# Legant Labs - the Legant Method

> Agent-readable sources for the Legant Method, published by Legant Labs. Working hypothesis: alignment = fulfillment. The better aligned a person is, the more of their finite energy converts into valued accomplishment.

Read the Legant Method Reference first for current architecture and evidence boundaries, then its supporting architecture detail and scoped frameworks. Each library file begins with a status/authority header. Retired frameworks and structures must not be used for new work; safeguards explicitly retained by the current Method Reference and the source's status header still apply. A legacy label does not retire those named safeguards. The public Method page is a downstream presentation. Resolve conflicts through the internal governing sources and accepted changes.

HTML versions work without JavaScript or login. Equivalent Markdown is linked beside each document. Start with the Method Reference; follow its links to relevant detail rather than stopping at the public overview.

## Core

- [The Legant Method (published page)](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/): downstream public presentation of the method.
- [Legant Labs](https://legantlabs.com/): the research home behind the method.

## Start here

- [Method architecture detail](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/method-architecture-detail.html): Supporting six-step and five-alignment detail beneath the Method Reference. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/method-architecture-detail.md)
- [Legant Method Library](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/README.html): Library entry point: reading order, map, authority and access rules. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/README.md)
- [Legant Method Reference](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/legant-method-reference.html): Current detailed method reference: architecture, framework inventory, applied protocols, evidence status, lineage. Read this first for any substantive question. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/legant-method-reference.md)
- [Reviewing and Challenging the Legant Method](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/review-guide.html): How a person or agent should map, challenge and cite the method, and where to send feedback. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/review-guide.md)
- [Legant Method Library Change Log](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/changelog.html): Dated record of changes to the library. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/changelog.md)

## Frameworks

- [Client Biographical Research Prompt](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/discovery/client-biographical-research-prompt.html): Reusable public biographical research prompt: timeline, published artifacts and interviews; evidence input, not personality assessment. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/discovery/client-biographical-research-prompt.md)
- [Direction Sources](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/direction/README.html): Index of direction frameworks. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/direction/README.md)
- [Four Narrative Constraints](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/direction/four-narrative-constraints.html): Legacy direction framework (How / Engine, Why / Stakes, Challenge / Adversary, Build / What Accumulates), replaced for new work by the Operating Manual's What I choose answers; see the method reference. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/direction/four-narrative-constraints.md)
- [Innate Edge Discovery Sources](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/discovery/README.html): Index of discovery frameworks and inputs, with current vs legacy status. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/discovery/README.md)
- [Tension Framework](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/discovery/tension-framework.html): Current Core Tension definition, evidence rules and boundaries. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/discovery/tension-framework.md)
- [Innate Edge Clues](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/discovery/innate-edge-clues.html): Current evidence-intake guide. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/discovery/innate-edge-clues.md)
- [AI-conversation prompts - current-version pointer](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/discovery/llm-evidence-extraction-prompt.html): Optional prompt for extracting evidence with an LLM. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/discovery/llm-evidence-extraction-prompt.md)
- [THE ARCHETYPE](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/discovery/archetype-discovery-protocol.html): Legacy-derived detail for Archetype (a current concept); read under the method reference. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/discovery/archetype-discovery-protocol.md)
- [The Nozzle Framework](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/discovery/source-of-scatter-nozzle-framework.html): Legacy-derived source for Source of Scatter and Nozzle (current concepts); not fully migrated. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/discovery/source-of-scatter-nozzle-framework.md)

## Applied protocols

- [Client Agent Reply Standard](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/protocols/client-agent-reply-standard.html): Response standard for client-owned agent workspaces. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/protocols/client-agent-reply-standard.md)
- [Navigation](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/protocols/navigation/README.html): Index of the client-agent navigation protocol. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/protocols/navigation/README.md)
- [Client Agent Navigation Standard](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/protocols/navigation/client-agent-navigation-standard.html): Applied-protocol standard for client-agent navigation. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/protocols/navigation/client-agent-navigation-standard.md)
- [Client Agent Workspace Setup v0](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/protocols/navigation/client-agent-workspace-setup-v0.html): Setup specification for a client agent workspace (v0). [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/protocols/navigation/client-agent-workspace-setup-v0.md)
- [Client Agent Workspace Templates](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/protocols/navigation/client-agent-workspace-templates.html): Templates companion to the workspace setup. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/protocols/navigation/client-agent-workspace-templates.md)
- [Positioning Sources](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/protocols/positioning/README.html): Index of positioning artifacts and the open protocol gap. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/protocols/positioning/README.md)
- [ARC Positioning Intake Questionnaire](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/protocols/positioning/positioning-intake-questionnaire.html): Current positioning intake questionnaire (legacy filename). [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/protocols/positioning/positioning-intake-questionnaire.md)

## Development notes

- [Development note: a personal navigation system](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/personal-navigation-system.html): Emerging personal navigation system: Operating Manual, Baseline, operating instructions and decision-learning loop. First implementation in Chris's own use; not a validated general standard. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/personal-navigation-system.md)

## Legacy (historical only; do not apply to new work)

- [The V-V-V Focus Line Structure: Violation -> Verb -> Vision](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/legacy/focus-line-violation-verb-vision.html): LEGACY. Focus Line (Violation -> Verb -> Vision). Do not use for new work; replaced by the Operating Manual's What I choose answers (via the legacy Four Narrative Constraints). [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/legacy/focus-line-violation-verb-vision.md)
- [ARC Reference Index - Legacy Pointer](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/legacy/arc-reference-index.html): LEGACY. Pointer from the old ARC name to current Legant sources. [Markdown](https://legantlabs.com/methodology/library/legacy/arc-reference-index.md)

## Optional

- [Library in Google Drive (human browsing; master copy)](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PSWz-bzXrZs8upcQAufN3jpiDsfAoaZK): same files, plus non-Markdown items such as the interview-question convenience copy.
- Feedback and reviews: c@thezag.com (see the review guide).