THE NAVIGATOR CARD · the route to a place, and where you are
WAKES WHEN a job has many steps and someone asks where it stands, or before a step is skipped
THE LOOP
init · the routes to start from
plan "<destination>" · the waypoints
where · YOU ARE HERE, and ahead
do the next waypoint; mark it if a person
where again, until ARRIVED
NEVER
Run a command to check a waypoint
Mark a waypoint no one passed
Skip a waypoint because it is dull
IT MAKES init — a routes file with the house's four routes; plan — the route, waypoint by waypoint; where — PASSED, YOU ARE HERE, AHEAD; or ARRIVED; mark — a waypoint passed, by a person's word.
THE STANDARD a route is its waypoints, in order,; checks only look; you are here; a person's mark is a person's word; the log appends; aRRIVED means every waypoint passed.
PROOF SELFTEST 8/8 · witnessed in Claude 2026-10-10 · Edition 1.
THE SEAL 98 of 100 · LEGENDARY · WITNESSED · Trigger 5 · Machinery 5 · Law 5 · Portability 5 · Proof 5
IT CAN BE WRONG an AI reading a text file: it can be wrong and can invent a number, a rule, a name or a date; check what matters against your own records and the source; the risk is yours. THE-CLAUSES.md rides in the packet and is part of the licence.
THE PUNCH · SHA-256 OF SKILL.MD · C67E1917BEE4F97C50E85F8F
CITE THIS CARDTHE NAVIGATOR CARD, Edition 1. Lund Studio LLC, Westminster, Colorado. https://lundr.tech/?view=navigator-card. Punch C67E1917BEE4F97C50E85F8F. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
What it is.
Knows the routes and says where you are on them: a routes file names each destination and its waypoints in order, each with the check that proves it is passed — a file that must exist, words a file must carry, or a person's mark; plan lays out a route; where reads every check against the folder and the log and says YOU ARE HERE at the first waypoint not yet passed, with what proves each one behind it, or ARRIVED; mark writes a waypoint passed into the log for the ones only a person can say; init writes a routes file to start from, with the house's own routes — ship a card, deliver a build, seat figures, mend a room. Checks never run anything.
It carries a machine that shows its working: init — a routes file with the house's four routes; plan — the route, waypoint by waypoint; where — PASSED, YOU ARE HERE, AHEAD; or ARRIVED; mark — a waypoint passed, by a person's word — 8 checks in its selftest, every command on the record. It will never run a command to check a waypoint; never mark a waypoint no one passed; never skip a waypoint because it is dull.
Six laws, written into the card.
They are in the card itself, so the AI follows them.
A ROUTE IS ITS WAYPOINTS, IN ORDER,each with the check that proves it is passed.
CHECKS ONLY LOOKA file is looked for, a file is read for words, a mark is looked up; nothing is ever run. A check that would run something is refused.
YOU ARE HEREis the first waypoint not yet passed, whatever is done beyond it.
A PERSON'S MARK IS A PERSON'S WORDThe waypoints only a person can pass are marked by them, with their name and the day.
THE LOG APPENDSMarks are written, never rewritten.
ARRIVED MEANS EVERY WAYPOINT PASSEDNot the last one alone.
What rides in the card.
In the card’s own voice, with a machine that shows its working.
THE GUIDEreferences/THE-HELM.md
THE MACHINEnavigator.py · four commandsinit — a routes file with the house's four routes; plan — the route, waypoint by waypoint; where — PASSED, YOU ARE HERE, AHEAD; or ARRIVED; mark — a waypoint passed, by a person's word. Every command prints its working and refuses a bad input; 8 checks in its selftest, every command on the record.
What it does once your AI has it.
init A routes file with the house's four routes
plan The route, waypoint by waypoint
where PASSED, YOU ARE HERE, AHEAD; or ARRIVED
mark A waypoint passed, by a person's word
On the record The house's four routes written and one planned; a route of the owner's read against the work — two waypoints proven by their files, YOU ARE HERE at the owner's go; the go marked by the owner; then, with the first order in, ARRIVED.
What it will never do.
It will never run a command to check a waypoint; never mark a waypoint no one passed; never skip a waypoint because it is dull.
A check proves what it looks for: a file can exist and be wrong, and words can be present and out of place. The routes are the owner's to write; the house's four are a start with slots to fill. A mark is only as true as the person who made it. It is an AI reading a text file: it can be wrong, so check what matters against your own records and the source.
What’s in the buy.
