Glossary
Right Path
The fixed route every write takes, from rung 0b STOP to rung 9 METERED.
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Rung
A rung is one step on elan1's Right Path: stop, identity, write door, pre-gates, evaluate, guardrail, autonomy, act, proof and metered. Each rung can refuse an AI agent's write with a typed reason. The proof record shows how far a write climbed and where it stopped, if it stopped.
In one sentence: One step on the Right Path: stop, identity, write door, pre-gates, evaluate, guardrail, autonomy, act, proof, metered.
01In more detail
What it means in practice
The rungs are 0b STOP, 1 IDENTITY, 2 WRITE DOOR, 3 PRE-GATES, 4 evaluate(), 5 GUARDRAIL, 6 AUTONOMY, 7 ACT, 8 PROOF and 9 METERED.
Rungs 0b to 6 decide. Rung 7 makes the change through the single writer. Rungs 8 and 9 record and count it.
02Where this shows up in elan1
The Right Path in elan1 Govern; every refusal names the rung that said no.
Defined in the elan1 glossary · Last reviewed 10 Oct 2026. Definitions change only with a dated note.
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See the term in a governed action.
The walkthrough follows one write from intent to proof record, using the words in this glossary.