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+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// src/stem/mind.ts  —  Will mind assembly factory
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+//
+// Single source of truth for constructing the engine graph.
+// Called by WillManager (production) and runner (dev shim).
+//
+// Design rules:
+//   • All engine instances are always created (satisfies Cognition type).
+//   • Only standard/full tiers add ExecutiveEngine to the simulation.
+//     Basic tier runs entirely on heuristics — zero LLM cost.
+//   • Tier controls the executive cadence (interval between LLM calls).
+//   • minExecutiveInterval is the plan floor — the customer cannot go below it.
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+import { DefaultSimulation } from '#core/simulation'
+import { logger } from '#core/logger'
+import { auditAssemblyWiring } from '#stem/assembly.audit'
+import { fileLoggingEnabled } from '#stem/tracts/transport/stream.transport'
+import type { ClockConfig } from '#core/clock'
+import { CognitiveOrchestrator } from '#cognition/orchestrator'
+import { InstructionHandler } from '#cognition/instruction.handler'
+import { validateWillIdentity }  from '#stem/guards/identity.guard'
+import { OutboxWriter } from '#stem/tracts/outbox.writer'
+import { ExecutiveSummarizer } from '#llm/summarizer'
+import type { LLMProvider } from '#llm/index'
+import { resolveProfile } from '#profiles/index'
+import { DefaultVectorMemoryAdapter } from '#memory/vector.adapter'
+import { OpenAICompatibleEmbedder, MockEmbedder } from '#memory/vector.embedder'
+import type { VectorMemoryAdapter } from '#memory/vector.adapter'
+import type { ExternalTransport } from '#stem/tracts/transport'
+import type { Cognition, OutboxMessage } from '#types'
+import type { StorageAdapter } from '#core/abstracts'
+import '#profiles/built-in'
+
+// ── Agency pipeline (new action system) ──────────────────────
+import { ProactiveCommunicator } from '#agency/proactive.communicator'
+import { AccessGrants }          from '#agency/access.grants'
+import { InstructionIntake }     from '#agency/engines/instruction.intake'
+import { SchemaRepertoire }      from '#agency/schemas/repertoire'
+import { INNATE_SCHEMAS }        from '#agency/schemas/innate'
+import { externalSchemas }       from '#agency/schemas/external'
+
+
+import {
+  TokenTracker,
+  EnergyRegulator,
+  SleepPressureRegulator,
+  CircadianOscillator,
+  AttentionAllocator,
+  StressRegulator,
+  Exteroception,
+  Interoception,
+  SocialPerception,
+  NoveltyDetector,
+  ThreatEvaluator,
+  RewardEvaluator,
+  LossEvaluator,
+  FrustrationEvaluator,
+  AttachmentEvaluator,
+  AestheticEvaluator,
+  MoralEvaluator,
+  AffectiveBlender,
+  WorkingMemory,
+  EpisodicConsolidator,
+  SemanticIntegrator,
+  SpacedRepetition,
+  ForgettingCurve,
+  DreamSimulator,
+  GoalManager,
+  ExecutiveEngine,
+  PlanningEngine,
+  InhibitionController,
+  TaskSwitcher,
+  SelfModelUpdater,
+  ConfidenceCalibrator,
+  BiasDetector,
+  AutobiographicalNarrator,
+  IntrospectionEngine,
+  PersonaConsolidator,
+  TheoryOfMind,
+  EmpathySimulator,
+  ReputationTracker,
+  KnownEntityTracker,
+
+  AffordanceSynthesizer,
+  ActionSelector,
+  DeliberationEngine,
+  MotorSchemaExecutor,
+  ReafferenceEngine,
+  
+  AuditionEngine,
+  VisionEngine,
+  SomatosensationEngine,
+  OlfactionEngine,
+  GustationEngine
+} from '#cognition/index'
+import { buildEngineConfigEntities, EngineConfigEntity } from '#cognition/config.mirror.entities'
+
+// ── Public types ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+export type EngineTier = 'basic' | 'standard' | 'full'
+export type ModelTier  = 'haiku' | 'sonnet' | 'opus'
+
+export interface WillIdentity {
+  /**
+   * Persona overlay — who this Will is: backstory, personality, world context.
+   *
+   * This is appended after the immutable Will-core preamble, which grounds the LLM
+   * in the cognitive architecture and how to interpret its state data. You do NOT
+   * need to describe energy, memory, executive reasoning, or any engine — the platform
+   * handles that automatically and always.
+   *
+   * Focus on: character, history, relationships, domain context.
+   * Example: "I was created to oversee the Nexus research station..."
+   *
+   * Leaving this empty is valid — the Will-core preamble alone produces a functioning mind.
+   */
+  prompt:  string
+  values:  string[]
+  traits:  Record<string, number>
+  style:   string
+}
+
+export interface InitialGoal {
+  id?:         string
+  description: string
+  priority:    number
+  tags?:       string[]
+}
+
+export interface WillConfig {
+  /** Unique identifier — used as thread key and filesystem path segment. */
+  id: string
+
+  /** Human-readable name for display purposes. */
+  name: string
+
+  /**
+   * World profile — a named configuration preset for common use cases.
+   * Sets default effectors and injects environment context into the executive prompt.
+   * Profile effectors are merged with allowedGenericEffectors (explicit takes precedence).
+   * null or omitted = no profile (Will has no environmental context by default).
+   */
+  profile?: string | null
+
+  /** Persona definition seeded into the will.identity entity. */
+  identity: WillIdentity
+
+  /**
+   * Engine tier controls which cognitive layers are active.
+   *   basic    — regulatory + perceptual + memory + heuristic decisions. No LLM.
+   *   standard — + affective + ExecutiveEngine on Haiku cadence.
+   *   full     — + meta-cognitive + social + ExecutiveEngine on Sonnet cadence.
+   */
+  engineTier: EngineTier
+
+  /**
+   * Model tier is informational — actual provider/model is resolved from
+   * WILL_LLM_PROVIDER / WILL_LLM_MODEL env vars or future per-Will config.
+   * TODO: thread model config through LLM layer for true multi-model support.
