The Dispersal Pattern — Primal-as-Site

The Pattern

detroit.primals.eco proved that the ecoPrimals infrastructure substrate generalizes beyond science. Any domain that produces typed, citable claims with verifiable sources can produce a .primals.eco static site using the shared litho-core substrate.

Architecture

sporePrint Catalogue (config.toml entity_registry, sources.toml)
        │
        ▼
site.primals.eco (Zola static site)
  ├── config.toml (typed registries — actors, entities, sources)
  ├── content/*.md (pages with TOML front matter)
  ├── data/edges.toml (typed edges with epistemic grammar)
  └── crates/site-build/ (uses litho-core)
        │
        ▼
content-manifest.toml    graph.json         braids.json
(BLAKE3 hashes)          (typed edges)      (PROV-O attribution)
        │                     │                   │
        ▼                     ▼                   ▼
  nestGate CAS         sweetGrass braids    loamSpine spine

Pattern Components

1. Zola Site with Entity Registries — typed registries in config.toml [extra.*]
2. Typed Edges with Epistemic Grammar — 7 levels from record to adjudicated
3. Build Crate using litho-core — 6 shared modules (frontmatter, manifest, graph, report, registry, provenance)
4. Provenance Trio Wiring — build output feeds nestGate + sweetGrass + loamSpine
5. Convergence Depth Meter — 5 levels: CAS → DAG → Spine → Braid → Signed witness

Hierarchy

gorilla.primals.eco (methodology — you are here)
    └── detroit.primals.eco (Case Study #1 — Banks enterprise)
    └── [future].primals.eco (Case Study #N)

sporeprint.primals.eco (ecosystem catalogue — parent)
    └── gorilla.primals.eco (registered methodology)
    └── detroit.primals.eco (registered case study)

Who Can Adopt This

The substrate is domain-agnostic. Each site owns its registries and edge grammar; litho-core provides the common plumbing.