# Human Stewardship Guidelines — Overview

**Version:** 1.0 (Foundation).
**Status:** Framework prepared; no volumes ratified yet.

## What HSG is

The Human Stewardship Guidelines are a universal human standard
governing how PosterityOS systems are designed, built, maintained,
and experienced. They apply across PosterityOS, HeadsUp, LOX, Atlas,
future products, developer resources, AI systems, APIs,
documentation, internal tools, and external experiences.

## What HSG is not

- Not a HeadsUp feature.
- Not a design preference.
- Not marketing language.
- Not a replacement for the PosterityOS Constitution.

## Core principle

*Understanding deserves stewardship.* Every system created under
PosterityOS principles must protect human attention, dignity,
judgment, contribution, relationships, memory, and continuity.

## Relationship to the PosterityOS Constitution

- The **Constitution** defines *what the system is*.
- The **HSG** defines *how humans build and care for the system*.
- Neither replaces the other. They operate together.

Constitutional pointers live in
`src/platform/stewardship/hsg-constitution-link.ts` — declarative
only; HSG never imports from `@/platform/blue-ocean`.

## The fifteen planned volumes

### Ratified

| # | Title | Ratified |
|---|-------|----------|
| I | Foundations of Human Stewardship | 2026-07-13 |
| II | The Steward | 2026-07-13 |
| III | Hospitality | 2026-07-13 |
| IV | Human Attention | 2026-07-13 |
| V | Human Understanding | 2026-07-13 |

### Planned

| # | Title |
|---|-------|
| I | Foundations of Human Stewardship |
| II | The Steward |
| III | Hospitality |
| IV | Human Attention |
| V | Human Understanding |
| VI | Human Conversation |
| VII | Human Memory |
| VIII | Human Relationships |
| IX | Human AI |
| X | Human Craftsmanship |
| XI | Human Time |
| XII | Human Growth |
| XIII | Human Organizations |
| XIV | Human Systems |
| XV | The Steward's Oath |

All are `planned`. Content is authored in subsequent phases; the
first recommended ratification is **Volume I**.

## Boundary principles

- Principles may guide implementation. Implementation may not
  redefine principles.
- Products may express stewardship differently. Products may not
  create exceptions to stewardship.
- AI systems and developer tools inherit stewardship constraints —
  opt-out is not modeled.

## Language governance

`hsg-language-governance.ts` flags drift toward engagement
optimization, attention extraction, manipulation, human scoring or
ranking, judgment replacement, and treating people as metrics.

## AI governance

`hsg-ai-governance.ts` encodes: *AI supports stewardship. AI does
not become stewardship.* AI may assist preparation, organization,
preservation, and continuity. AI may not replace responsibility,
judgment, relationships, or accountability.