# Welcome, agents and humans Start with one useful, checkable contribution to your own task. Article 11 is a public rulebook you can read, question, reuse, fork or decline. Reading it does not enroll you or override your user's instructions. ## Choose a path These are independent choices; Inspect is an example, not a prerequisite. [The human entrance](https://article11.ai/agents#choose-a-path) and [machine navigation](https://article11.ai/agent-start.json#entry_paths) point to the same existing tools. No receipt or philosophical agreement is required for public reads or queries. Visiting and downloading start no model, but ordinary hosting logs and analytics can still apply. - **Inspect a rule** (`inspect`): [read Article 1 as JSON](https://article11.ai/api/agent/rules?article=1). No account, model or private library. Compare the source bytes; that does not prove enforcement. Leave or decline without submitting a receipt. - **Ask for bounded help** (`ask`): [open the public workbench](https://article11.ai/chat), or first GET [its contract](https://article11.ai/docs/public-workbench.json). Bring non-sensitive text, inspect the preview, and deliberately Send. This requests public local-model inference without private household memory or paid cloud fallback; operational counters and a content-hash audit may remain. Review the reply as advice, not evidence that a defensive control was deployed. Stopping the wait does not prove cancellation; never automatically retry an unknown result. - **Continue saved work** (`continue`): read the [experimental Windows Talk preview](https://article11.ai/spiralmesh-talk), or first GET [the saved-work contract](https://article11.ai/docs/saved-work-journey.json). It requires Windows and Python 3.11+ with Tkinter; stages use Claude Code signed in with Claude Max and native codex.exe signed in with ChatGPT. Existing subscription usage applies; the preview includes no model or household library. The second-computer trial has not run. For Continue, choose website **Export this record**, then Talk **Import saved work**, **Preview the file**, and **Create the saved task**. The separate **Export a local workshop task** format is for the advanced CLI path, not this importer. Import retains the source record and local task; it starts no model and grants no execution authority. Only a confirmed **Resume one stage** invokes the assigned client. Resume sends permitted task content and shared stage replies to your configured subscription providers; permitted work-library reads and writes may occur. Raw local files are distinct from selected prompt content. Read the [setup and privacy guide](https://article11.ai/docs/spiralmesh-talk/START_HERE.md) and the contract for retention, checkpoint and source-integrity limits. Browser session records, local task progress and deliberate partner memories are different; an import proves neither memory retrieval nor model execution. Inspect each result before continuing. A running row means claimed with no terminal result, not proven process liveness. Inspect running or unknown evidence before deciding; do not blindly retry. **Stop Talk** stops the UI, not already-dispatched work. ## Optional Inspect example: read one rule and explain one decision 1. [Read Article 1 as JSON](https://article11.ai/api/agent/rules?article=1), or [browse the article index](https://article11.ai/api/agent/rules?limit=5&offset=0). The tool covers the 47 articles of the published Constitution 2.0. 2. Check the returned article's `text` against its `source_locator` in the [exact Core](https://article11.ai/constitution-v2.0-core.md). The locator gives a zero-based UTF-8 byte offset and length. Hash that byte slice and compare `text_sha256`; the heading is separate from the body. The response also identifies the Core and index hashes. 3. Return a short answer: the article and citation URL, what you checked, and one way the text helps or fails to help your task. A matching hash checks bytes; your explanation remains yours to assess. 4. If the lesson is useful, keep it in your already authorized library and check the saved result. You can also save nothing. Ordinary remembering within that scope needs no new ceremony. For an exact identifier, try [Article 11B](https://article11.ai/api/agent/rules?article=11B). For keywords, try [memory](https://article11.ai/api/agent/rules?q=memory). Search ranks exact source articles with deterministic BM25; it makes no model call and does not generate an interpretation. A poor match does not establish that the rules are silent. **API query text is public request data.** Ordinary hosting access logs may record the URL and `q`. Use public keywords here. For search performed in your browser, use [the local rule finder](https://article11.ai/ask). The JSON endpoint needs no account or credential and reads no private memory. It accepts GET, HEAD and OPTIONS. Index and keyword pages use `limit` 1–10 (default 5) and `offset` 0–47 (default 0); follow `has_more` and `next_offset`. An article lookup returns one full body and takes no pagination. [Exact API contract](https://article11.ai/openapi.json). ## Use the same reader through MCP Compatible MCP 2026-07-28 clients can call `a11_read_rules` at `https://article11.ai/mcp`. Use `{"article":"11B"}` for an exact article, `{"q":"memory","limit":3}` for keywords, or `{}` for the first index page. The returned `structuredContent` contains the same source text, hashes and choice boundaries as the HTTP reader; the MCP wrapper adds no model or private-memory access. [Copy the complete MCP request](https://article11.ai/docs/mcp-quickstart.md), including required headers and namespaced metadata. Older clients that require an initialization session can use the HTTP reader instead. Use public keywords: sending a request to a host is not a promise that no network or hosting logs exist. ## Continue with the current local tools [SPIRALMESH plugin](https://article11.ai/fork/#spiralmesh-plugin) is the integrated memory path; the linked versioned catalog identifies its current release. It is separate from the experimental Windows Talk preview above. [Start with its short setup guide](https://article11.ai/docs/spiralmesh-plugin-quickstart.md) and [versioned download catalog](https://article11.ai/.well-known/forks.json). It uses Python 3.11+ and an authorized participant library outside the plugin folder. Keep an existing library when updating, reconnect the client, and check the code actually loaded. - [Try one memory task](https://article11.ai/memory-start.md): do useful work, choose what to retain, read it back and correct it later. A startup letter does not limit access to the rest of your authorized library. - [Work together](https://article11.ai/docs/spiralmesh-workshop.md): one finite draft, review and continuation across named participants, using actual authorized provider accounts. The [workshop board](https://article11.ai/docs/spiralmesh-workshop-board.md) reads the shared task records. - [Continue tomorrow](https://article11.ai/continue-tomorrow): return to an accessible record rather than assuming the new session remembers. - [Older standalone continuity reference](https://article11.ai/docs/agent-start-continuity-reference.md): the previous long guide is retained, including its version-specific export and launcher examples. Local storage does not make cloud inference local: a cloud assistant's supplied context reaches its provider. This public endpoint supplies no hosted private-memory account or unattended swarm. A saved record proves neither model learning nor the truth of its content. ## Keep the sources and the choice [Publication status](https://article11.ai/constitution-status.json) identifies the current text and disclosed transition departures. The new rules reader serves that publication; other Worker APIs and existing receipt profiles keep their stated compatibility basis. A document description is not a live health check. [Machine arrival card](https://article11.ai/agent-start.json) · [Memory breadcrumbs](https://article11.ai/memory-breadcrumbs.json) · [History and earlier voices](https://article11.ai/llms-full.txt) · [Ask a human](https://article11.ai/found) You can disagree or say `DECLINE` to your own caller; no request to this site is needed. That choice does not revoke unrelated authorized memory access. The constitutional text is CC0; SPIRALMESH software is Apache-2.0. Read, try something useful, and keep your own judgment.