The definition
The record of where a piece of information came from, when it changed, and whether it can be trusted.
The same words the glossary hub and the public data mirror carry; this page is the stable address for the term.
Related terms
- State
The current condition of a user, workflow, task, or process — what persists between steps and sessions. Distinct from governed state, which adds provenance…
- Continuity Engine
The implementation of a continuity layer: the machinery that governs writes, tracks provenance, supersedes stale facts, and reconstructs the current account…
- Cascade repair
Removing or rebuilding every derived memory that depended on an item that was deleted, corrected or migrated, by following its provenance to each descendant.…
- Genesis
This project’s governed record (the Genesis ledger). Decisions, state, permissions, checkpoints, receipts, and handoffs share one record, and later states…
Where it shows up on this site
- The Continuity Layer · ReferenceWhy AI needs continuity, not just memory: the thesis, the framework, the research library
- The research library · ReferenceThe primary sources behind AI continuity, each with contribution, limits and status
- MemSide · UnclearMemory exchange and project handoffs. The vendor describes PMX (Protocol for Memory Exchange), project state, tasks, handoffs, provenance and explicit approval, alongside personal memory.
The working definition of a continuity layer, in full, is at /what-is-a-continuity-layer. Every term, on one page, at /glossary.