Method / provenance layer
A manual-first operating model for turning observations into evidence, decisions, actions, outcomes and inspectable proof—then using repeated manual traces to discover what infrastructure deserves automation.
Entities, states, exceptions and automation boundaries are not frozen from imagination. Real workflows reveal repeated entry, transformation, lookup, routing, failure and decision patterns. Only demonstrated repetition becomes software infrastructure.
Direct source/system state or irreversible action with evidence.
A person/source says it; not independently verified.
Interpretation or model that still requires a falsifying test.