Policies are standing commitments. They sit above decisions and below philosophy: a decision answers “what do we do about X?” while a policy answers “what kind of thing do we always do?”
Policies are not goals (goals are achieved and retired). They are not rules (rules are enforced mechanically). They are commitments that shape how work is done, what counts as good work, and what we refuse to do.
Each policy is a separate file (one commitment per file) with a short statement and an operational explanation of what it means in practice. Policies are numbered for reference stability but not ranked — they constrain simultaneously.
Policies are the repository-level reflection of habit-formation (j) — the modal closure operator that formalizes meanings stabilizing through semiosis. See the policy concept for the formal relationship between policies and j.