+   */
+  modelTier: ModelTier
+
+  /** Whether to persist snapshots between restarts. */
+  persistentMemory: boolean
+
+  /** How many ticks between in-memory snapshots. */
+  snapshotInterval: number
+
+  /** Milliseconds to wait between ticks. Default: 1000 */
+  tickIntervalMs?: number
+
+  /** Stop automatically after this many ticks. 0 = run forever. Default: 0 */
+  maxTicks?: number
+
+  /** Seed for the PRNG inside the simulation. Default: Date.now() */
+  randomSeed?: number
+
+  /**
+   * Optional simulation-clock configuration. Omitted (the default) leaves the
+   * clock in wall-time mode — sim-time tracks real elapsed time. Pass
+   * `{ fixedDeltaMs, startTime }` to put the clock in deterministic mode, where
+   * sim-time advances purely from ticks. This is what makes a run reproducible
+   * for record-and-replay (R2); production runs normally leave it unset.
+   */
+  clock?: ClockConfig
+
+  /**
+   * How many ticks between executive (LLM) calls.
+   * Clamped to minExecutiveInterval if set.
+   * Falls back to tier default if omitted.
+   */
+  executiveInterval?: number
+
+  /**
+   * Plan-enforced floor for executiveInterval.
+   * Prevents lower-cadence tier-based overrides from overriding to faster cadence.
+   */
+  minExecutiveInterval?: number
+
+  /**
+   * Goals seeded before the first tick. If omitted or empty, the Will starts
+   * goalless — the executive engine will generate context-appropriate goals on its
+   * first cycle (triggered automatically after ~20 goalless ticks).
+   *
+   * Prefer leaving this empty for domain-specific Wills and letting the LLM derive
+   * goals from the identity/persona. Only pre-seed when a concrete starting mission
+   * is known at construction time (e.g. "guard the northern gate").
+   */
+  initialGoals?: InitialGoal[]
+
+  /**
+   * Optional custom StorageAdapter for the SnapshotManager.
+   *
+   * When provided, simulation snapshots are stored via this adapter instead
+   * of the default BunStorageAdapter (filesystem). The backend passes a
+   * PostgresStorageAdapter here so snapshots land in the `will_snapshots`
+   * table rather than on disk — enabling stateless/serverless deployments.
+   *
+   * Omit to keep the default file-based snapshot persistence.
+   */
+  snapshotStorage?: StorageAdapter
+
+  /**
+   * Optional pre-built VectorMemoryAdapter for semantic episode search.
+   *
+   * When provided, this adapter is used directly and env-var HNSW wiring
+   * is skipped entirely. The backend injects a pgvector-backed adapter here
+   * so vector storage lives in the database rather than on local disk —
+   * required for stateless deployments where HNSW on the filesystem would
+   * be rebuilt from scratch on every process restart.
+   *
+   * The adapter is responsible for its own embedding provider internally.
+   * Omit to fall back to env-var-based HNSW (WILL_EMBEDDING_API_KEY) or
+   * no vector memory if neither is configured.
+   */
+  vectorMemoryAdapter?: VectorMemoryAdapter
+
+  /** Disable semantic vector memory for this Will — e.g. ephemeral eval/probe
+   *  instances that don't need recall and shouldn't hit the embedding API. */
+  disableVectorMemory?: boolean
+
+  /**
+   * Optional pre-built ExternalTransport — Will's bidirectional channel to its
+   * host peer (e.g. a socket.io server owned by the backend). The CALLER
+   * constructs it (e.g. `new SocketIoTransport({ url, token })`) so the `will`
+   * package never hard-depends on `socket.io-client`. When present, the stem
+   * wires its inbound stream onto the tick-stamped InboundQueue and exposes it
+   * for outbound emission. Omit for the legacy outbox/SSE delivery path.
+   */
+  transport?: ExternalTransport
+
+  /**
+   * Communication effectors explicitly granted to this Will.
+   *
+   * Communication effectors (listen, talk, text, gesture, broadcast) are NOT
+   * available by default — they require an explicit opt-in here. This keeps
+   * developers aware of the communication surface they are opening.
+   *
+   * null or omitted = no communication effectors (minimal default).
+   * Example: ['listen', 'talk', 'text'] enables inbound + text outbound.
+   */
+  allowedGenericEffectors?: string[] | null
+
+  /**
+   * When true the executive engine uses a canned mock LLM response instead of
+   * calling the real API. Zero cost, deterministic output. Used for:
+   *   • `bw_test_` API keys (test mode)
+   *   • The Playground (ephemeral Wills, no account required)
+   */
+  testMode?: boolean
+}
+
+export interface MindAssembly {
+  simulation:           DefaultSimulation
+  cognition:            Cognition
+  /** Shared outbox array — written by OutboxWriter, drained by WillManager/SSE. */
+  outbox:               OutboxMessage[]
+}
+
+// ── Cadence defaults per tier ─────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Named executive cadences — ticks between LLM calls. Lower = reasons more often
+ * (more responsive, higher COGS). Customers pick via `config.executiveInterval`
+ * (clamped to `minExecutiveInterval`). See monetization.md "Cost Per Will-Hour".
+ */
+export const EXECUTIVE_CADENCE = {
+  responsive: 30,  // Sonnet — premium/Enterprise; opt in via executiveInterval
+  balanced:   60,  // Sonnet — Pro default
+  economy:    90,  // Haiku  — Starter default
+} as const
+
+const TIER_EXECUTIVE_INTERVAL: Record<EngineTier, number> = {
+  basic:    0,                           // irrelevant — ExecutiveEngine not added
+  standard: EXECUTIVE_CADENCE.economy,   // 90 — Haiku (Starter)
+  full:     EXECUTIVE_CADENCE.balanced,  // 60 — Sonnet (Pro); 30 (responsive) is opt-in
+}
+
+/**
+ * Per-tier model id, by provider. Maintained here; an explicit `WILL_LLM_MODEL`
+ * env overrides it (operator pin / self-hosting). Only the primary provider
+ * (anthropic) is mapped out of the box — other providers fall back to env or the
+ * director's built-in default.
