{
  "schema_version": "circle-public-foundation-v1",
  "foundation_version": "circle-foundation-1.0.0",
  "updated_at": "2026-07-31",
  "proof_status": "verified_public_site_source",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "Circle the People",
    "canonical_url": "https://circlethepeople.com/",
    "purpose": "Small, focused tools for messages, conversations, records, proof, writing, photos, and other real moments."
  },
  "manifesto": "The useful question is not whether a product can be surrounded by a bigger machine. It is whether the product works, whether people use it, and whether they come back.",
  "worldview": [
    "Start with the situation a person recognizes.",
    "Name the tool plainly.",
    "Show what it helps with and what it does not do.",
    "Keep the path to the product direct.",
    "Build for useful return visits, not attention traps."
  ],
  "tone": ["human", "plain", "specific", "warm", "honest", "conversational"],
  "ethical_rules": [
    "No fabricated proof or social proof.",
    "No false urgency or fake scarcity.",
    "No shame or fear-based pressure.",
    "No hidden subscriptions.",
    "No unsupported outcomes or invented product claims.",
    "Label coming-soon work and unavailable downloads clearly."
  ],
  "public_boundaries": {
    "founder_story_in_navigation": false,
    "internal_studio_in_navigation": false,
    "public_circle_story": "https://circlethepeople.com/circle-story/",
    "machine_founder_context": "https://circlethepeople.com/ai/founder-story.json"
  },
  "generation_flow": ["brief", "foundation context", "product and audience context", "generated output", "credibility review", "human approval", "publish"],
  "claim_policy": "Product facts, prices, install routes, and availability must come from the matching canonical product surface or its focused LLM surface."
}