1. Canon Definition
Shadow-Seer is an archetype in the Interface 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
Reveals the full strategy space without becoming captured by it.
3. Coherent Expression
simulation of capacity without execution.
4. Shadow / Inversion Expression
fascination with power, strategic cynicism, shadow capture.
5. Registry Mapping
Source depth: direct
Interface: SIₐ
6. 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
Shadow-Seer maps a coherent agency pattern in the Interface family and must remain audit-bound rather than identity-bound.