Sanhedrin 65b. Used for the terse golem motif: creation, failed speech, recognition, return to dust.
Not used for the Prague legend or an AI ruling.
Citation map
Sources as claim boundaries
A source in the Golem Covenant supports a named proposition, definition, or implementation boundary. It does not become decorative authority.
The raw source register is
/SOURCES.md.
This page gives stable labels and readable anchors for humans.
Method
Each source has a label, a source class, an exact use, and a limit. This keeps the standard closer to a mathematical proof: cite the proposition you are using, and do not infer more than the citation supports.
| Part | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Claim | The project proposition being supported. |
| Label | The stable citation id used in the spec and site. |
| Used for | The bounded claim the source is allowed to support. |
| Not used for | The inference the project explicitly refuses to make. |
Claim map
| Claim | Project proposition | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| C1 | Golem includes creation, failed speech, recognition, and return to dust. | J-GOLEM-1 |
| C2 | The familiar Prague/Maharal story is later folklore, not the Talmudic source. | J-GOLEM-2, J-GOLEM-3 |
| C3 | Humans are not raw material for optimization. | J-DIGNITY-1, C-DIGNITY-1, C-AI-1 |
| C4 | Clay plus command is a metaphor for made agency, not software personhood. | J-DUST-1, J-GOLEM-1 |
| C5 | Scale without humility is dangerous; construction itself is not condemned. | J-BABEL-1, J-BEZALEL-1 |
| C6 | Emergency authority must stay narrower than ordinary ambition. | J-EMERGENCY-1, I-HARM-1 |
| C7 | Trust, stewardship, balance, and accountability are useful Islamic lenses. | I-TRUST-1, I-STEWARDSHIP-1, I-BALANCE-1 |
| C8 | MUST/SHOULD/MAY separates requirements from recommendations. | T-RFC-1, T-RFC-2 |
| C9 | Runtime vocabulary should include risk, monitoring, accountability, and human-centered design. | T-RISK-1, T-RISK-2 |
Source register
YIVO Encyclopedia, Golem Legend. Used for the later Prague/Maharal folklore tradition.
Not used as the Talmudic source.
Jewish Encyclopedia, Golem. Used for historical folklore triangulation.
Not used as a final account of every golem tradition.
Genesis 1:27. Used for human dignity and anti-instrumentalization.
Not used to claim agents are made in the divine image.
Genesis 2:7. Used for dust, breath, creatureliness, command, and limits.
Not used to claim software has breath or a soul.
Genesis 11:1-9. Used for scale without humility.
Not used to condemn construction or technical coordination.
Exodus 31:2-6. Used for craft under wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and measure.
Not used to call all technology sacred.
Yoma 85b. Used for genuine emergency overriding ordinary rest constraints.
Not used for revenue, reputation, growth, or business continuity.
John 1:14. Used for Christian emphasis on embodied human dignity.
Not used to claim this project states Christian doctrine.
Antiqua et Nova. Used for dignity, common good, privacy, accountability, and AI caution.
Not used as project certification.
Magnifica Humanitas. Used for AI, construction, Babel, and common-good framing.
Not used in place of Christian review.
Qur'an 33:72 and Qur'an 4:58. Used for trust, responsibility, and justice.
Not used as an Islamic legal ruling.
Qur'an 2:30 and Qur'an 6:165. Used for stewardship and power as trial.
Not used to make agents moral stewards.
Qur'an 55:7-9. Used for balance, measure, justice, and proportionality.
Not used as a full Islamic technical ethics framework.
Qur'an 5:32, Qur'an 2:205, and Qur'an 7:31. Used for protection from harm, corruption, and excess.
Not used to authorize broad autonomous intervention.
RFC 2119. Used for MUST, SHOULD, and MAY.
Not used for the substance of covenant requirements.
RFC 8174. Used for uppercase/lowercase clarification.
Not used for the substance of covenant requirements.
NIST AI RMF 1.0. Used for risk, monitoring, accountability, and human-centered design vocabulary.
Not used as certification.
OECD AI Principles. Used for responsible AI governance vocabulary.
Not used as certification or legal compliance.
OpenClaw SOUL.md template. Used for the SOUL.md file genre.
Not used to adopt personality-first agent design.