Atropos — the scanner. She sweeps eight classes of source — academic literature, patents (US and worldwide), legal and regulatory filings, industry reports, institutional news, expert commentary, and social chatter — for evidence published 2016 to present. A scan returns 150–250 validated evidence cards per topic; everything else is cut, and every cut is logged with a reason.

Lachesis — the measurer. She embeds every card, weaves them into threads, and scores each thread on the STEEPLE dimensions and the Three Horizons — including the difference between H2⁻ (innovation absorbed to prop up the old system) and H2⁺ (innovation that builds the next one). A thread needs ≥5 signals to reach the loom; a thread drawn from a single source class is admitted but capped at low certainty and held at posture “track” until a second independent class corroborates it.

Clotho — the teller. She spins threads into essays where every claim carries a receipt — a numbered citation to a real, linkable source. Her illustrations are AI-generated and labeled as such.