Our Shared Gifts — the Library
a steward is measured by what remains after they leave
A gift completes when nothing remains outstanding. Returns that close inside the exchange are part of the gift. A handle is any claim that survives the exchange.
The Gift Lens
How an exchange completes, when a return is part of the gift and when it becomes a handle. Six framework edges read through the gift lens, five derived gift operations, and two tools inside — the Handle Check and the Receiver's Frame.
The Deposit
Twenty self-contained pieces, carried whole. Each stands alone — take any one and the rest owe you nothing.
The Recognition Law
A recognition mechanic must never do the recognizing. The full form: the proxy-gap test, a worked example, the audit operation, and the condition that would prove the law wrong.
Everything above is complete when you close it. If something here held weight for you, there is one place to set something down, and one place to ask for an hour.