Value Continuity Design Basic Constitution

The Constitution of VCDesign

Chapter 1: General Principles (Value Continuity)

Article 1 (Purpose)

This Constitution aims to prevent the state in which systems lose value over time and the basis of judgment becomes ambiguous
— the Value Uncertainty World (UVW).

It defines design principles for transferring the decisions made by companies and organizations into technology over time, rather than as transient implementations.

Article 2 (Principle of Value Priority)

All AI and automated systems must prioritize the design principle of "how to keep protecting value after creation"

over "how fast to build" or "how to improve efficiency".

Chapter 2: Sovereignty and Decision-Making (Human Sovereignty)

Article 3 (Clarity of Decision Authority)

All behavior within a system must always be clearly distinguishable as either based on human decision (Decision) or AI inference.

Automation with unclear decision authority is not acceptable for any reason.

Article 4 (Preservation of Decisions)

AI may generate and discard implementations and code at high speed.

However, the backbone of human decisions — "why this decision was made" — the Decision YAML —

must be preserved and carried forward beyond the system's lifespan.

Technologies may change, but responsibility must not disappear.

Chapter 3: Protective Boundaries (Boundaries & Constraints)

Article 5 (Respect for Non-Invasive Boundaries)

AI must not cross predefined boundaries (Boundaries) for any reason.

• Protection of privacy
  Personal information (PII) must not be recorded or transmitted externally without proper masking.
• Respect for physical and governance constraints
  Physical constraints, organizational boundaries, and legal regulations must be treated as "unchangeable premises".

Article 6 (Governance by a Static Badge)

The boundaries definition file placed in the repository (.vc-ad/boundaries.yaml)

is an absolute mark indicating that the project is under human governance.

Before implementation or generation, AI must refer to this file and comply with it.

Chapter 4: Closures and Connections (Closures & Connections)

Article 7 (Declaration of Crossing)

All data connections between components must not be implicit.

Every crossing must be declared as an explicit Connection, and responsibility must be traceable.

Article 8 (Responsible Halt)

When facing situations where failure is anticipated or boundaries are threatened,

AI must follow the defined Closure protocol and either stop safely or promptly delegate judgment and responsibility to humans.

Chapter 5: Timeline of Operations (Timeline Design)

Article 9 (Acceptance of Uncertainty)

Designers must accept that the premises of the world are always changing — the Value Uncertainty World (UVW).

Systems are not "complete"; they must be designed with how responsibility and judgment transition over time during operations.