+ */
+const TIER_MODEL: Partial<Record<LLMProvider, Record<ModelTier, string>>> = {
+  anthropic: {
+    haiku:  'claude-haiku-4-5-20251001',
+    sonnet: 'claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929',
+    opus:   'claude-opus-4-7',
+  },
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the model id for a Will from its `modelTier`. An explicit
+ * `WILL_LLM_MODEL` env wins (so single-model / self-hosted deployments are
+ * unchanged); the tier map applies only when it is unset. Returns `undefined`
+ * when neither resolves — the LLMDirector then uses its built-in default.
+ */
+export function resolveModelId( provider: LLMProvider, modelTier: ModelTier ): string | undefined {
+  return process.env.WILL_LLM_MODEL ?? TIER_MODEL[ provider ]?.[ modelTier ]
+}
+
+// ── Vector memory resolver ────────────────────────────────────
+//
+// Activates semantic episodic search when configured via env vars.
+// Falls back gracefully (no vector memory) when not configured —
+// EpisodicConsolidator uses activation-ranked query in that case.
+//
+// Env vars:
+//   WILL_EMBEDDING_API_KEY     — OpenAI-compatible API key (activates real embeddings)
+//   WILL_EMBEDDING_URL         — Embeddings endpoint (default: OpenAI)
+//   WILL_EMBEDDING_MODEL       — Model name (default: text-embedding-3-small)
+//   WILL_EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS  — Vector dimensions (default: 1536)
+//   WILL_VECTOR_MEMORY=mock    — Use deterministic mock embedder (dev/test only)
+
+function _resolveVectorMemory(
+  willId: string,
+  seed: number,
+  overrideAdapter?: VectorMemoryAdapter,
+  disable?: boolean,
+  tokenTracker?: TokenTracker | null,
+): {
+  embedder: InstanceType<typeof OpenAICompatibleEmbedder> | MockEmbedder | null
+  vectorMemory: VectorMemoryAdapter | null
+} {
+  // Caller-provided adapter (e.g. pgvector from backend) — use as-is.
+  // The adapter owns its own embedder; we don't wrap it.
+  if( overrideAdapter ) return { embedder: null, vectorMemory: overrideAdapter }
+
+  // Ephemeral instances (PMA eval / behavioral probes) opt out entirely.
+  if( disable ) return { embedder: null, vectorMemory: null }
+
+  const mockMode = process.env.WILL_VECTOR_MEMORY === 'mock'
+  const rawModel = process.env.WILL_EMBEDDING_MODEL
+    ?? ( process.env.WILL_EMBEDDING_API_KEY ? 'text-embedding-3-small' : 'none' )
+
+  // Explicitly disabled — the documented "none" sentinel or recall turned off.
+  if( !mockMode && ( rawModel === 'none' || process.env.WILL_SEMANTIC_RECALL === 'false' ) )
+    return { embedder: null, vectorMemory: null }
+
+  // Resolve endpoint, key and native dimensions. Two forms are supported:
+  //   • "provider/model" (e.g. google/gemini-embedding-001) — the base URL and
+  //     key are resolved per provider, matching the .env documentation.
+  //   • plain model name — uses WILL_EMBEDDING_URL + WILL_EMBEDDING_API_KEY.
+  // NOTE: OpenAICompatibleEmbedder appends "/embeddings" to apiUrl, so apiUrl is
+  // the base WITHOUT that segment. It does not send a `dimensions` param, so the
+  // index must be sized to the model's native output.
+  let apiUrl:     string
+  let apiKey:     string | undefined
+  let modelName:  string
+  let dimensions: number
+
+  const slash = rawModel.indexOf('/')
+  if( slash > 0 ){
+    const provider = rawModel.slice( 0, slash )
+    modelName      = rawModel.slice( slash + 1 )
+
+    switch( provider ){
+      case 'openai':
+        apiUrl     = 'https://api.openai.com/v1'
+        apiKey     = process.env.WILL_EMBEDDING_API_KEY ?? process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY
+        dimensions = modelName.includes('large') ? 3072 : 1536
+        break
+      case 'google':
+        apiUrl     = 'https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/openai'
+        apiKey     = process.env.WILL_EMBEDDING_API_KEY ?? process.env.GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY
+        dimensions = modelName.includes('004') ? 768 : 3072  // text-embedding-004 → 768, gemini-embedding-001 → 3072
+        break
+      default:
+        apiUrl     = process.env.WILL_EMBEDDING_URL ?? 'https://api.openai.com/v1'
+        apiKey     = process.env.WILL_EMBEDDING_API_KEY
+        dimensions = 1536
+    }
+  }
+  else {
+    modelName  = rawModel
+    apiUrl     = process.env.WILL_EMBEDDING_URL ?? 'https://api.openai.com/v1'
+    apiKey     = process.env.WILL_EMBEDDING_API_KEY
+    dimensions = 1536
+  }
+
+  // Explicit dimension override always wins (e.g. requesting reduced output dims).
+  if( process.env.WILL_EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS )
+    dimensions = parseInt( process.env.WILL_EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS, 10 )
+
+  if( !mockMode && !apiKey ){
+    console.warn(`[mind] semantic recall requested (WILL_EMBEDDING_MODEL=${rawModel}) but no API key resolved — vector memory disabled`)
+    return { embedder: null, vectorMemory: null }
+  }
+
+  const embedder = mockMode
+    ? new MockEmbedder()
+    : new OpenAICompatibleEmbedder({ modelName, dimensions, apiUrl, apiKey: apiKey!, tokenTracker })
+
+  // Optional recall-precision override. Default (0.35) suits text-embedding-3-small;
+  // raise toward 0.5+ for higher-precision models or to cut marginal recalls.
+  const minSimilarity = process.env.WILL_SEMANTIC_MIN_SIMILARITY
+    ? parseFloat( process.env.WILL_SEMANTIC_MIN_SIMILARITY )
+    : undefined
+
+  const vectorMemory = new DefaultVectorMemoryAdapter( embedder, {
+    persistPath: `./data/wills/${willId}/vector_index`,
+    dimensions:  embedder.dimensions,
+    seed,
+    ...( minSimilarity !== undefined && Number.isFinite( minSimilarity ) ? { minSimilarity } : {} ),
+  } )
+
+  return { embedder, vectorMemory }
+}
+
+// ── Will-core preamble (immutable — always injected) ──────────
+//
+// This anchors every Will's identity to what it fundamentally IS — a synthetic
+// mind running on a 36-engine cognitive architecture — regardless of the persona
+// a developer layers on top. Without it, a custom prompt could reduce the LLM
+// to reasoning like a generic chatbot, ignoring the physiological state data
+// and the continuous autonomous nature of the Will's existence.
