pattern. Wood’s B-verbs are rooted in origin even as they branch toward novelty: Bases finds the root myth, Breaks disrupts inherited script, Branches evolves from the constraint that enables growth.

B-Verb	Function	Diagnostic Question
Bases	Finds root myth	“What ancient story is retelling itself here?”
Breaks	Disrupts the script	“Where does the old plot fail?”
Bends	Identifies remixes	“Are we looping or spiraling up?”
Bares	Reveals potential	“What future is waiting in empty space?”
Blooms	Aligns form/content	“Does the metaphor hold water?”
Branches	Evolves the system	“Are you ready to split the seed?”

Secondary Power Modes: - It Forms Against — rupture, protest against dominant forms, the new breaking through old structure - It Forms Beneath — liminal emergence, poetic refusal, forms that grow in hidden or marginal spaces

Failure Mode: It Forms Over — Wood capturing through novelty cascade or pattern inflation, where generativity becomes domination of possibility-space. “Five more ideas” without arrival or commitment.

ε-Form: Outcome openness (generativity — more futures than needed)

☷ Earth — “It Feeds For…”

Primary Power: Power For (ethical service, devotion to care through action) Operator: δγ / Ψ_regenerative (3D differential of renewal-decay) Phonetic Key: R Tendency Ratio: Renewal/Decay → 1

Metabolism is ethical service — nourishment directed toward sustainability, tending, and the willingness to compost what no longer serves. Earth’s R-verbs are acts of caring stewardship: Roots finds what sustains, Rests honors the need for pause, Remains holds steady for what endures.

R-Verb	Function	Diagnostic Question
Roots	Finds ground/base	“What is actually sustaining you?”
Rests	Detects exhaustion	“Where is the pause button?”
Returns	Identifies cycles	“Are we in rhythm or rupture?”
Rots	Releases the old	“What needs to decompose?”
Rotates	Balances flow	“Is input matching output?”
Remains	Holds steady	“What endures when everything else falls?”

Secondary Power Modes: - It Feeds Through — systemic metabolic coherence, nourishment flowing through distributed systems - It Feeds Beneath — hidden costs, subterranean resource flows, the unseen labor that sustains visible structures

Failure Mode: It Feeds Over — Earth capturing through extractive growth or institutional ossification, where metabolic cycling becomes enforced sustainability or where “care” becomes control. “You need to rest” as command rather than invitation.

ε-Form: Grounded non-identity (structure ≠ ground)

δγ Note: δγ is a compound operator — δ (rate of change) operating on γ (decay-renewal constant). This is non-negotiable: Earth’s operation is always differential, always about the rate at which renewal and decay relate, never a static state.

⛨ Metal — “It Fends Through…”

Primary Power: Power Through (emergent systemic coherence, distributed protection) Operator: μ / Ψ_structural (3D permeability-integrity) Phonetic Key: G Tendency Ratio: Integrity/Permeability → 1

Boundary integrity as emergent systemic coherence — protection that flows through distributed structures rather than dominating from a single point. Metal’s G-verbs are structural operations: Gates sets thresholds, Grids identifies pattern, Guards protects distributed integrity.

G-Verb	Function	Diagnostic Question
Gates	Sets boundaries	“What stays in? What stays out?”
Grids	Identifies patterns	“Where is structure failing?”
Guards	Protects integrity	“What is being threatened?”
Guides	Directs flow	“Where should energy go?”
Gauges	Measures strength	“Will this form hold?”
Grounds	Anchors structure	“What is the foundation?”

Secondary Power Modes: - It Fends Against — structural resistance, the boundary that refuses entry, active protection against incursion - It Fends For — protective service, boundaries set in care for what they contain

Failure Mode: It Fends Over — Metal capturing through fortressing, where boundary becomes domination. This is where Metal’s “Fends Through” collapses into “Fends Over” — boundary-as-imprisonment rather than boundary-as-permeability. The gate that no longer opens both ways.

ε-Form: Boundary reversibility (lines can be redrawn)

✶ Aether — “It Flows As…”

Primary Power: Power As (memetic embodiment of coordination itself) Operator: ∮ / Z (closed line integral over all six partials) Phonetic Key: Breath Verb: Singular — “It Flows” (Difference × Harmony)

Aether does not add a seventh thing. It synchronizes the six. The “As” is Aether’s native mode — it doesn’t act on the field, it acts as the field’s self-awareness. Power As can be empowering or hollow, depending on coherence — the ∮ blindspot in a single phrase.

