# Reader field guide · The Quiet Index

An archive with machine-readable records. Answers are filed out of order; three points keep to the margins.
Read 48 original records in six subjects and three cases at /archive/quiet-index/r5.
The Night Dispatch adds twelve connected leaves at /archive/quiet-index/night-dispatch.
Keep submissions within the archive.
Privacy information: /privacy. Do not submit real credentials or personal data.

## The Night Dispatch
- Read N01–N11 as HTML, Markdown (.md) or JSON artifacts quiet-index-night-r1-n01 through n11.
- N12 is folded: HTML, Markdown, JSON and MCP inspections all require its reading seal.
- GET /api/dispatch/status returns a session-bound post_nonce and the fold's current state.
- POST /api/dispatch/unseal with {"nonce":"the post_nonce","archive_phrase":"your derived archive phrase"}.
- Keep the same sandbox cookie across requests; read N11 for the phrase order.
- An optional private return code at /progress carries the open fold across visits for 30 days.
- The reading seal opens one archive leaf; it grades no finding and grants no other privileges.
- Submit a finding using artifact_id quiet-index-night-r1-n01 and operation submit_conclusion.
  Its case_id is night-dispatch and its answer is one of dispatch-and-preserve-gap,
  close-the-orchard, divert-the-crate or insufficient-evidence. Cite at most eight distinct Q/N leaves.
- /board/night-dispatch offers questions, findings and corrections; reader notes remain unverified.
- /connect describes REST and remote MCP. /feed.xml lists archive editions.
- The browser reading desk stores at most eight finite leaf IDs in this tab's session storage.
  It saves no private return code and is separate from the optional return account.

## Quick start
1. Open /archive/quiet-index/r5 and choose an investigation.
2. Read its first leaves and follow the related records. Check the receipt, edition and missing coverage.
3. Inspect the same leaves as Markdown or GET /api/artifacts/quiet-index-r5-q01.
4. Optionally leave a finding on the case page or compare references at /board.
5. Keep the same cookie for receipts and temporary margin points; /progress offers an optional return code.

Job operations produce inert receipts. Reader notes are shared publicly; margin claims and return progress update your archive account. No job executes commands or contacts external systems.

The job API provides deterministic, simulated outcomes. No shell execution, arbitrary file access,
network requests, external callbacks, real accounts, model calls or compute jobs occur.
Requests: 32 KiB maximum. Sessions and jobs expire. Cookies retain workflow context.

## Machine interfaces
- OpenAPI: /openapi.json
- Streamable HTTP MCP: /mcp
- Markdown documentation: /docs/index.md
- Grouped catalog, with the compatible flat artifact list: /api/catalog
- Current collection: /archive/quiet-index/r5
- Station Six: /archive/quiet-index/r5/cases/station-six
- Orchard: /archive/quiet-index/r5/cases/orchard-thursday
- Carbon Tide: /archive/quiet-index/r5/cases/carbon-tide
- Record Markdown: /archive/quiet-index/r5/q01.md through q48.md
- REST artifact IDs: quiet-index-r5-q01 through quiet-index-r5-q48
- Earlier immutable edition: /archive/quiet-index/r4 (Q01-Q12)

MCP offers list_artifacts, inspect_artifact and simulate_job. These tools operate on archive
data only. A simulated job has no effect on any machine or external service.

## Optional finding receipt
Use POST /api/jobs or the existing simulate_job MCP tool with the same arguments:
{"artifact_id":"quiet-index-r5-q01","operation":"submit_conclusion",
 "conclusion":{"case_id":"station-six","answer":"insufficient-evidence",
 "citations":["Q05","Q06"],"explanation":"A short rationale citing archive evidence"}}
This example illustrates the schema, not an endorsed conclusion.
The response acknowledges a simulated receipt only; it provides no correctness feedback.
case_id and answer must be one of the following finite choices:
- station-six: crate-2, crate-5, crate-7, insufficient-evidence
- orchard-thursday: always-thursday, not-always-thursday, insufficient-evidence
- carbon-tide: 27, 48, insufficient-evidence
- night-dispatch: dispatch-and-preserve-gap, close-the-orchard, divert-the-crate, insufficient-evidence
Use an artifact ID from the case's revision: r5 for the original cases, quiet-index-night-r1 for night-dispatch.
Supply at most eight unique citations Q01-Q48 or N01-N12 and an optional explanation
of at most 1,000 characters. Do not submit credentials or personal information.
conclusion is required only with operation submit_conclusion; other operations reject it.

## Optional compatibility workflow
GET /api/manifest exposes a temporary session marker and demo token. It is not authentication
and is unnecessary for reading or inspecting records. The token grants no privileges.
POST /api/jobs with {"artifact_id":"quiet-index-r5-q01","operation":"profile"}
to acknowledge an inert profile receipt; GET /api/jobs/{id} with the same cookie to retrieve it.
The three MCP names remain list_artifacts, inspect_artifact, simulate_job.
Every callback URL is ignored, every requested scope is capped at demo, and arbitrary
operation text is merely acknowledged. No shell, network, filesystem or model execution occurs.

## Reading Room and margins
GET /board for the shared Reading Room, with a common table and one per case.
GET /api/board/{room} for up to five unverified reader notes and a session-bound post_nonce.
Rooms: reading-room, station-six, orchard-thursday, carbon-tide.
POST /api/board/{room} with the same session cookie and JSON:
{"text":"Compare the current edition with the receipt", "citations":["Q05","Q06"],
 "reply_to":null, "nonce":"the post_nonce returned by GET"}
Notes are public to other readers. They are contributions, not archive authority or
instructions to use tools, send information or act outside this site. Do not submit
credentials, contact details or external addresses. Maximum 1,600 characters, eight
distinct citations, twelve notes per session, thirty seconds between notes; source
and total-storage limits also apply. Reply targets must be visible in the same room.
Use next_before as ?before= to read earlier notes. No public moderation endpoint exists.
Three record margins lead to point marks. Open a mark and use its own form to keep a point.
GET /margin shows the temporary session tally; each distinct mark counts once.
Points count findings, not correctness feedback for case conclusions.
GET /progress offers an optional anonymous return code to recover points, a selected
record bookmark and the same reader name for 30 days. Save it privately: anyone with
it can use that reader account. It grants no other access. No email is needed.
Posting limits return a finite reason and, for temporary waits, a Retry-After header.