Change Notes: Spiral Engine + Five-Lock Gate

Date: 2026-02-20
Scope: Aethermoor Spiral Engine gameplay/runtime utility improvements

Summary

This update turns the SCBE formula chain into explicit, inspectable game/runtime mechanics:

• Three Watchers rings are now first-class runtime signals.
• Triadic risk is computed with the canonical weighted-phi formula.
• Final gate remains explicit as a 5-factor Omega product.
• Harmonic wall output now drives a friction/latency multiplier.
• Coherence-shaped voxel discovery and terrain classification are live.
• A standalone CLI diagnostic now reports weakest lock and remediation.

Added

• scripts/omega_lock_diagnostic.py
  • Single-command five-lock diagnostics.
  • Returns lock vector, Omega decision, permission color, and actionable recommendation.
• tests/test_temporal_lock_diagnostic.py
  • Validates lock behavior and permission color banding.

Updated

• src/spiralverse/temporal_intent.py
  • Added OmegaLockVector.
  • Added compute_lock_vector(...).
  • Preserved backward compatibility for compute_omega(...).
  • Added lock vector into get_status(...).
• src/spiralverse/aethermoor_spiral_engine.py
  • Added voxel cell model and deterministic coherence-shaped voxel discovery.
  • Added three watcher ring signals:
    • I_fast
    • I_memory
    • I_governance
  • Added d_tri = (Σ λ_i * I_i^phi)^(1/phi) runtime calculation.
  • Added explicit turn-level omega_factors output.
  • Added turn fields for:
    • friction/latency
    • permission color
    • weakest lock
    • watcher signals and triadic components
• tests/test_aethermoor_spiral_engine.py
  • Expanded checks for watcher ranges, triadic consistency, voxel outputs.
  • Added deterministic assertions for watcher and omega factor projections.
• docs/research/AETHERMOOR_SPIRAL_ENGINE_MVP.md
  • Added formula-to-mechanic mapping.
  • Added watcher ring/triadic blend description.
  • Added five-lock diagnostic usage.

Validation

Executed:

• python -m pytest -q tests/test_aethermoor_spiral_engine.py tests/test_temporal_lock_diagnostic.py

Result:

• 8 passed