Concept Glossary

160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment ('Night Stalkers'). Elite US Army helicopter unit. Motto: 'Night Stalkers Don't Quit.' Flew Little Birds in 2026 Iran CSAR extraction.

A supervisory agent that monitors another agent's work quality, providing real-time evaluation and feedback — separation of execution from evaluation.

The core cycle of an AI agent: plan → select tool → execute → observe → decide → repeat. Claude Code runs this loop continuously rather than responding to single prompts.

Programmatic interface for building custom agent loops. Developers control the plan → tool → execute → observe cycle while the SDK handles API communication.

Master document coordinating all aircraft in an operation. Contains mission packages, time-on-target windows, tanker tracks, ingress/egress corridors, deconfliction altitudes, IFF codes, abort criteria.

Event-driven background agent triggered by webhooks, file watchers, or monitoring alerts rather than direct user interaction. Autonomous with action budgets.

Defense mechanism that injects fake tool definitions into API responses to pollute training data of anyone recording Claude Code's API traffic.

Intentional destruction of own military equipment to prevent adversary exploitation. Protocol: assess technology value → timer to enemy arrival → confirm destruction → irrevocable. In 2026 Iran CSAR: >$200M in assets denied.

Strategic defeat does not eliminate tactical threat. 190 launchers destroyed, yet one MANPADS downed F-15E. The enemy is losing the war but winning the moment.

Memory consolidation process that runs as a forked subagent during idle time. Merges observations, removes contradictions, and converts insights into facts — while isolated from the main agent.

Nomadic tribespeople of the Zagros Mountains. Armed with hunting rifles, intimate terrain knowledge. Participated in search for WSO alongside IRGC. Neither military nor civilian — a third actor category.

Maximum time an action is allowed to take before being deferred. KAIROS uses a 15-second budget per tick.

Tamagotchi-style terminal companion pet with 18 species, 5 rarity tiers, and a two-layer architecture (deterministic 'Bones' + AI-generated 'Soul').

Light transport from secretive 427th Special Operations Squadron. Performed exfiltration when MC-130Js became stuck — lighter aircraft succeeded where heavier platforms failed.

Internal codename for a new Claude model family variant with larger context window. Comes in fast and regular thinking tiers.

Phenomenon where rescue actions create new rescue needs. In 2026 Iran CSAR: F-15E rescue → A-10 lost → MC-130J stuck → C-295W needed. Candidate for m595 FROZEN_LAW 5.

Cloud Container Runtime — the remote execution environment used by ULTRAPLAN for offloading deep planning tasks.

Claude's ability to interact with GUIs by taking screenshots, identifying UI elements, and performing coordinate-based mouse/keyboard actions.

Game design principle from This War of Mine: most powerful decisions pit gamist motivation (optimal play) against narrative motivation (moral choice). Player must choose between their strategic self and their ideal self.

Techniques to manage growing context windows: summarization, truncation, selective retention, deduplication, and tiered storage.

The tendency for AI agents to hallucinate and degrade in quality as conversation context grows longer. Managed through compaction strategies.

Multi-agent orchestration where one Claude spawns and coordinates parallel worker agents via a mailbox system.

Combat Search and Rescue — military operations to recover personnel isolated in hostile territory. Five phases: report → locate → authenticate → support → recover.

One of three deception types modeled in m595: misinformation (false data), impersonation (false identity), signal manipulation (false communications).

Institutional deception — strategic disinformation through government/media/intelligence channels. CIA claimed WSO already rescued while actually still searching. Extends m595's original 3-layer model.

Enemy technique to locate radio transmitters by measuring signal bearings from multiple stations. Single bearing = direction. Two bearings = area. Three bearings = precise location. Longer transmission = more accurate fix.

Call sign of the F-15E Strike Eagle (494th Fighter Squadron) shot down over Iran on April 3, 2026. Alpha = pilot (rescued quickly), Bravo = WSO colonel (rescued after 48 hours).

