Documentation

Build on
the standard.

Technical documentation for the Context Fabric Standard and its components. From conceptual overview to implementation details.

Where to start

I want to understand the concepts

Start with the CFS overview. Understand the 8 primitives, the philosophy, and how planes relate to each other.

Read CFS Overview

I want to build an implementation

Read the formal spec and primitives. Then dive into the Substrate docs for storage architecture.

Start with Primitives

I'm building personal context

Start with the PCF specification. Local-first architecture, life ontology schema, privacy considerations.

Read PCF Docs

Design principles

01

Truth over convenience

The standard prioritizes correctness over ease. Bitemporal semantics, append-only history, verifiable claims. Hard to implement, impossible to corrupt.

02

Portable by default

No lock-in by design. Stable identifiers, deterministic content addressing, canonical export/import. Your context is yours.

03

Secure without trust

Zero-trust architecture. Every read/write is authenticated, authorized, and logged. Encryption at rest. Capability-based access for agents.

04

Agent-native

Built for AI from the start. Citations, minimal disclosure, safe writes with propose-review-apply. Not an afterthought integration.

Quick reference

8 Primitives

  • Records
  • Links
  • Views
  • Tools
  • Receipts
  • Policies
  • Sync
  • Gates
Full details →

Three Planes

  • PCF - Personal sovereignty
  • OCF - Operational truth
  • Public - Replication vector
How planes federate →

Bitemporal Model

  • Valid time (when true)
  • System time (when known)
  • Query semantics
  • Correction model
Temporal semantics →

Security Model

  • E2E encryption
  • Zanzibar-style authz
  • Capability grants
  • Redaction without erasure
Security docs →

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