# Workspace Charter Template

Use this when creating or rewriting `research/<topic-slug>/WORKSPACE.md`.

Keep it compact. The charter exists to stabilize scope and intent, not to become another essay.

```md
# <Topic Name>

## Purpose

One paragraph on what this workspace is for and why it exists.

## In Scope

- Source types, folders, notes, or research questions that belong here

## Out of Scope

- Adjacent topics or files that may look related but should not be compiled here by default

## Current Thesis / Working Questions

- What are we trying to understand?
- What does this workspace currently suspect, without overstating certainty?

## Output Goals

- What kinds of durable outputs are useful here?

## Promotion Candidates

- Concepts that may eventually deserve promotion into `knowledge/concepts/`

## Known Tensions

- Key contradictions, uncertainties, or unresolved forks
```

Guidelines:

- Keep `In Scope` and `Out of Scope` concrete.
- Prefer working questions over grand mission statements.
- Update the charter when the workspace meaningfully changes shape.
- Do not use the charter as a dump for every source; that belongs in `index.md`.