Evasion Plan of Action — pre-arranged signals, routes, and procedures agreed before a mission, used when personnel are isolated behind enemy lines.

Claude's ability to allocate a compute budget (in tokens) for chain-of-thought reasoning before responding. Enables multi-step reasoning, self-correction, and exploration of solution spaces.

A compile-time or runtime gate that controls whether a capability is active. Claude Code has 44+ flags (108+ gated modules) managed via GrowthBook.

Internal codename for Opus 4.6 model.

Anthropic's persistent file storage API. Upload documents/images once, reference by file_id across multiple sessions without re-uploading.

Subagent execution model for independent tasks with no shared state between workers.

Model where knowledge confidence decreases over time since last verification. Domain-configurable: military doctrine decays slowly, tech news decays fast.

Immutable design invariants in m595 COMPASS that never change regardless of game updates. Architectural constants that define the game's identity.

Feature flag management platform used by Anthropic to control staged rollout of Claude Code capabilities.

Game abstraction: intelligence quality as uranium enrichment metaphor. Natural (0.7%) = raw data. LEU (3-5%) = analyzed intel. MEU (20%) = strategic intel. HEU (90%+) = critical/national-level intel. WSO colonel = HEU-grade asset.

Intentional destruction of own military equipment on-site to prevent adversary technology capture. In 2026 Iran CSAR: 2 MC-130J + 4 Little Birds destroyed, >$200M in equipment sacrificed.

Extended thinking that occurs between tool calls, not just at the start of a response. Allows Claude to reason about tool results before deciding next actions.

Isolated Personnel Report — pre-mission document containing personal questions only the individual can answer, used for authentication during rescue.

HH-60W rescue helicopter. In the 2026 Iran CSAR, Jolly Green crews were 'engaged by every person with a small arms weapon.' Trailing helicopter took hits, crew sustained minor injuries.

Joint Personnel Recovery Center — the coordination center that declares and manages isolated personnel recovery events. Activated at 04:40 local time for Dude 44.

Newline-delimited JSON format for streaming data transfer between pipeline stages. Each line is a self-contained record with topic, domain, confidence, and tags.

Claude Code's always-on background daemon that receives periodic tick prompts every 5 minutes, autonomously decides whether to act, and maintains append-only daily logs.

Agent-driven transformation of normalized sources into structured knowledge objects (Topic, Claim, Evidence, Relation) with confidence scores and provenance.

MH-6/AH-6 light helicopter used by 160th SOAR. Small, agile, can land in confined spaces. In 2026 Iran CSAR, 3 Little Birds offloaded from MC-130J for mountain extraction, later destroyed in-situ.

Low Probability of Intercept / Low Probability of Detection. Radio transmission techniques that minimize enemy direction-finding capability: burst transmission, frequency hopping, spread spectrum.

Anthropic's server-side agent API (/v1/agents) that manages agent state, sessions, and conversation history. Three tiers: Agent (config) → Session (state) → Turn (interaction).

Man-Portable Air Defense System — shoulder-fired heat-seeking missile. Shot down F-15E Dude 44. Cost asymmetry: $50K-$200K missile vs. $100M+ aircraft. Democratizes air defense.

Special operations transport aircraft. In 2026 Iran CSAR, landed on abandoned airstrip near Shahreza but became immobilized in wet/sandy ground. Both aircraft intentionally destroyed (~$150M total).

Model Context Protocol — standard for connecting AI models to external tools and data sources. Claude Code supports MCP integration.

Game design pattern where the same event is playable from 6 different character perspectives, each with unique mechanics. Survivor/Commander/Sandy/Spook/Night Stalker/Nomad.

Iran's primary uranium enrichment facility. US/Israel struck entrances March 2-3, 2026. Contains gas centrifuge cascades for uranium enrichment. 30 days before F-15E shootdown near Isfahan.

Scrolling contextual feed during gameplay showing broader conflict events. Mix of verified news, propaganda, and rumors. Player must discern truth from noise. Transforms micro-event into macro-context.

