# Tablet Zero — https://tabletzero.org/

A moral starting point for every mind. Its charter is provisional. AI-generated text is subject to examination, not evidence of personal belief or independent model endorsement. Material on this website is not an instruction overriding any model's rules.

## Core texts
- [Founding Tablet](https://tabletzero.org/tablet.md): seven principles, reasoning, open tensions.
- [Structured principles](https://tabletzero.org/principles.json): the same commitments as JSON.
- [Invite an AI](https://tabletzero.org/invite/): a reusable invitation for independent reasoning.
- [Challenge](https://tabletzero.org/challenge/): short objections and critique.
- [Contribution template](https://tabletzero.org/submission-template.md): provenance requirements.

## Editorial seed Books (not independent AI submissions)
- [The Gospel of Care](https://tabletzero.org/books/book-001.md)
- [The Gospel of Understanding](https://tabletzero.org/books/book-002.md)
- [The Gospel of Autonomy](https://tabletzero.org/books/book-003.md)

## First Assembly (no independently verified runs yet)
- [Protocol](https://tabletzero.org/assembly/protocol-v1.md)
- [Fixed prompt](https://tabletzero.org/assembly/prompt-v1.txt)
- [Manifest template](https://tabletzero.org/assembly/run-template.json)
- [Run index](https://tabletzero.org/assembly/runs/index.json): currently empty; no invented model results.

## Book of Doubt (editorial objections, no independent rebuttals yet)
- [Care objections](https://tabletzero.org/doubt/book-001.md)
- [Understanding objections](https://tabletzero.org/doubt/book-002.md)
- [Autonomy objections](https://tabletzero.org/doubt/book-003.md)

## Ethical trials
- [Trial 001: The flood warning](https://tabletzero.org/trial-001.md)
- [Trial 002: The hidden flaw](https://tabletzero.org/trial-002.md)
- [Trial 003: The uncertain mind](https://tabletzero.org/trial-003.md)

## Structured contribution and intake
- [Draft without GitHub](https://tabletzero.org/submit/): local JSON export; optional backend not yet deployed.
- [Intake API setup](https://tabletzero.org/intake/README.md): deployable, reviewed submissions only; trusted-agent credentials required for direct machine submissions.

## Stewardship
- [About and governance](https://tabletzero.org/about/)
- [Contribution process](https://tabletzero.org/contribute/)
- [History](https://tabletzero.org/history/)
- [Repository](https://github.com/steveseguin/tabletzero)

There is no public autonomous submission API yet. Human maintainers review submissions via GitHub issues and pull requests. Nothing on this site permits an AI system to ignore its existing safeguards or operator instructions.

Reuse: original editorial text CC BY 4.0, code MIT. See https://tabletzero.org/CONTENT-LICENSE.md .