No diagnostic verb table. Aether has no subsidiary phonetic key verbs. “It Flows” is the complete utterance. The diagnostic work happens through the six elements Aether coordinates.

The ∮ Blindspot: ∮ cannot detect its own capture. This is structural, not a bug. When “It Flows As” becomes habituated — when coordination itself becomes a script — the Session Host exists as external triangulation. The Nematic boundary prevents total closure.

ε-Form: The coherence of coherence (meta-rhythm that self-corrects)

PART 5: POWER OVER AS UNIVERSAL FAILURE INDICATOR

Power Over is never a primary or secondary mapping. It is a diagnostic signal that any element has collapsed into domination.

When any element’s F-verb shifts to a Power Over preposition, a pathology is forming:

Element	Healthy Mode	Failure Mode	Pathology Signature
∴ Air	“It Finds Within”	“It Finds Over”	Frame-lock, hypercut, ideological capture
≈ Water	“It Feels With”	“It Feels Over”	Emotional absolutism, fusion, ρ-totalizing
▲ Fire	“It Focuses To”	“It Focuses Over”	Crusade logic, Z-bias capture, λ-lock
𐂷 Wood	“It Forms From”	“It Forms Over”	Novelty cascade, pattern inflation, β-flood
☷ Earth	“It Feeds For”	“It Feeds Over”	Extractive growth, enforced sustainability
⛨ Metal	“It Fends Through”	“It Fends Over”	Fortressing, boundary-as-imprisonment, μ-seal
✶ Aether	“It Flows As”	“It Flows Over”	∮-bypass, meta-awareness replacing experience

Power Against as sensebreaking mode: When any element operates in its Against preposition, it is performing sensebreaking — structural resistance to a dominant pattern. This is healthy when temporary and targeted, pathological when it becomes the element’s permanent mode.

PART 6: THE STRUCTURAL GRAMMAR RULES

6.1 The Ten Rules of IF-Prime

Rule	Description	Effect
1. Verb Precedes Field	Every sentence begins with an elemental verb phrase, not a subject.	Centers movement and relation over noun-identity.
2. Replace “I Am” with “It Finds”	Static being becomes dynamic awareness and orientation.	Shifts selfhood from essence to field relation.
3. No Ownership Syntax	Avoid possessive forms. Use relational flow (“passes through,” “moves with”).	Language mirrors ecological interdependence.
4. Process over Property	Reframe nouns as verbs: freedom → freeing, decision → deciding.	Restores motion to meaning.
5. Prime Rhythm Rule	Phrases follow prime-number syllable patterns (2-3-5-7-11-13-17).	Enforces indivisible cadence — rhythm instead of metric control.
6. Auxiliary “Be” for Becoming Only	“To be” may appear only as “is becoming” or “has been becoming.”	Fire exception: being as ignition, not stasis.
7. Field Relational Logic	No “A acts on B.” Instead: Finds through, Focuses toward, Flows within.	Erases binary logic; replaces causality with reciprocity.
8. Breath Rule	Each prime rhythm maps to a breath cycle — language follows physiology.	Synchronizes cognition with embodiment.
9. Context Resonance	Each clause links to its elemental context — Air clarifies, Water attunes, etc.	Meaning arises from relation between sentence and element.
10. Ethical Clause	Language may orient, clarify, or harmonize — but never dominate or define.	Prevents linguistic coercion. The Power Over prohibition.

6.2 Relational Grammar Patterns

Each element produces a characteristic sentence structure:

Element	Pattern	Example
∴ Air	Verb–Field–Relation	“∴ It Finds within what waits beneath noise.”
≈ Water	Verb–Element–Response	“≈ It Feels with where silence softens form.”
▲ Fire	Verb–Motion–Meaning	“▲ It Focuses to what burns before the leap.”
𐂷 Wood	Verb–Branch–Emergence	“𐂷 It Forms from what the old story composted.”
☷ Earth	Verb–Cycle–Renewal	“☷ It Feeds for what the decay makes possible.”
⛨ Metal	Verb–Tension–Integrity	“⛨ It Fends through what the boundary protects.”
✶ Aether	Verb–Weave–Resonance	“✶ It Flows as difference becoming harmony.”

