arcanea-metalisted

# Arcanea Meta The system describing itself with the same primitives it uses to build everything else. This skill is the load-bearing meta layer — the place to start when you don't know where something lives. ## Mental model Arcanea is **not one repo**. It is an ecosystem of ~90 repos at github.com/frankxai, plus four installed plugins, plus a hierarchy of skills/commands/agents/hooks at three scopes: ``` GLOBAL (~/.claude/) ← user-scope, every project sees this PROJECT (<repo>/.claude/) ← per-repo overrides + additions PLUGIN (~/.claude/plugins/cache/) ← marketplace-installed (read-only) ``` Most failures come from forgetting which scope a thing lives in. Default rule: **if it's reusable across repos, put it global. If it's Arcanea-specific, put it project. Never duplicate across both.** ## Canonical locations (verified 2026-04-15, see `references/canonical-locations.md` for full table) | Concern | Canonical | Why | |---|---|---| | Memory | `~/.claude/projects/C--Users-frank-Arcanea/memory/` | Auto-loaded via MEMORY.md every turn | | ACOS source | `~/agentic-creator-os/` | Has FRANK_DNA.md + memory.db (irreplaceable) | | ACOS runtime | `~/.claude/acos/` | What the harness actually invokes | | Arcanea monorepo | `~/Arcanea/` | Web app + packages + lore + book | | Validation contract | `~/Arcanea/CLAUDE.md` § Cached-Belief Validation Protocol | Loads every turn | | Hooks (project) | `~/Arcanea/.claude/hooks/` | 9 hooks, project-scope | | Hooks