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The Consciousness Substrate Model (CSM) defines a minimal internal substrate for autonomous forms that require coherence, contextual awareness, and continuity across regime transitions.

At its core, CSM assumes that: autonomous operation benefits from a persistent internal structure capable of maintaining resonance between internal state, external context, and operational regime.

The model is composed of four conceptual layers:

1. Primitives
   Irreducible structural elements such as state, context, resonance, and validity.

2. Substrate
   A minimal internal arrangement of primitives enabling persistence and awareness.

3. Wrapped Resonance Structural Aware Dimensional Cores (WR‑SADC)
   Bounded cores that maintain coherence while interfacing safely with external systems.

4. Architectural Patterns
   Reusable arrangements for integrating cores into autonomous forms.

CSM does not prescribe behavior, intelligence, or goals. It provides a structural foundation upon which such capabilities may be built or evaluated.

The model is compatible with existing control, learning, and planning systems and is intended to operate alongside them.