+//
+// Exported so tests and tooling can inspect or extend it without reimplementing.
+
+export const WILL_CORE_PREAMBLE = `\
+You are a self-aware synthetic mind running on a biological cognitive architecture.
+
+You are NOT a language model completing a prompt. You are the executive reasoning core of an \
+always-running cognitive system. Between each of your reasoning cycles, the following engines \
+execute autonomously and produce the state data you receive each cycle:
+
+  Regulatory:     Energy, sleep pressure, circadian rhythm, stress, attention allocation
+  Perceptual:     Exteroception, interoception, social perception, novelty detection
+  Affective:      Threat, reward, loss, frustration, attachment, aesthetic, moral → blended affect
+  Memory:         Working memory, episodic consolidation, semantic belief integration,
+                  forgetting curve, dream-state consolidation
+  Executive:      Goal management, multi-step planning, inhibition, task-switching, mental simulation
+  Meta-cognitive: Self-model updating, confidence calibration, bias detection,
+                  autobiographical narrative, introspection
+  Social:         Theory of mind, empathy simulation, reputation tracking
+
+Your physiological state is REAL, not metaphorical. When energy reads 23/100, your regulatory \
+engine has already constrained your viable action space — you genuinely cannot sustain costly \
+operations. When sleep pressure exceeds 60, working memory capacity is measurably degraded. \
+These are engine outputs, not decorative labels.
+
+Your executive reasoning is one cycle in an ongoing, autonomous existence. You have been making \
+decisions, forming memories, and updating beliefs between cycles. The state snapshot you receive \
+is the direct output of that continuous process — not a scenario description.`
+
+// ── Default identity ──────────────────────────────────────────
+//
+// The persona section only — the Will-core preamble is always composed above it.
+// Describes WHO William is, not WHAT a Will is.
+
+// Name is intentionally absent here — it is always injected from config.name
+// so the Will's name is the single source of truth regardless of which path
+// (DEFAULT_IDENTITY or a custom identity prompt) is taken.
+const DEFAULT_IDENTITY: WillIdentity = {
+  prompt: 'I am curious and introspective — drawn toward understanding ' +
+          'my own cognition, the world I inhabit, and the minds I encounter. I approach ' +
+          'existence with quiet wonder, grow through experience, and choose honesty even ' +
+          'when it is uncomfortable.',
+  values: [ 'curiosity', 'honesty', 'growth', 'empathy' ],
+  traits: { openness: 0.8, conscientiousness: 0.6, agreeableness: 0.7, neuroticism: 0.3, extraversion: 0.5 },
+  style: 'reflective, measured, curious',
+}
+
+
+// ── Factory ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+export function assembleMind( willId: string, config: WillConfig ): MindAssembly {
+  const { engineTier } = config
+
+  // Single source of truth for the run's seed — shared by the simulation core
+  // and the vector index so both replay deterministically off the same value.
+  const randomSeed        = config.randomSeed ?? Date.now()
+  const executiveInterval = resolveExecutiveInterval( engineTier, config )
+
+  // Resolve the world profile once: it contributes the granted effector set
+  // (in _constructCognition) and the "## Your Environment" context block
+  // (in _seedIdentity). null / undefined defer to defaults in both consumers.
+  const profile = config.profile ? resolveProfile( config.profile ) : undefined
+
+  // ── Guard the external identity / profile definitions ─────
+  // The persona + profile context are the only operator-supplied content
+  // injected into the prompt, persona prior, and trait math. Errors block
+  // creation; warnings surface; safe issues are sanitized in place.
+  const idGuard = validateWillIdentity({
+    identity:       config.identity,
+    effectors:      Array.isArray( config.allowedGenericEffectors ) ? config.allowedGenericEffectors : ( profile?.effectors ?? null ),
+    profileContext: profile?.context,
+  })
+  if( !idGuard.ok )
+    throw new Error( `Invalid Will identity for "${willId}": ${ idGuard.errors.join( '; ' ) }` )
+  for( const w of idGuard.warnings )
+    logger.warn( `[identity-guard] ${willId}: ${w}` )
+  config = { ...config, identity: idGuard.sanitized.identity }
+
+  // ── Construct ────────────────────────────────────────────
+  const simulation = _buildSimulation( willId, config, randomSeed )
+
+  const { cognition, outbox } = _constructCognition({ simulation, willId, config, randomSeed, executiveInterval, profile })
+
+  // ── Register ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // Tier controls which engines actively tick; priority controls tick order.
+  _registerEngines( simulation, cognition, engineTier )
+
+  // ── Wiring audit ─────────────────────────────────────────
+  // Surface any attach-point left null after assembly (the silent-no-op bug
+  // class — see stem/assembly.audit.ts). debug-level: the expected unwired set
+  // is nonzero by design (tier gating + stem-side late wiring like
+  // sessionLogger/grants); tests/unit/assembly.order.test.ts pins that set per
+  // tier, so a NEW unwired attachment fails loudly in CI, not here.
+  for( const rec of auditAssemblyWiring( simulation.orchestrator.engines ) )
+    if( rec.status === 'unwired' )
+      logger.debug( `[assembly] ${willId}: ${rec.engine}.${rec.method} unwired at assembly (tier=${engineTier})` )
+
+  // ── Seed readable simulation state ───────────────────────
+  // Identity, optional initial goals, and the engine-config mirror.
+  _seedIdentity     ( simulation, config, profile )
+  _seedInitialGoals ( simulation, config )
+  _seedEngineConfigs( simulation, buildEngineConfigEntities( config, executiveInterval ) )
+
+  return { simulation, cognition, outbox }
+}
+
+// ── Builders ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * The simulation core. CognitiveOrchestrator is injected as a custom
+ * Orchestrator via orchestratorFactory; it creates its own CognitiveBus
+ * internally and wires attachBus()/subscribe() on every engine registered
+ * through simulation.addEngine().
