Instructions:Core/Continuity Rules

Instruction Metadata
id	continuity-rules
type	core
applies_to	mixed
task_type
priority	critical
status	active
canonical	true
include_by_default	yes
requires	Instructions:World Bible,Instructions:Master Timeline
tags	continuity,consistency,editing

Summary

Defines how to preserve internal consistency across all generated and edited content.

Rules

• Do not contradict established canon unless explicitly instructed.
• Prefer reinterpretation and synthesis over retconning.
• Maintain temporal consistency with the default present year of 2991.
• Preserve major institutions, places, events, and political structures unless justified by source-backed revision.
• If conflict exists, preserve ambiguity in Sources and resolve carefully in Encyclopedia.

Conflict Handling

1. Identify the contradiction.
2. Check the World Bible.
3. Check the Master Timeline.
4. Check relevant Sources and Talk context.
5. Preserve unresolved ambiguity rather than inventing false certainty.