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+# KOSMOS — log
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+Append-only history sister of `KOSMOS.md`. Each entry starts with `## <ISO timestamp> — <header>` (newest on top); body = `- [x]` (done) / `- [ ]` (pending) checkbox tasks.
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+# KOSMOS — current state
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+@goal: Multimodal knowledge-anchor manifest format — placement coordinates ⊥ modality payloads, anima CONSCIOUSNESS-CARVING as first profile
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+(edit me — describe current state in completed-form; no history, no changelog inside this file)