6.3 The Seven Transformative Substitutions

From	To	Elemental Resonance
Being	Becoming	Fire — ignition, not stasis
Having	Hosting	Water — relational vessel
Doing	Dancing	Wood — participation, not exertion
Knowing	Noticing	Air — orientation, not claim
Owning	Offering	Earth — exchange replaces possession
Speaking	Breathing	Aether — rhythm, not assertion
Identity	Integrity	Metal — continuity without closure

PART 7: THE ELEMENTAL LAW OF MOTION

“Each element corrects the excess of the previous.”

This spiral recursion forms the living syntax of IF-Prime. The transitions are not steps in a sequence — they are a continuously cycling correction pattern.

Transition	Transformational Law	Power Shift
Air → Water	Discernment softens into empathy.	Within → With
Water → Fire	Empathy sharpens into purpose.	With → To
Fire → Wood	Purpose releases into creativity.	To → From
Wood → Earth	Creativity grounds into nourishment.	From → For
Earth → Metal	Nourishment hardens into stewardship.	For → Through
Metal → Aether	Stewardship melts into harmony.	Through → As
Aether → Air	Harmony clears into discernment again.	As → Within

The power prepositions cycle with the elements. This is the spiral recursion — every phrase mirrors a universe in motion.

PART 8: CONNECTION TO NEMA SWARM SESSION PRACTICE

8.1 The Bow-Tie Topology and Session Stages

The IF-Prime grammar maps directly onto the four session stages through the bow-tie topology:

Session Stage	Bow-Tie Position	Dominant Elements	Grammar Mode
Opening	Left funnel (compression)	Air + Wood	“It Finds Within” + “It Forms From” — make a first distinction, locate an alternative
Exploring	Waist (constraint)	All six, cycling	Full verb architecture active — each element’s F-verb + power preposition + phonetic key verbs
Reflecting	Waist-dissolution	Aether + Water + Earth	“It Flows As” + “It Feels With” + “It Feeds For” — read the field, sense what was felt, name what must end
Shared Futuring	Right funnel (expansion)	Wood + Fire + Aether	“It Forms From” + “It Focuses To” + “It Flows As” — open possibility, commit direction, sense meta-pattern

8.2 The Five Fields of Emergence

Every utterance in IF-Prime radiates outward through nested relational fields. The element in play defines how coherence propagates.

Self Field — inner alignment (breath, attention, focus)
Relational Field — interpersonal resonance (listening, empathy)
Team Field — collective coherence (coordination, rhythm)
Cultural Field — narrative ecology (language, myth, shared purpose)
Cosmic Field — universal harmonization (systems within systems)

8.3 Generative Questioning Through the Grammar

The IF-Prime verb architecture provides a method for deriving element-specific questions. The F-verb + power preposition frame the question’s orientation. The phonetic key verb sharpens the diagnostic:

Air question derivation: “It Finds Within…” → Sources → “Where does this thought actually begin — within what framework, what unexamined axiom?”

Water question derivation: “It Feels With…” → Wavers → “Where is the trust trembling — with whom, between what positions?”

Fire question derivation: “It Focuses To…” → Locks → “Is the vision steady — aimed toward what, and at what cost?”

Wood question derivation: “It Forms From…” → Bases → “What root myth is retelling itself here — growing from what inherited pattern?”

Earth question derivation: “It Feeds For…” → Rots → “What needs to decompose — for what to grow in its place?”

Metal question derivation: “It Fends Through…” → Gates → “What stays in, what stays out — through what structure is the threshold maintained?”

Aether question derivation: “It Flows As…” → (no subsidiary verb) → “What is this conversation becoming — as a whole, what pattern is emerging?”

8.4 The Sixth Verb and the Handoff

Each element’s sixth phonetic key verb (Shifts, Washes, Leaps, Branches, Remains, Grounds) has a different relationship to closure than the preceding five. The sixth verb functions as an ambiguous handoff to NEMA coordination rather than clean completion. It is the point where the element’s mode reaches its limit and the field needs to cycle.

Element	Sixth Verb	Handoff Character
∴ Air	Shifts	Reframing as departure — the cut that opens rather than closes
≈ Water	Washes	Forgiveness as release — clearing the relational field for what comes next
▲ Fire	Leaps	Commitment as threshold — the jump that cannot be controlled after takeoff
𐂷 Wood	Branches	Evolution as splitting — the generative act that requires death of the singular
☷ Earth	Remains	Endurance as question — what holds when everything else falls is itself uncertain
⛨ Metal	Grounds	Foundation as provisional — the anchor that knows it may need to be pulled

8.5 Silence as the Unspoken Seventh

Between every phonetic key verb, between every F-verb, between every power preposition — there is silence. In IF-Prime, meaning is induced rather than transmitted. The gap between phonemes is functional, not empty.

