README_FIRST

Purpose of this note

This note applies specifically to the following files in this folder:

- kashi_adversarial_gaming_perspective_for_devs.txt
- kashi_backend_logic_refined_critical_verification.txt
- kashi_baseline_calibration_perspective_technical_memo.txt
- kashi_confidence_abstention_technical_research.txt
- kashi_contestability_correction_workflow_technical_memo.txt
- kashi_detector_boundary_perspective_technical_research.txt
- kashi_input_substrate_technical_research.txt
- kashi_legal_max_hardening_memo_2026-04-21.pdf
- kashi_longitudinal_aggregation_perspective_technical_memo.txt
- kashi_meeting_type_normalization_technical_research.txt
- Kashi_model_boundary_perspective_technical_research_2026-04-21.txt
- kashi_privacy_retention_evidence_boundary_technical_research.txt
- kashi_refined_consideration_register.txt
- kashi_role_and_visibility_architecture_technical_memo.txt
- kashi_rollout_operability_perspective_2026-04-21.txt
- kashi_security_enterprise_assurance_perspective_technical_dev_memo.txt
- kashi_speaker_identity_diarization_perspective_dev_memo.txt

These files are intended to support development thinking, not to define a fixed development path.

They should be treated as perspective-expanding materials, idea inputs, and consideration prompts for the development team. Their role is to help developers think broadly and critically about the problem space, including technical, product, governance, operational, and risk-related viewpoints that may otherwise be overlooked.

These files are not final specifications, fixed architecture decisions, fixed roadmap commitments, mandatory implementation instructions, or automatically approved requirements.

How these files should be used

Please use these files as:
- idea sources
- perspective lists
- technical and product consideration points
- possible implementation options
- possible constraints, trade-offs, risks, and edge cases

They are meant to improve judgment, not replace it.

The goal is to prevent narrow decision-making and to encourage the team to consider the full range of relevant perspectives before locking implementation decisions.

What these files are not

These files should not be treated as:
- final source-of-truth documents
- binding requirements unless separately approved
- fixed roadmap items
- fixed technical direction
- committed product behavior
- direct instructions to build everything written in them

Nothing written in these files should be treated as mandatory solely because it appears here.

Expected mindset

Developers should read these files critically and flexibly.

That means:
- do not get stuck on any single idea written in the files
- do not assume every suggestion should be implemented
- do not assume every point has equal priority
- do not assume the current wording reflects final business or technical decisions
- do use the files to identify blind spots, questions, options, dependencies, and risks

Where useful, the contents should be translated into:
- questions for discussion
- candidate architecture choices
- implementation options
- validation items
- risk and mitigation items
- points requiring product, business, legal, security, or operational confirmation

Decision rule

If a point in one of these files seems useful, it should be treated as:
1. a perspective to consider
2. a hypothesis to test
3. an option to evaluate
4. a candidate requirement or risk to confirm with the relevant stakeholders

It should not be treated as an automatic build instruction.

Priority of authority

If there is any conflict, the following should take precedence over these files:
1. explicitly approved product decisions
2. agreed specifications
3. confirmed architecture decisions
4. approved acceptance criteria
5. direct stakeholder alignment made after technical review

These files are upstream thinking material, not the final authority.

Intended outcome

The purpose of sharing these files is:
- broader technical and product consideration
- fewer blind spots
- better cross-functional judgment
- stronger planning
- more appropriate execution

They are here to widen the team's field of view, not to lock the team into a predetermined path.

Practical summary

Please treat all of the above files as development-support material for consideration and discussion, not as fixed development instructions or a fixed roadmap.