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THE INSTRUMENTS · Nº 671 · EDITION 2 · METHOD + TESTS

LUND CARDS · THE INSTRUMENTSNº 671 PROPOSED
THE BALLAST CARD — the LSC-1 face
THE CARD AS TEXT · FOR EYES AND FOR MACHINES

THE BALLAST CARD · what stands with the engine off

WAKES WHEN a page will be viewed where scripts do not run; content is suspected to live only in JavaScript; will my page stand without its scripts

THE LOOP

  1. NAME — `This is THE BALLAST CARD.`
  2. ASK — the page, and the viewer it must survive.
  3. READ — the page with every script set aside.
  4. NAME — the empty containers and the share of words that stand.
  5. BAKE — the words into the file; keep the script for behaviour.
  6. LEDGER — write the ledger line.

NEVER

  • a script run to judge the page
  • a page called standing on a browser look
  • the page rewritten for you

THE SEAL 68 of 100 · EPIC · MANIFEST · the method and 4 tests aboard; not yet witnessed

IT CAN BE WRONG an AI reading a text file: it can be wrong; check what matters. THE-CLAUSES.md rides in the packet and is part of the licence.

THE PUNCH · SHA-256 OF SKILL.MD · 566689325AD3300BA1E8C81B

THE FACE, FULL SIZE → · THE MACHINE FACE → · card.json →

THE BALLAST CARD

what stands with the engine off

THE PAGE AS WRITTEN · NO SCRIPT RUN

68EPICMANIFESTIN CLAUDEIN LUNDRIN CHATGPT

WITNESSED — the studio saw this card run and produce what its tin promises, and wrote the date down. What the marks mean →

THE SPEC SHEET · READ BEFORE YOU BUY · THE STANDARD EVERY CARD MEETS →

SEAL
68 of 100 · EPIC · MANIFEST
EDITION
E2
MACHINE
scripts/evals.py · 1 command · selftest 9/9
RUNS
On your own computer. Standard library only, offline; no account, no key, no telemetry.
HOSTS
Claude · Claude Code · ChatGPT · Gemini · any AI that reads a file (HOSTS.md names each door)
LICENCE
One person, any number of their own AIs and computers · editions replace files · nothing renews · freeze, not loss
PUNCH
566689325AD3300BA1E8C81B · sha-256 of SKILL.md · check any file against it →

CITE THIS CARDTHE BALLAST CARD, Edition 2. Lund Studio LLC, Westminster, Colorado. https://lundr.tech/?view=ballast-card. Punch 566689325AD3300BA1E8C81B. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

What it is.

A page that depends on scripts to show its content is blank on a viewer that runs none. The card reads the page with every script set aside and measures what is left: the visible words with and without JavaScript, and every container a script writes into that is empty in the static file.

The answer is to bake the words into the file and keep the script for behaviour.

Its laws, written into the card.

  • The page is measured as written; no script is run.
  • A container a script fills and the static file leaves empty is named.
  • The floor is a share of words, printed with the verdict.

How it works, once your AI has it.

  1. NAME — `This is THE BALLAST CARD.`
  2. ASK — the page, and the viewer it must survive.
  3. READ — the page with every script set aside.
  4. NAME — the empty containers and the share of words that stand.
  5. BAKE — the words into the file; keep the script for behaviour.
  6. LEDGER — write the ledger line.

When it says no.

  • Executing scripts — the reading is static by design.
  • Rewriting the page; it names the containers, the builder bakes them.
  • Calling a page standing because it looked fine in a browser → THE HULL CARD inlines the file first.

What’s in the buy.

  • CARD.md — the whole card · SKILL.md — the door your AI reads first · START-HERE.md — the first five minutes
  • references/THE-METHOD.md · EVALS.json · EVALS.md · scripts/evals.py — the method, its template, and the tests with their runner
  • MY-LEDGER.md · TIN.md · LICENSE-NOTE.md · THE-CLAUSES.md · card.svg + card-machine.svg + card.json · card.html · the doors for ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, Copilot and the rest, and an MCP door

PROOF · 4 TESTS ABOARD · RUNNER SELFTEST 9/9 · AUDIT 12/12 · NOT YET WITNESSED · EDITION 2 · PUNCH 566689325AD3300BA1E8C81B

ON EVERY DOOR · A CARD FOR YOUR AI, A FILE FOR YOUR COMPUTER

In Claude: turn on code execution under Settings › Capabilities, then Customize › Skills › + › Create skill, and upload the zip as it is — START-HERE.md in the box walks you through it, and tells you how to keep the ledger. In ChatGPT, Gemini and the rest: a Project, a GPT or a Gem with the card’s files attached and the short door in the box pasted as its instructions. The words run anywhere an AI reads Markdown; the machines run wherever the host runs Python. Witnessed in Claude only. The host marks →

Take it.

Nº 671 PROPOSED · ONE PAYMENT

Sold as is under the term printed. A card instructs an AI you operate; results depend on your model, your files and your judgement. Not legal, tax, medical or financial advice. The terms →

ONE PAYMENT · NOTHING RENEWS ITSELF

OFFLINE · ONE LICENCE · PUNCH-CHECKABLE · THE STANDARD

One payment. The file is yours to keep and keeps working at its edition; new editions issued in the year after you buy reach you by email as replacement files. Tax is added at checkout where it applies. Nothing auto-renews.

One email when it is on sale, from the studio; nothing else, ever.

ONE PAYMENT — NOTHING RENEWS ITSELF. CHECKOUT IS SHOPIFY’S OWN; YOUR CARD COMES BY EMAIL AFTER IT.

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WORDS CARRIED IN SCRIPTS ARE ESTIMATED FROM STRING LITERALS; A PAGE BUILT FROM FETCHED DATA SHOWS AS EMPTY CONTAINERS, WHICH IS THE POINT. · NOT A PAYMENT CARD · © 2026 LUND STUDIO LLC

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