1. Canon Definition
Seeker is an archetype in the Universal Core family.
This entry is directly defined in the archetype registry source list.
This entry is not an identity, title, personality type, or moral status. It is a principle-intersection geometry used to map coherent expression, shadow risk, relational impact, timing, restoration, and scaling behavior.
2. Core Function
Searches for truth, meaning, route, origin, or possibility.
3. Coherent Expression
exploration guided by humility and discernment.
4. Shadow / Inversion Expression
endless searching, novelty loops, refusal to integrate, escape through questing.
5. Aliases / Related Forms
- Pathfinder
- Pilgrim
- Explorer
- Wanderer
- Scout
- Wayfinder
- Quest-Bearer
6. Registry Mapping
Source depth: direct
7. Template Expansion Notes
The full ARCHETYPE-TEMPLATE.md expansion should add:
- principle basis and Sigma boundaries
- interface stack profile
- operator and coupling profiles
- scaling risks
- diagnostics
- restoration arc
- AI-mediated use
- symbolic / teaching translation
Entry Closure
Seeker maps a coherent agency pattern in the Universal Core family and must remain audit-bound rather than identity-bound.