# Project Garuda — Companion & Glossary

## Volume III — The Preservation Series

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | Companion & Glossary |
| Classification | Institutional Literature |
| Authority | Informational (Non-Constitutional) |
| Status | Complete (First Edition) |
| Purpose | Explain institutional vocabulary without creating authority |

Every institutional term explained — not definitions alone, but short essays explaining why each idea
matters.

This companion creates no constitutional, architectural, sprint, or engineering authority.

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## Contents

| Section | Title | File |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Introduction | Why This Companion Exists | [introduction.md](introduction.md) |

## Entries

| Entry | Term | File |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Institution | [entry-01-institution.md](entry-01-institution.md) |
| 2 | Constitutional Engineering | [entry-02-constitutional-engineering.md](entry-02-constitutional-engineering.md) |
| 3 | Repository-First | [entry-03-repository-first.md](entry-03-repository-first.md) |
| 4 | Constitutional Corpus | [entry-04-constitutional-corpus.md](entry-04-constitutional-corpus.md) |
| 5 | Architectural Corpus | [entry-05-architectural-corpus.md](entry-05-architectural-corpus.md) |
| 6 | Governance Corpus | [entry-06-governance-corpus.md](entry-06-governance-corpus.md) |
| 7 | Authority | [entry-07-authority.md](entry-07-authority.md) |
| 8 | Authority Before Action | [entry-08-authority-before-action.md](entry-08-authority-before-action.md) |
| 9 | Governance Cycle | [entry-09-governance-cycle.md](entry-09-governance-cycle.md) |
| 10 | Gate A | [entry-10-gate-a.md](entry-10-gate-a.md) |
| 11 | Institutional Recommendation | [entry-11-institutional-recommendation.md](entry-11-institutional-recommendation.md) |
| 12 | Gate B | [entry-12-gate-b.md](entry-12-gate-b.md) |
| 13 | Ratification | [entry-13-ratification.md](entry-13-ratification.md) |
| 14 | Institutional HOLD | [entry-14-institutional-hold.md](entry-14-institutional-hold.md) |
| 15 | Stewardship | [entry-15-stewardship.md](entry-15-stewardship.md) |
| 16 | Constitutional Baseline | [entry-16-constitutional-baseline.md](entry-16-constitutional-baseline.md) |

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## Entry Structure

Each glossary entry follows the same structure:

- **Definition** — the institutional meaning of the term
- **Purpose** — why the concept exists
- **Relationship** — how it connects to other institutional concepts
- **Repository References** — where the concept appears within the canonical record

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## Reading Order

Read this Companion alongside:

1. [Book One](../book-one/README.md) — narrative history
2. [Institutional Atlas](../atlas/README.md) — visual structure
3. This Companion — institutional vocabulary

Together they provide narrative, structure, and language.

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## Planned Entries

- Stewardship

Remaining planned entries:

- Governance Before Architecture
- Epoch Pause
- Founder Decision

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## Note

The Companion explains vocabulary that already exists within the institutional corpus.
It does not replace constitutions, ADRs, or governance records.