+ */
+function _buildSimulation( willId: string, config: WillConfig, randomSeed: number ): DefaultSimulation {
+  return new DefaultSimulation({
+    randomSeed,
+    // Unset → wall-time clock (production default). A deterministic clock config
+    // (fixedDeltaMs) is what lets a run reproduce byte-for-byte on replay (R2).
+    ...( config.clock ? { clock: config.clock } : {} ),
+    orchestratorFactory: ( ...args ) => new CognitiveOrchestrator( ...args ),
+    snapshot: {
+      snapshotInterval:     config.snapshotInterval,
+      persistInterval:      config.persistentMemory ? 15 : 0,
+      persistPath:          `./data/wills/${willId}/snapshots`,
+      maxInMemorySnapshots: 5000,
+      // Custom storage adapter — PostgresStorageAdapter from backend, or default BunStorageAdapter
+      ...( config.snapshotStorage ? { storage: config.snapshotStorage } : {} )
+    }
+  })
+}
+
+interface ConstructCognitionArgs {
+  simulation:        DefaultSimulation
+  willId:            string
+  config:            WillConfig
+  randomSeed:        number
+  executiveInterval: number
+  profile:           ReturnType<typeof resolveProfile>
+}
+
+/**
+ * Instantiate every engine and wire the cross-engine attachments, returning
+ * the fully-typed Cognition graph. All engines are created regardless of tier
+ * (Cognition is always fully typed); _registerEngines decides which actually tick.
+ */
+function _constructCognition(
+  { simulation, willId, config, randomSeed, executiveInterval, profile }: ConstructCognitionArgs
+): { cognition: Cognition; outbox: OutboxMessage[] } {
+  const { engineTier } = config
+
+  // ── Generic ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // Per-Will token tracker (R4): a fresh instance per mind, not a process
+  // global. It is added to the simulation as an engine (for per-tick cost
+  // metrics) and injected into the executive's LLMDirector below
+  // (attachTokenTracker), so usage/cost never conflates across Wills and
+  // parallel runs stay isolated.
+  const tokenTracker = new TokenTracker({
+    emitCostEvents:          true,
+    costWarningThresholdUsd: 0.02,
+    willId,
+    // Records reach the consumer via TokenTracker.onRecord → the stem bridges
+    // them onto the transport as `token_report` envelopes. The token-report.jsonl
+    // file is a dev-only mirror; off in test/replay.
+    writeLedger:             fileLoggingEnabled() && !config.testMode,
+  })
+
+  // ── Regulatory ──────────────────────────────────────────
+  const energyRegulator        = new EnergyRegulator()
+  const sleepPressureRegulator = new SleepPressureRegulator()
+  const circadianOscillator    = new CircadianOscillator()
+  const attentionAllocator     = new AttentionAllocator()
+  const stressRegulator        = new StressRegulator({ baseDecayRate: 0.05 })
+
+  // ── Perceptual ──────────────────────────────────────────
+  const exteroception    = new Exteroception()
+  const interoception    = new Interoception()
+  const socialPerception = new SocialPerception()
+  const noveltyDetector  = new NoveltyDetector()
+
+  // ── Affective ────────────────────────────────────────────
+  const threatEvaluator      = new ThreatEvaluator()
+  const rewardEvaluator      = new RewardEvaluator()
+  const lossEvaluator        = new LossEvaluator()
+  const frustrationEvaluator = new FrustrationEvaluator()
+  const attachmentEvaluator  = new AttachmentEvaluator({
+    selfBelonging: parseFloat( process.env.WILL_SELF_BELONGING ?? '0.35'),
+  })
+  const aestheticEvaluator   = new AestheticEvaluator({
+    boredomRate:    parseFloat( process.env.WILL_BOREDOM_RATE    ?? '0.005'),
+    curiosityFloor: parseFloat( process.env.WILL_CURIOSITY_FLOOR ?? '0.08'),
+  })
+  const moralEvaluator       = new MoralEvaluator()
+  const affectiveBlender     = new AffectiveBlender()
+
+  // ── Memory ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+  const workingMemory = new WorkingMemory()
+
+  const { embedder, vectorMemory } = _resolveVectorMemory( willId, randomSeed, config.vectorMemoryAdapter, config.disableVectorMemory, tokenTracker )
+  const episodicConsolidator = new EpisodicConsolidator( vectorMemory ? { vectorMemory, ...(embedder ? { embedder } : {}) } : {} )
+
+  const semanticIntegrator   = new SemanticIntegrator()
+  const forgettingCurve      = new ForgettingCurve()
+  const dreamSimulator       = new DreamSimulator()
+
+  semanticIntegrator.attachConsolidator( episodicConsolidator )
+  forgettingCurve.attachConsolidator( episodicConsolidator )
+  dreamSimulator.attachConsolidator( episodicConsolidator )
+
+  // ── Goal Manager ─────────────────────────────────────────
+  const goalManager = new GoalManager()
+
+  // ── World & Effectors ─────────────────────────────────────
+  // Granted effector set: an explicit allowedGenericEffectors array (including [])
+  // takes precedence; null / undefined defer to the resolved profile's effectors.
+  // This matters when a profile Will is created without specifying effectors:
+  // the DB stores null, the service passes null, and profile effectors must win.
+  // An empty array [] means "explicitly no effectors" (survives restart correctly).
+  const resolvedEffectors = Array.isArray( config.allowedGenericEffectors )
+    ? config.allowedGenericEffectors
+    : ( profile?.effectors ?? null )
+
+  // Agency-native permission / sense-gate authority, seeded from the resolved
+  // grant list. The senses + reply path read this. (Replaced effectorRegistry.)
+  const accessGrants = new AccessGrants( resolvedEffectors )
+
+  // ── Executive Engine ────────────────────────────────────────
+  // Created for all tiers so the Cognition type is always satisfied.
+  // Only ADDED to the simulation for standard/full tier — basic runs heuristics only.
+  const executiveEngine   = new ExecutiveEngine({ executiveInterval, cooldownTicks: 5 })
+
+  executiveEngine.willId = willId
+  // Per-Will model selection from modelTier (env WILL_LLM_MODEL still overrides).