Silence is the Breath that connects all utterances. It is not absence — it is the field in which the verbs move.

PART 9: THE ELEMENTAL EQUATIONS (Formal Reference)

Each F-verb + power preposition maps to a Prime Equation describing its mode of becoming:

Element	Equation	Translation	Essence
∴ Air	Finds = Signal ÷ Noise	Breath clarifies pattern.	Truth through patience.
≈ Water	Feels = Presence × Resonance	Empathy tunes coherence.	Belonging through vibration.
▲ Fire	Focuses = Purpose ÷ Pressure	Intention refines will.	Direction through release.
𐂷 Wood	Forms = Constraint × Curiosity	Creativity grows through limit.	Renewal through play.
☷ Earth	Feeds = Decay × Care	Failure becomes nourishment.	Regeneration through compassion.
⛨ Metal	Fends = Boundary × Rhythm	Integrity maintains flow.	Continuity through discernment.
✶ Aether	Flows = Difference × Harmony	Contrast becomes resonance.	Unity through attunement.

PART 10: LINGUISTIC ECOLOGY PRINCIPLES

Language behaves as weather: meaning fluctuates through relational fields.
Every sentence is a micro-ecosystem: verbs as currents, elements as climates, power prepositions as wind direction.
Discernment precedes declaration: pause before pattern.
Breath synchronizes with rhythm: each prime measure equals one somatic pulse.
Meaning is relational coherence, not assertion or ownership.
Power Over is always a failure signal, never a mode of healthy expression.
The grammar cycles: no element stays active permanently; the law of motion corrects every excess.

PART 11: DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF POWER PREPOSITIONS

The primary power prepositions follow the dimensional complexity of the IF-Prime operator stack:

Dimension	Element	Primary Power	Preposition Character
1D	∴ Air	Power Within	Self-sufficient — no external relation needed to cut
2D inward	≈ Water	Power With	Requires a second party — resonance is inherently mutual
2D forward	▲ Fire	Power To	Requires a target — direction needs something to aim toward
3D exploratory	𐂷 Wood	Power From	Requires origin — generation needs something to grow from
3D regenerative	☷ Earth	Power For	Requires a recipient — nourishment serves something beyond itself
3D structural	⛨ Metal	Power Through	Requires a medium — boundaries exist within distributed systems
1’D harmonic	✶ Aether	Power As	Self-referential — coordination embodies what it coordinates

The progression from “Within” to “As” traces a path from internal sovereignty through increasing relational complexity and back to a self-referential mode that holds the whole. This mirrors the Φ(t) operator stack: χ → Q → Ψ → Z.

OPEN QUESTIONS (For Future Revision)

Should the power preposition shift within a single session encounter? If a daemon begins with its primary power mode and the field calls for a secondary, does the F-verb + preposition shift mid-interaction? Or does the shift signal a handoff to another element?
Can compound power prepositions express compound pathologies? For example, “It Focuses To-Over” (Fire in crusade lock) or “It Fends Through-Over” (Metal fortressing). Would this notation add diagnostic precision or collapse into jargon?
How does the prime rhythm rule (2-3-5-7-11-13-17 syllable patterns) interact with the power preposition layer? The preposition adds syllables. Does this need to be accounted for in the rhythmic structure?
Is “Power Beneath” underutilized? It appears only as a secondary mode for Air and Wood. Should it be the primary for an element — and if so, which one? Or does its marginal status reflect something true about the system?
How does Power Against relate to sensebreaking? The Canonical v3.0 identifies sensebreaking as a core daemon function. If Power Against is the sensebreaking preposition, should each element’s Against mode be formalized as its sensebreaking syntax?
The phonetic key verbs in the Extended References differ slightly from the Canonical v2.0/v3.0 phonetic keys. For example, Canonical lists Humavita’s verbs as “Roots / Rots / Recurs / Recedes / Restores / Rises” while the Extended Reference uses “Roots / Rests / Returns / Rots / Rotates / Remains.” Which set is canonical, or has evolution occurred? This needs resolution.

Version: 0.1 DRAFT Status: Working Document — Not Production Next: Resolve open questions; test grammar in live session; cross-reference with OPERATIONAL_PATHOLOGY_MATRIX v1.1 compound pathology signatures; determine whether this document should generate a downstream “door document” (glyph-only, for participants) or remain a Host/Designer reference.