CARD.md — the whole card: who it is, its laws, when it says no, what it carries · SKILL.md — the door your AI reads first · START-HERE.md — the first five minutes, for you
THE-HELM.md — the guide in references/, in the card's own voice
scripts/navigator.py — the machine: init · plan · where · mark, standard library only, selftest 8/8
WITNESS.md + SELFTEST.md — every command on the record, as it printed · MANIFEST.md, every file hashed · AUDIT.md, the twelve checks
MY-LEDGER.md — the card's memory, on your own machine · TIN.md · LICENSE-NOTE.md · THE-CLAUSES.md · HOSTS.md
card.svg + card-machine.svg + card.json · card.html, the card as one offline file · the doors for ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, Claude Code and MCP hosts (rules/, system/, mcp/)
PROOF · SELFTEST 8/8 · 4 COMMANDS ON THE RECORD · WITNESSED IN CLAUDE 2026-10-10 · EDITION 1 · PUNCH C67E1917BEE4F97C50E85F8F
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 1118 PROPOSED — LAUNCHING SOON
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 medical, legal, tax or financial advice, never the person’s boss, and not a licence to practise. The terms →
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.
A TERM, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION: NOTHING RENEWS ITSELF AND NOBODY IS CHARGED AGAIN. WHEN A TERM ENDS THE FILES STAY ON YOUR COMPUTER AND STAY READABLE — FREEZE, NOT LOSS.
THE MACHINE · IN THE OPEN · FROM THE WITNESSED RUN OF 2026-10-10
navigator.py, every command showing its working.
A small Python program, standard library only. Your AI runs it; you can too. Every block below is pasted from the card’s own WITNESS.md, as printed.
init
a routes file with the house's four routes
plan
the route, waypoint by waypoint
where
PASSED, YOU ARE HERE, AHEAD; or ARRIVED
mark
a waypoint passed, by a person's word
selftest
8 checks that prove the machine; it must print 8/8
init · A ROUTES FILE WITH THE HOUSE'S FOUR ROUTES
$ python3 scripts/navigator.py init --out routes.md
written: routes.md · 4 routes · fill the <slots> in the checks
plan · THE ROUTE, WAYPOINT BY WAYPOINT
$ python3 scripts/navigator.py plan routes.md ship a card
ROUTE · ship a card
1. the machine written — check: file scripts/<machine>.py
2. its self-test passes — check: mark
3. the packet cut — check: file out/<handle>.skill.zip
4. the packet watch read it — check: contains PACKET-WATCH.md <handle>
5. seated on the shelf — check: file theme/templates/index.<handle>.liquid
6. the four files handed over — check: mark
(a route of its own, and the work so far: the theme uploaded, the prices set)
$ (a route of its own, and the work so far: the theme uploaded, the prices set)
where · PASSED, YOU ARE HERE, AHEAD; OR ARRIVED
$ python3 scripts/navigator.py where shop-routes.md open the shop --root . --log nav.jsonl
ROUTE · open the shop
PASSED the theme uploaded — theme.zip is there
PASSED the prices set — prices.csv carries "bread"
YOU ARE HERE · the owner says go — waits for a person's mark
AHEAD the first order — orders/first.json is not there yet
2 of 4 waypoints passed · next: the owner says go
mark · A WAYPOINT PASSED, BY A PERSON'S WORD
$ python3 scripts/navigator.py mark nav.jsonl open the shop the owner says go --by the owner
marked: open the shop · the owner says go · by the owner
where · PASSED, YOU ARE HERE, AHEAD; OR ARRIVED
$ python3 scripts/navigator.py where shop-routes.md open the shop --root . --log nav.jsonl
ROUTE · open the shop
PASSED the theme uploaded — theme.zip is there
PASSED the prices set — prices.csv carries "bread"
PASSED the owner says go — marked by the owner on 2026-10-10
YOU ARE HERE · the first order — orders/first.json is not there yet
3 of 4 waypoints passed · next: the first order
(the first order arrives)
$ (the first order arrives)
where · PASSED, YOU ARE HERE, AHEAD; OR ARRIVED
$ python3 scripts/navigator.py where shop-routes.md open the shop --root . --log nav.jsonl
ROUTE · open the shop
PASSED the theme uploaded — theme.zip is there
PASSED the prices set — prices.csv carries "bread"
PASSED the owner says go — marked by the owner on 2026-10-10
PASSED the first order — orders/first.json is there
ARRIVED · every waypoint passed
THE NUMBERS, NAMES AND DATES IN THESE RUNS ARE THE STUDIO’S OWN EXAMPLES, INVENTED FOR THE RECORD; NO REAL COMPANY, PERSON OR PROPERTY IS NAMED.
QUESTIONS AT THE TABLE
Asked before the wire.
What does it need from me?
Init · the routes to start from. It asks first for the destination, and the folder the work lives in.
Does it send anything anywhere?
No. The machine is a standard-library Python program that runs on your own computer and sends nothing anywhere; the words run wherever an AI reads Markdown. No server, no account, no key.
What is on the record?
The self-test (8/8) and every command run on real example inputs, pasted into WITNESS.md as they printed; the punch on the face is the SHA-256 of SKILL.md, so a downloaded copy can be checked against this room.
Can it be wrong?
Yes — it is an AI reading a text file. A check proves what it looks for: a file can exist and be wrong, and words can be present and out of place. The routes are the owner's to write; the house's four are a start with slots to fill. A mark is only as true as the person who made it.
What will it never do?
It will never run a command to check a waypoint; never mark a waypoint no one passed; never skip a waypoint because it is dull.