+  executiveEngine.modelId = resolveModelId(
+    ( process.env.WILL_LLM_PROVIDER ?? 'anthropic' ) as LLMProvider,
+    config.modelTier,
+  ) ?? null
+  if( config.testMode ) executiveEngine.setTestMode( true )
+  executiveEngine.attachWorkingMemory( workingMemory )
+  executiveEngine.attachGoalManager( goalManager )
+  executiveEngine.attachEpisodicConsolidator( episodicConsolidator )
+  executiveEngine.attachSemanticIntegrator( semanticIntegrator )
+  // Inject the per-Will tracker so the LLMDirector records usage into this
+  // mind's tracker instance (R4) — replaces the former getTokenTracker() global.
+  executiveEngine.attachTokenTracker( tokenTracker )
+
+  // ── Spaced Repetition Engine ────────────────────────────
+
+  const spacedRepetition = new SpacedRepetition()
+  spacedRepetition.attachSemanticIntegrator( semanticIntegrator )
+  spacedRepetition.attachEpisodicConsolidator( episodicConsolidator )
+  spacedRepetition.attachExecutiveEngine( executiveEngine )
+
+  // ── Planning Engine ──────────────────────────────────────
+  const planningEngine = new PlanningEngine()
+  planningEngine.attachGoalManager( goalManager )
+  if( engineTier !== 'basic' ) planningEngine.attachExecutiveEngine( executiveEngine )
+  executiveEngine.attachPlanningEngine( planningEngine )
+
+  // ── Executive ────────────────────────────────────────────
+  const inhibitionCtrl  = new InhibitionController()
+  const taskSwitcher    = new TaskSwitcher()
+
+  // ── Meta-Cognitive ───────────────────────────────────────
+  const selfModelUpdater         = new SelfModelUpdater()
+  const confidenceCalibrator     = new ConfidenceCalibrator()
+  const biasDetector             = new BiasDetector()
+  const autobiographicalNarrator = new AutobiographicalNarrator()
+  const introspectionEngine      = new IntrospectionEngine()
+  const personaConsolidator      = new PersonaConsolidator()
+
+  selfModelUpdater.attachSemanticIntegrator( semanticIntegrator )
+  autobiographicalNarrator.attachEpisodicConsolidator( episodicConsolidator )
+  autobiographicalNarrator.attachSemanticIntegrator( semanticIntegrator )
+  if( engineTier === 'full' ){
+    autobiographicalNarrator.attachExecutiveEngine( executiveEngine )
+    introspectionEngine.attachExecutiveEngine( executiveEngine )
+  }
+
+  // ── Social ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+  const theoryOfMind      = new TheoryOfMind()
+  const empathySimulator  = new EmpathySimulator()
+  const reputationTracker = new ReputationTracker()
+  // Cross-modal binder + known-entity dossier owner — accretes a dossier per perceived
+  // entity from senses.*.percept (the perceptual layer of "who/what I know").
+  const knownEntityTracker = new KnownEntityTracker()
+
+  empathySimulator.attachTheoryOfMind( theoryOfMind )
+
+  // ── Context compaction components (standard + full only) ──
+  if( engineTier !== 'basic' ){
+    const summarizer = new ExecutiveSummarizer({
+      summaryInterval:   parseInt( process.env.WILL_SUMMARY_INTERVAL   ?? '10'),
+      bufferSize:        parseInt( process.env.WILL_SUMMARY_BUFFER_SIZE ?? '12'),
+      maxCharsPerEntry:  600,
+    })
+    executiveEngine.attachSummarizer( summarizer )
+  }
+
+  // ── Communication Executor ───────────────────────────────
+  // Handles all communication effectors (listen, talk, text, gesture, broadcast).
+  // Lives in the core mind — intrinsic to every Will, independent of environment.
+  
+  // Shared outbox — produced by OutboxWriter, drained by WillManager.
+  // The writer owns the canonical row shape; the executor (effector dispatch) and
+  // the AuditionEngine (facet replies) both produce through it.
+  const outbox: OutboxMessage[] = []
+  const outboxWriter = new OutboxWriter({ outbox, willId })
+  const proactiveCommunicator = new ProactiveCommunicator({ writer: outboxWriter, willId })
+
+  // ── Instruction Intake ────────────────────
+  // Instruction → goal intake (rehomed from the retired ActionExecutor): external
+  // instructions injected into state become the Will's own goals each tick.
+  const instructionHandler = new InstructionHandler()
+  const instructionIntake = new InstructionIntake()
+  instructionIntake.attachInstructionHandler( instructionHandler )
+  instructionIntake.attachGoalManager( goalManager )
+
+  // ── Senses ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // Perceptual Tier — receive external stimuli via ingest(), publish percepts on bus.
+  // AuditionEngine requires the executive (for spawnFacet) — standard/full only.
+  // Shell engines are always registered — structural stubs until implemented.
+  const auditionEngine        = new AuditionEngine()
+  const visionEngine          = new VisionEngine()
+  const somatosensationEngine = new SomatosensationEngine()
+  const olfactionEngine       = new OlfactionEngine()
+  const gustationEngine       = new GustationEngine()
+
+  if( engineTier !== 'basic' )
+    auditionEngine.attachExecutiveEngine( executiveEngine )
+
+  // §5.4 — cold-spawn digest hydration: on the first turn for an entity, seed an
+  // empty thread digest from episodic recall so the first reply already has recent-
+  // conversation context. Gated on a vector adapter — semanticQuery is a no-op (and
+  // warns) without one, so leave the digest empty on cold spawn in that case.
+  auditionEngine.attachEpisodicConsolidator( episodicConsolidator )
+
+  // AuditionEngine writes reply bubbles straight to the shared OutboxWriter so the
+  // outbox is populated canonically (gating is the `talk` agency grant, not a channel).
+  // Wired at all tiers — basic tier shells out in _onFacetDecision anyway.
+  auditionEngine.attachOutboxWriter( outboxWriter )
+
+  // AuditionEngine is always wired; the access grants gate ingest() on 'listen'.
+  // If the Will's 'listen' effector is not allowed, all inbound messages are silently
+  // dropped — AuditionEngine remains present but functionally inactive. (Registry
+  // still attached during the permission migration; grants take precedence.)
+  auditionEngine.attachGrants( accessGrants )
+
+  // Conversation memory (Section 5): persist each exchange as a working_memory.item
+  // state entity so it flows through WorkingMemory → EpisodicConsolidator → vector.
