helix_terminator

A Go project owned by HelixDevelopment.

What It Is

helix_terminator is a Go application developed under the governance of the Helix Constitution framework, which establishes universal rules for quality, transparency, and anti-bluff verification across all related projects.

Governance

This project's governance is inherited from the Helix Constitution, mounted as a git submodule at constitution/ (commit e6504c273c8b352fdb180449c9f057704cf85671, branch main).

All universal rules, policies, and quality standards are defined in the constitution. Project-specific rules are documented in:

• ./CLAUDE.md — Claude Code project instructions
• ./AGENTS.md — Agent operating rules
• ./docs/guides/HELIX_TERMINATOR_CONSTITUTION.md — Project-specific extensions and overrides (currently none)

When this repository's rules disagree with the constitution submodule, the constitution wins.

How to Verify Inheritance

Constitution inheritance is verified by three gate scripts that prove the constitution is actually inherited (not "bluff" gates that claim to check but don't):

1. Gate (invariant check):

   bash tests/verify_constitution_inheritance.sh

   Verifies that:

   • The constitution/ directory exists and is populated
   • The constitutional anchor strings are present in the submodule
   • The parent repository files reference the submodule (invariants I1..I5)

2. §1.1 Anti-bluff mutation proof:

   bash scripts/testing/meta_test_false_positive_proof.sh

   Proves the gate is not a bluff by:

   • Mutating the forensic anchor in the constitution
   • Asserting the gate fails
   • Restoring the file and asserting the gate passes
   • Confirming the constitution/ tree remains pristine throughout

Run the gate before every build or merge.

Constitution Privacy Policy

The constitution is treated as public-by-policy. No secrets, credentials, or project-specific configurations are ever ported into the constitution submodule. All sensitive or project-specific material stays in the parent repository. The constitution remains a reusable, shareable governance framework for all HelixDevelopment projects.

Further Reading

• docs/CONSTITUTION_INHERITANCE.md — Technical details on the constitution architecture, upstreams, and promotion policy
• constitution/Constitution.md — The universal Helix Constitution (in submodule)
• constitution/CLAUDE.md — Universal rules for Claude Code and agents (in submodule)
• constitution/AGENTS.md — Universal agent operating rules (in submodule)