# Map of Content — Interpretable Context Methodology Corpus

> Unified vault spanning two sources on the same methodology:
> - **Video** — *Interpretible Context Methodology & The Future of AI Dialogue* (YouTube, 26m38s)
> - **Paper** — *Interpretable Context Methodology: Folder Structure as Agent Architecture* (arXiv:2603.16021v2)

Start with [[_AGENT_PRIMER]]. Then [[arc-talk-vs-paper-altitude]] for orientation.

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## Cross-Day Synthesis Layer (`cross-day/`)

The view from above — only visible when both sources are read together.

### Arcs
- [[arc-talk-vs-paper-altitude]] — two altitudes of the same thesis
- [[arc-evidence-base-evolution]] — from anecdote to anecdote-plus-lineage
- [[open-arc-what-remains]] — open questions surviving both sources

### Tensions
- [[tension-absurdities-vs-bounded-scope]] — talk rhetoric vs paper precision
- [[tension-voice-future-vs-paper-non-support]] — voice finale lives outside paper scope

### Syntheses
- [[synthesis-five-layer-fills-the-gap]] — paper supplies the architecture talk omits
- [[synthesis-skill-equals-stage-contract]] — vocabulary unification
- [[synthesis-dialogue-to-context-engineering]] — Karpathy as conceptual bridge
- [[synthesis-single-agent-clarified]] — single agent → single orchestrator + subagents
- [[synthesis-three-levels-meets-stage-pipeline]] — maturity model meets staged pipeline
- [[synthesis-glass-box-meets-dialogue]] — inspectability as dialogue's pay-off
- [[synthesis-edit-source-as-dialogue-evolution]] — maintenance closes dialogue loop
- [[synthesis-workspace-builder-is-the-meta-dialogue]] — self-hosting dialogue extraction

### Recurring patterns
- [[recurring-foil-frameworks]] — LangChain / Semantic Kernel / AutoGen across both

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## Pillar — Video Source (per-day notes from talk)

### Concepts
- [[concept-icm-d1]] — Interpretible Context Methodology (talk framing)
- [[concept-dialogue-structure]] — Dialogue as workflow structure
- [[concept-three-levels-ai]] — Three levels of AI use
- [[concept-voice-collaboration]] — Real-time voice-driven AI collaboration

### Claims
- [[claim-icm-superiority]] — ICM outperforms multi-agent frameworks
- [[claim-l2-roi]] — L1→L2 jump is highest-ROI move
- [[claim-voice-future]] — Voice-driven AI is the future

### Frameworks
- [[framework-skill-creation]] — Skill creation via dialogue extraction

### Quotes
- [[quote-absurdities]] — "folders and markdown files… huge results"
- [[quote-l2-roi]] — "highest-ROI move"
- [[quote-dialogue-theme]] — "one core theme: discussion and dialogue"
- [[quote-voice-control]] — "sit inside of a group call and control… Claude code"

### Contrarian
- [[contrarian-frameworks]] — Multi-agent frameworks are over-engineered

### Action items
- [[action-implement-folders]] — Replace orchestration code with folders
- [[action-move-to-l2]] — Standardize prompts to reach L2
- [[action-codify-voice]] — Write voice-and-tone.md

### Prerequisites
- [[prereq-llm-context]] — LLM context windows
- [[prereq-markdown]] — Markdown basics

### Open questions
- [[question-icm-scaling]] — Does ICM scale to enterprise codebases?
- [[question-voice-security]] — How is voice-driven access secured?

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## Pillar — Paper Source (per-day notes from arXiv)

### Concepts
- [[concept-icm-d2]] — ICM (paper framing)
- [[concept-five-layer-hierarchy]] — Five-layer context hierarchy
- [[concept-stage-contracts]] — Stage contracts and review gates
- [[concept-context-scoping]] — Context scoping changes the task
- [[concept-icm-as-compilation]] — ICM as multi-pass compilation
- [[concept-observability-side-effect]] — Glass-box AI by construction
- [[concept-edit-source-principle]] — Edit source, not output
- [[concept-portability]] — Workspace is a folder

### Claims
- [[claim-token-efficiency]] — ~2–8k vs ~42k tokens
- [[claim-ushaped-intervention]] — U-shape human editing pattern
- [[claim-external-adoption]] — ICM adopted outside author's group

### Frameworks
- [[framework-icm-architecture]] — Canonical workspace layout
- [[framework-workspace-builder]] — Self-hosting meta-workspace

### Quotes
- [[quote-folder-controls-context]] — folder structure controls context
- [[quote-glass-box]] — never opaque in the first place
- [[quote-edit-source]] — editing source fixes every future run

### Contrarian
- [[contrarian-frameworks-overkill]] — Frameworks are overhead for this class
- [[contrarian-observability-free]] — Observability shouldn't require dashboards

### Action items
- [[action-numbered-stage-folders]] — Numbered stage folders
- [[action-review-gates]] — Human review at every stage boundary
- [[action-separate-l3-l4]] — Separate reference from working artifacts

### Prerequisites
- [[prereq-llm-context-windows]] — Lost in the middle
- [[prereq-unix-pipelines]] — Unix philosophy and pipe-and-filter

### Open questions
- [[question-controlled-comparison]] — Is staging better than monolithic?
- [[question-cross-model]] — Does ICM generalize across model families?
- [[question-semantic-debugging]] — Traceability, not just observability?

### Exhibits
- [[exhibit-icm-paper-figures]] — Paper figures and tables

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## Entities

See [[speakers]] for full speaker manifest.

### People
- [[entity-jake-van-clief]] — primary author, both sources
- [[entity-david-mcdermott]] — co-author, paper; participant, talk
- [[entity-k-kumar]] — built visual decision-tree mapping tool (talk only)
- [[entity-andrej-karpathy-d1]] — LLM Wiki social proof (talk)
- [[entity-andrej-karpathy-d2]] — context engineering scaffold (paper)

### Source artifacts
- [[entity-icm-paper]] — the paper (paper-side identity)
- [[entity-icm-paper-arxiv]] — the paper (talk-side companion reference)

### Tools and platforms
- [[entity-anthropic]] — maker of Claude
- [[entity-claude]] — Claude (talk framing)
- [[entity-claude-code]] — Claude Code: Opus 4.6 orchestrator + Sonnet 4.6 subagents (paper)
- [[entity-11labs]] — ElevenLabs voice cloning
- [[entity-remotion]] — React video framework

### Framework foils
- [[entity-langchain]] — both sources
- [[entity-semantic-kernel]] — both sources
- [[entity-autogen]] — paper only

### Adopters
- [[entity-external-adopters]] — Edinburgh, ICR, Bonn

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## Indexes
- [[_AGENT_PRIMER]] — full unified primer
- [[glossary]] — unified vocabulary
- [[speakers]] — speaker manifest