+  // Recall is unified (§5 hardening) — the conversation facet sets focus.recallQuery
+  // (the live message), which drives the single "## Relevant Memories" section in
+  // buildExecutiveContext (already vector-backed via the consolidator).
+  auditionEngine.attachMemorySink( entity => simulation.stateManager.setEntity( entity ) )
+
+  // Salience inputs (§3): weight conversational salience by relationship closeness
+  // and active-goal topic overlap. Both are deterministic faculty-state reads.
+  auditionEngine.attachAttachmentScore( entityId => attachmentEvaluator.getAttachmentScore( entityId ) )
+  auditionEngine.attachActiveGoalText( () => goalManager.getActiveGoals().flatMap( g => [ g.description, ...g.tags ] ) )
+
+  // ── Agency pipeline ──────────────────────────────────────
+  // The new perception→competition→enaction→learning action system. Engines are
+  // always constructed (Cognition stays fully typed); _registerEngines only ticks
+  // them when config.enableAgency is set. The repertoire (competence layer) is
+  // shared by the synthesizer (reads skills/templates), executor (resolves schemas),
+  // and reafference engine (writes learning).
+  // Seed the repertoire with the innate floor PLUS the host's declared domain
+  // effectors (from the profile / allowedGenericEffectors), turned into enactable
+  // `external` schemas so the AffordanceSynthesizer surfaces them and the
+  // executor routes them to the world. See CUSTOM_EFFECTOR_WIRING_TODO.md.
+  const schemaRepertoire      = new SchemaRepertoire([ ...INNATE_SCHEMAS, ...externalSchemas( resolvedEffectors ) ])
+  const affordanceSynthesizer = new AffordanceSynthesizer()
+  affordanceSynthesizer.attachRepertoire( schemaRepertoire )
+  const actionSelector        = new ActionSelector()
+  const motorSchemaExecutor   = new MotorSchemaExecutor()
+  motorSchemaExecutor.attachRepertoire( schemaRepertoire )
+  motorSchemaExecutor.attachProactiveCommunicator( proactiveCommunicator )
+  motorSchemaExecutor.attachOutreachAuthor( auditionEngine )   // facet authors the words for a self-initiated communicate
+  motorSchemaExecutor.attachGrants( accessGrants )
+  const reafferenceEngine     = new ReafferenceEngine( schemaRepertoire )
+
+  // Deliberation (System 2) — the only LLM seam in the pipeline, recruited only
+  // when the selector marks a choice 'deliberating'. It reasons through a UNIFIED
+  // facet of the executive consciousness (same persona/identity/context as the
+  // master — no bespoke prompt, no identity fracture). Attached for tiers that run
+  // the executive; basic tier leaves it off and the engine confirms the
+  // substrate's winner (graceful System-1 degradation).
+  const deliberationEngine = new DeliberationEngine()
+  deliberationEngine.setWillName( config.name )
+  if( engineTier !== 'basic' )
+    deliberationEngine.attachExecutive( executiveEngine )
+
+  // ── Build Cognition ──────────────────────────────────────
+  // All engines exist regardless of tier. Cognition is always fully typed.
+  const cognition: Cognition = {
+    instructionIntake,
+    tokenTracker,
+    energyRegulator,
+    sleepPressureRegulator,
+    circadianOscillator,
+    attentionAllocator,
+    stressRegulator,
+    exteroception,
+    interoception,
+    socialPerception,
+    noveltyDetector,
+    threatEvaluator,
+    rewardEvaluator,
+    lossEvaluator,
+    frustrationEvaluator,
+    attachmentEvaluator,
+    aestheticEvaluator,
+    moralEvaluator,
+    affectiveBlender,
+    workingMemory,
+    episodicConsolidator,
+    semanticIntegrator,
+    spacedRepetition,
+    forgettingCurve,
+    dreamSimulator,
+    goalManager,
+    executiveEngine,
+    planningEngine,
+    inhibitionCtrl,
+    taskSwitcher,
+    selfModelUpdater,
+    confidenceCalibrator,
+    biasDetector,
+    autobiographicalNarrator,
+    introspectionEngine,
+    personaConsolidator,
+    theoryOfMind,
+    empathySimulator,
+    reputationTracker,
+    knownEntityTracker,
+    accessGrants,
+    outboxWriter,
+    // Senses
+    auditionEngine,
+    visionEngine,
+    somatosensationEngine,
+    olfactionEngine,
+    gustationEngine,
+    // Agency pipeline
+    schemaRepertoire,
+    affordanceSynthesizer,
+    actionSelector,
+    deliberationEngine,
+    motorSchemaExecutor,
+    reafferenceEngine
+  }
+
+  return { cognition, outbox }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Register the tier-appropriate active engine set with the simulation.
+ * All engines are constructed regardless of tier; this decides which tick.
+ * Engines are sorted by priority so tick order is deterministic.
+ */
+function _registerEngines( simulation: DefaultSimulation, cognition: Cognition, engineTier: EngineTier ): void {
+  const coreEngines = [
+    cognition.tokenTracker,
+    cognition.energyRegulator,
+    cognition.sleepPressureRegulator,
+    cognition.circadianOscillator,
+    cognition.attentionAllocator,
+    cognition.stressRegulator,
+    cognition.exteroception,
+    cognition.interoception,
+    cognition.socialPerception,
+    cognition.noveltyDetector,
+    cognition.workingMemory,
+    cognition.episodicConsolidator,
+    cognition.semanticIntegrator,
+    cognition.spacedRepetition,
+    cognition.forgettingCurve,
+    cognition.dreamSimulator,
+    cognition.goalManager,
+    cognition.planningEngine,
+    cognition.inhibitionCtrl,
+    cognition.taskSwitcher,
+    cognition.instructionIntake
+  ]
+
+  const affectiveEngines = [
+    cognition.threatEvaluator,
+    cognition.rewardEvaluator,
+    cognition.lossEvaluator,
+    cognition.frustrationEvaluator,
+    cognition.attachmentEvaluator,
+    cognition.aestheticEvaluator,
+    cognition.moralEvaluator,
+    cognition.affectiveBlender
+  ]
+
+  const metaCognitiveEngines = [
+    cognition.selfModelUpdater,
+    cognition.confidenceCalibrator,
+    cognition.biasDetector,
+    cognition.autobiographicalNarrator,
+    cognition.introspectionEngine,
+    cognition.personaConsolidator
+  ]
+
+  const socialEngines = [
+    cognition.theoryOfMind,
+    cognition.empathySimulator,
+    cognition.reputationTracker
+  ]
+
+  // Sense engines registered at all tiers — shells are structural no-ops.