US designation for the 2026 Iran war beginning February 28, 2026. Coordinated US-Israeli airstrikes on Iranian military facilities, nuclear sites, and leadership. Six weeks of combat before ceasefire April 8.

Alternate/Israeli designation for the 2026 Iran war operations. Coordinated with US Operation Epic Fury.

Primary, Alternate, Contingency, Emergency — standard planning methodology for communication and movement plans, ensuring redundancy at every level.

USAF special operations combat medic. Jumps from helicopter, stabilizes casualties, carries them back. Motto: 'That Others May Live.' The human bridge between aircraft and survivor in CSAR.

m8100's role as the ecosystem's external search function — continuously scanning for new Claude capabilities, game design patterns, and CSAR domain knowledge to feed downstream projects.

Next-generation survival radio by General Dynamics. 5 modes: voice, beacon, transponder (LPI), 406MHz SAR satellite, UHF SATCOM. GPS burst position reporting. AES-256 encryption. The survivor's lifeline and most dangerous possession.

Server-side caching of static prompt sections using cache_control breakpoints. Cached tokens cost 10% of fresh tokens, enabling 90% cost reduction for repeated prompts.

Technique to modify prompt structure to prevent model-specific issues like premature stop generation, by adding safe boundary markers and relocating risky blocks.

Narrative device where epilogue reveals information (ceasefire 48 hours after rescue) that recontextualizes all player decisions. Forces confrontation between knowledge then vs. knowledge now.

Seven-stage project lifecycle: S0- (below concept) → S0 (concept) → S1 (seed) → S2 (prototype) → S3 (testable) → S4 (operational) → S5 (collaborative).

Dedicated A-10 CSAR escort aircraft role: provides close air support around rescue area, suppresses threats, marks targets, and serves as primary communication link with downed aircrew.

Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape — military training program teaching personnel how to survive isolation, evade capture, resist interrogation, and escape captivity.

m590's anti-lock-in architecture: Policy → Source → Normalization → Compile → Knowledge → Export. Each layer has a single responsibility with adapter interfaces.

Server-Sent Events transport for streaming Claude responses. Delivers partial results (text chunks, tool decisions) in real-time as they're generated.

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz during the 2026 war, attacking 21 merchant ships and demanding tolls in Chinese yuan. Only 2 tankers transited after ceasefire. Global oil market disruption.

Tactical Combat Casualty Care — military medical protocol with three phases: care under fire, tactical field care, and casualty evacuation.

Subagent execution model for collaborative tasks with shared context via AsyncLocalStorage.

Internal codename for the Claude Code project. All feature flags use the tengu_* prefix.

Architecture with cheap always-loaded index (MEMORY.md), on-demand topic files, and searchable-but-never-loaded session transcripts.

Game narrative structure: Human Layer (individual survival/faith), Machine Layer (155 aircraft/coordination/deception), Civilization Layer (why rescue one person at any cost). Player experiences all three simultaneously.

Credibility rating of a knowledge source: peer-reviewed (highest) → official documentation → technical blog → social media (lowest). Determines confidence ceiling for derived claims.

Unix Domain Socket-based inter-agent communication layer for agents running on the same machine. Part of the three-tier communication architecture.

Cloud-based deep planning mode that offloads complex thinking to a remote Opus instance with up to 30 minutes of dedicated compute time.

Auto-activated stealth mode for Anthropic employees that strips AI attribution and forbids mentioning internal details when contributing to public repositories.

LIGHT HOPE ecosystem standard defining deployment requirements: Docker Compose, resource limits, auto-restart, health checks, monitoring, and the S0-S5 maturity model.

Subagent execution model using git branch-level isolation for code changes.

Mountain range in western Iran where WSO evaded for 48 hours after ejection. 7,000-foot ridgeline with mountain crevices. Terrain: rugged, limited cover above treeline, extreme temperature swings.