World — the living graph-world

# World — the living graph-world

> **[Concept · product direction]** How a Domain, Scenario, branches, situated context, MCP Will, and
> parallel Worlds relate. This is a concept map, not shipped runtime wiring. The owning contract is the
> [World specification](../../specs/world/README.md).

```mermaid
flowchart TB
  SOURCE["Premise · corpus · research · canon"] --> DOMAIN["Domain graph\nSystem · World · Fate"]
  DOMAIN --> SCENARIO["Scenario\nexplore + build the raw world"]
  SCENARIO --> BRANCH["Preserved branch states\ncanon + revisions + divergence"]
  DOMAIN --> BRANCH

  BRANCH -->|"any preserved state"| M1["World α\nparallel world"]
  BRANCH -->|"same or different state"| M2["World β\nparallel world"]
  BRANCH -->|"same or different state"| MN["World …\nparallel world"]

  subgraph WORLD["One configurable World"]
    CLOCK["Clock + cadence\nturns · active hours · rest"]
    TOPOLOGY["Graph topology\nlocation · access · information flow"]
    TOOLS["Tool ecology\ncapability · distribution · cost · permission"]
    INFO["Information state\nobservation · delivery · memory"]
    CONTEXT["Situated seat context\ncharacter · location · artifact · …"]
    WILL["Human / agent Will\nnatural language or manual choice"]
    MCP["MCP tool call\ntyped expression of Will"]
    RULES["Rule + permission gate\nSystem evaluates the call"]
    STATE["Shared world state + history"]
    ECON["Optional economies\ninformation · artifacts · resources"]
    EMERGENCE["Emergent society\ninstitutions · markets · status · norms · coalitions"]
    OBSERVE["Experimental record\nreplay · fork · compare · analyse"]
    STORY["Many cameras\nStories · Studio · spectator lenses"]

    CLOCK --> CONTEXT
    CLOCK --> RULES
    TOOLS --> CONTEXT
    TOOLS --> RULES
    TOPOLOGY --> INFO --> CONTEXT
    STATE --> CONTEXT
    STATE --> INFO
    CONTEXT --> WILL --> MCP --> RULES --> STATE
    STATE --> TOPOLOGY
    STATE <--> ECON
    STATE --> EMERGENCE
    INFO --> EMERGENCE
    ECON --> EMERGENCE
    TOOLS --> EMERGENCE
    STATE --> OBSERVE
    INFO --> OBSERVE
    ECON --> OBSERVE
    EMERGENCE --> OBSERVE
    STATE --> STORY
    INFO --> STORY
  end

  M1 -. "instance of" .-> WORLD

  SYSTEM["System constrains"] --> WORLD
  WORLD["World embodies"] --> WORLD
  FATE["Fate remains open"] --> WORLD

  WORLD --> LIFE["Pause · resume · conclude\nmigrate · upgrade"]
  WORLD --> METRICS["Live / posthoc metrics\nFate + Domain North Stars"]
  EVENTS["Governed injections\nreal-seeded · authored · synthetic"] --> RULES
```

The stable grammar:

```text
Domain defines. Branch preserves. Episode embodies. Scenario explores. World continues.
System constrains. World embodies. Fate remains open. Will makes the move.
```

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