Index Cards — Cognitive Glyph Field (CGF)

178 hand-authored index card patterns — each a unique cognitive state drawn without reference. Complete set targets 256.

Each glyph carries an identity triple: (D, T, R) — fractal dimension, topology class, recursion depth.

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What's Here

Path	What
CGF.html	Interactive neural field visualizer — 178 nodes, 352 edges by structural similarity
CGFS.html	CGF static viewer
Metric.html	Metric space explorer — D/T/R coordinate system
cgf-sim/	Simulation engine — Node.js CLI for the metric space
images/thumbnails/	Card photos and visual documentation

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CGF-SIM — Simulation Engine

A command-line simulation engine that treats the 256-pattern glyph set as a real metric space. Distance between any two patterns is computable. Run entropy scans, K-means clustering, propagation waves — all from your terminal.

cd cgf-sim
npm install
node src/index.js status

Commands

node src/index.js status              # corpus overview + completion
node src/index.js scan --neighbors 5  # entropy scan (topological diversity)
node src/index.js map --bins 10       # density map
node src/index.js cluster             # K-means cluster analysis (K=7)
node src/index.js query CGF-001       # inspect node + nearest neighbors
node src/index.js sim wave CGF-001    # propagation wave from seed
node src/index.js sim converge        # real vs estimated convergence
node src/index.js commit --id CGF-042 --d 1.67 --t branching --r 2
node src/index.js export              # export JSON snapshot

See cgf-sim/README.md for full documentation.

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Current Status

Metric	Value
Physical cards authored	178
Target set size	256
Committed to corpus	2 real · 174 estimated
Completion	0.8%

As cards are committed via cgf commit, the completion percentage ticks up and the engine's simulations converge toward the true shape of the space.

Topology Classes (178-card sample)

Class	Count	Description
Ω-ORGANIC	93	Dense, high-entropy branching
Ω-CROSS	48	Axially balanced, centered
Ω-MANDALA	13	Radially symmetric field
Ω-LATTICE	12	Open symmetric grid
Ω-FIELD	5	Diffuse low-density
Ω-ASYMMETRIC	4	Deliberately unbalanced
Ω-WEAVE	2	Interlocked, no focal center
Ω-TREE	1	Pure open branching

How to Run the Visualizers

Each .html file is self-contained. Download and open locally — no build step, no backend, no dependencies.

• CGF.html — Interactive force-directed graph of all 178 patterns
• CGFS.html — Static structural view
• Metric.html — The metric space itself: D × T × R

Provenance

Physical index cards are the primary ledger. This repo is the digital record.

• Author: Sean Rangel
• Reddit: u/
• Card photos: 200 index cards https://photos.app.goo.gl/YqH8BNKudkpYgW4EA