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Scope and Non-Goals

This page names the line that keeps bijux-canon-index useful instead of bloated. The point of a package boundary is not to make work harder. It is to keep neighboring packages from silently accumulating overlapping authority.

The non-goals matter as much as the goals. A package becomes easier to trust when readers can see what it refuses to absorb just because the code happens to be nearby.

Treat the foundation pages for bijux-canon-index as the package's durable self-description. If the package still feels blurry after this section, the boundary story is not clear enough yet.

Visual Summary

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In Scope

  • vector execution semantics and backend orchestration
  • provenance-aware result artifacts and replay-oriented comparison
  • plugin-backed vector store, embedding, and runner integration
  • package-local HTTP behavior and related schemas

Out of Scope

  • document ingestion and normalization
  • runtime-wide replay policy and execution governance
  • repository maintenance automation

Concrete Anchors

  • packages/bijux-canon-index as the package root
  • packages/bijux-canon-index/src/bijux_canon_index as the import boundary
  • packages/bijux-canon-index/tests as the package proof surface

Use This Page When

  • you need the package idea before the implementation detail
  • you are deciding whether work belongs here or in a neighboring package
  • you want the shortest honest explanation of what this package is for

Decision Rule

Use Scope and Non-Goals to decide whether a change makes bijux-canon-index easier or harder to defend as one distinct role in the overall system. If the work makes the package broader without making its role clearer, stop and re-check the boundary before treating the change as a local improvement.

What This Page Answers

  • what problem bijux-canon-index is supposed to own on purpose
  • where the package boundary stops, even when nearby code looks tempting
  • which neighboring package seams deserve comparison before the boundary is changed

Reviewer Lens

  • compare the stated boundary with the modules, artifacts, and tests that are supposed to uphold it
  • check that out-of-scope behavior is not quietly re-entering through convenience paths
  • confirm that the package story still matches the real repository layout and neighboring package docs

Honesty Boundary

This page can explain the intended boundary of bijux-canon-index, but it cannot prove that boundary by itself. The real proof still lives in the code, tests, and neighboring package seams that either support or contradict the story told here.

Next Checks

  • move to architecture when the question becomes structural rather than boundary-oriented
  • move to interfaces when the question becomes contract-facing
  • move to quality when the question becomes proof or review sufficiency

Purpose

This page keeps future work from leaking into the wrong package.

Stability

Update it only when ownership truly moves into or out of bijux-canon-index.