Genesis

Generated from workflows/modes/genesis.md, the mode contract the HELIX skill loads. Edit that file, not this page.

Use to bootstrap a brand-new project from bare intent: name it, research the prior art, draft a vision shaped by that research, and scaffold the HELIX structure so the project is governed and ready for frame.

Sequence existing capabilities; invent no new artifact types.
Research before vision: cite what was found, and mark unknowns as open questions.
Scaffold the marker and activity directories, then hand off to frame.
Stop before drafting requirements unless the operator asked for the full cascade.

Procedure: workflows/actions/genesis.md (the full action prompt; this file is the contract).

Innsigle seal: model-primary by HELIX

The signature covers the markdown source of this page, not these HTML bytes. This page quotes that seal; verify it against the source file.

Composition: model-primary
Issuer: HELIX helix
Signing key: ed25519:b0865d76d834a52c48506414d16f4e5a (build key)
Signed source: reference/workflow-modes/genesis.md
Signed: 2026-09-23T14:11:58Z
Content digest: sha256:cd08ae34…d5eecebc

This build key is endorsed by the human key for build signing; the signature is not a detector and not a truth guarantee.

Raw attestation JSON

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      "id": "helix",
      "name": "HELIX",
      "key_id": "ed25519:b0865d76d834a52c48506414d16f4e5a",
      "key_url": "https://documentdrivendx.github.io/helix/.well-known/innsigle/keys.json"
    },
    "subjects": [
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        "uri": "https://documentdrivendx.github.io/helix/reference/workflow-modes/genesis/",
        "digest": {
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        }
      }
    ],
    "colophon": {
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      "composition": "model-primary",
      "ingredients": [
        {
          "kind": "model",
          "name": "Claude",
          "role": "draft"
        },
        {
          "kind": "tool",
          "name": "sloptimizer",
          "role": "rewrite"
        },
        {
          "kind": "human",
          "name": "operator",
          "role": "structure-edit"
        }
      ],
      "notes": null
    }
  },
  "payload_encoding": "json",
  "signatures": [
    {
      "key_id": "ed25519:b0865d76d834a52c48506414d16f4e5a",
      "alg": "ed25519",
      "sig": "5CX8JOJqZ-S8oS9L5ref1KTnBWwFZzKKqw3F9PU0sALdK0R6iXQn7OblGz1Z9PGGLmcsUNzfXrIkxd9LEh65BQ",
      "signed_at": "2026-09-23T14:11:58Z"
    }
  ]
}

attestation file · issuer keys