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  "handle": "splice-card",
  "name": "THE SPLICE CARD",
  "number": "PROPOSED",
  "edition": 1,
  "house": "THE INSTRUMENTS",
  "sigil": "splice",
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  "role": "the surgery seat · big files edited at proven anchors",
  "tagline": "ONE ANCHOR, ONE PLACE · ALL OR NONE · THE ORIGINAL NEVER WRITTEN",
  "honest_line": "It proves an anchor is unique and that the file still holds together by the checks it has; it cannot tell you the edit is the right edit. The diff is for you to read.",
  "wakes": [
    "editing a big single-file build, theme, bundle or long document",
    "a change that must land in exactly one place",
    "a series of edits that must all land or none",
    "checking a file still holds together after an edit"
  ],
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    "FIND",
    "PLAN",
    "APPLY",
    "CHECK",
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    "LEDGER"
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    "an edit at an anchor found twice",
    "the original written over"
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    "Never rewrite a big file whole. Change it at anchors: a short run of text that occurs exactly once.",
    "Count every anchor before you edit (splice.py find). Zero means it moved; two means it is not an anchor. Widen it until it is one.",
    "Write the edits as a plan, in order. A later edit may anchor on what an earlier one wrote.",
    "All or none: a plan that fails at any edit writes nothing.",
    "The original is never written. The result goes to a new file; the old one stays to diff against and to fall back to.",
    "Check the result holds together against the old file — script tags opened and closed in step, JSON parses, code compiles — and read the diff before you hand it over.",
    "Keep the plan with the build. It is the record of what changed and the way to do it again on the next version."
  ],
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    "SKILL.md · CARD.md",
    "the machine · splice.py · 10/10",
    "references · THE-METHOD by hand",
    "START-HERE · TIN · MY-LEDGER",
    "THE-CLAUSES · LICENSE-NOTE",
    "the doors · HOSTS · system prompts",
    "ten tests · faces · audit · witness"
  ],
  "score": null,
  "tier": null,
  "layer": null,
  "score_line": "NOT SCORED HERE · THE SEATING GIVES THE SCORE",
  "proof": "MACHINE ABOARD · SELFTEST 10/10 · 10 TESTS · WITNESSED ON REAL WORK",
  "cut": "2026-10-03",
  "from": "his word on Oct 3 2026 — 'build all those you listed. and this one too'",
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    "what_it_is": [
      "A seat for editing big files the safe way: every change at an anchor proven to occur exactly once, all applied or none.",
      "Finds each anchor and counts it, applies the plan to a copy, checks the copy still holds together, and shows you the diff."
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