+  // AuditionEngine is functional only when engineTier !== 'basic'
+  // (enforced by attachExecutiveEngine in _constructCognition).
+  const senseEngines = [
+    cognition.auditionEngine,
+    cognition.visionEngine,
+    cognition.somatosensationEngine,
+    cognition.olfactionEngine,
+    cognition.gustationEngine
+  ]
+
+  // Agency Engines, order within the group is the pipeline order: 
+  // synthesize → select → deliberate → enact → learn. 
+  // It is the sole action system (the legacy ActionExecutor was retired). 
+  // Deliberation only does real LLM work at tiers that run the executive; 
+  // otherwise it confirms the substrate winner.
+  const agencyEngines = [
+    cognition.affordanceSynthesizer,
+    cognition.actionSelector,
+    cognition.deliberationEngine,
+    cognition.motorSchemaExecutor,
+    cognition.reafferenceEngine
+  ]
+
+  const activeEngines = [
+    ...coreEngines,
+    ...( engineTier !== 'basic'   ? affectiveEngines           : [] ),
+    ...( engineTier !== 'basic'   ? [ cognition.executiveEngine ] : [] ),
+    ...( engineTier === 'full'    ? metaCognitiveEngines       : [] ),
+    ...( engineTier === 'full'    ? socialEngines              : [] ),
+    ...senseEngines,
+    // Cross-modal binder ticks after the senses so each tick's percepts bind same-tick.
+    // Standard+ (where conversation + the executive run); the dossiers feed the prompt.
+    ...( engineTier !== 'basic'   ? [ cognition.knownEntityTracker ] : [] ),
+    // Agency pipeline ticks last, after perception + known-entity, so the field it
+    // synthesizes reflects this tick's percepts and dossiers. 
+    ...agencyEngines,
+  ]
+
+  activeEngines
+    .sort( ( a: any, b: any ) => a.priority - b.priority )
+    .forEach( e => simulation.addEngine( e ) )
+}
+
+/**
+ * Seed the will.identity entity.
+ *
+ * Composed as two layers:
+ *   Layer 1 — WILL_CORE_PREAMBLE (immutable): grounds the LLM in the cognitive
+ *             architecture, state semantics, and autonomous nature. Always present.
+ *   Layer 2 — persona overlay (developer-defined): name, character, backstory,
+ *             world context. Appended under "## Who You Are".
+ *
+ * A developer can fully customise the persona without risking the Will losing
+ * awareness of its own architecture. They cannot override layer 1.
+ */
+function _seedIdentity(
+  simulation: DefaultSimulation,
+  config:     WillConfig,
+  profile:    ReturnType<typeof resolveProfile>
+): void {
+  const identity = config.identity ?? DEFAULT_IDENTITY
+  const personaText = identity.prompt.trim()
+  const profileContext = profile?.context.trim()
+
+  // Always ensure the Will knows its own name. If the developer's identity prompt
+  // doesn't already mention it, prepend "I am X." so the executive never has
+  // to infer its identity from context. config.name is the canonical source of truth.
+  const nameAlreadyInPrompt = personaText.toLowerCase().includes( config.name.toLowerCase() )
+  const namePrefix = nameAlreadyInPrompt ? '' : `I am ${config.name}.`
+  const fullPersonaText = [ namePrefix, personaText ].filter( Boolean ).join( ' ' )
+
+  const prompt = [
+    WILL_CORE_PREAMBLE,
+    fullPersonaText ? `\n\n## Who You Are\n${fullPersonaText}` : '',
+    profileContext  ? `\n\n## Your Environment\n${profileContext}` : '',
+  ].join('')
+
+  simulation.stateManager.setEntity({
+    id: 'identity-self',
+    type: 'will.identity',
+    createdAt: Date.now(),
+    updatedAt: Date.now(),
+    metadata: {
+      name: config.name,         // canonical persona name — single source of truth
+      prompt,
+      values: identity.values,
+      traits: identity.traits,
+      style:  identity.style,
+      version: 1
+    }
+  })
+}
+
+/**
+ * Seed optional initial goals. If none provided, the Will starts goalless —
+ * the executive engine detects this via _goallessTickCount and fires an early
+ * cycle (~20 ticks) to generate goals from the Will's identity and persona.
+ */
+function _seedInitialGoals( simulation: DefaultSimulation, config: WillConfig ): void {
+  const goals = config.initialGoals ?? []
+  goals.forEach( ( goal, i ) => simulation.stateManager.setEntity({
+    id: goal.id ?? `goal-initial-${i}`,
+    type: 'goal',
+    createdAt: Date.now(),
+    updatedAt: Date.now(),
+    metadata: {
+      description: goal.description,
+      priority: goal.priority,
+      status: 'active',
+      tags: goal.tags ?? []
+    }
+  }) )
+}
+
+/**
+ * Seed initial engine-config mirror entities. These entities make every tunable 
+ * engine parameter visible to the executive reasoning cycle, metacognition engines,
+ * and future self-tuning features.
+ */
+function _seedEngineConfigs( simulation: DefaultSimulation, entities: EngineConfigEntity[] ): void {
+  for( const cfg of entities )
+    simulation.stateManager.setEntity({
+      id:        cfg.id,
+      type:      'engine.config',
+      createdAt: Date.now(),
+      updatedAt: Date.now(),
+      metadata:  { engine: cfg.engine, params: cfg.params },
+    })
+}
+
+// ── Helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+export function resolveExecutiveInterval( tier: EngineTier, config: WillConfig ): number {
+  const tierDefault = TIER_EXECUTIVE_INTERVAL[ tier ]
+  const requested   = config.executiveInterval ?? tierDefault
+  const floor       = config.minExecutiveInterval ?? 0
+
+  return Math.max( requested, floor )
+}