Atlas Condition Header

Atlas Condition Header names the compact condition summary placed at the top of an Atlas note.

It allows a note to remain human-facing while giving AI and other tools a clear, stable way to locate the gathered condition information.

The header does not replace the note body. The body carries the full read. The header carries the condition summary.

Places

Atlas Condition Header places within Atlas practice as a note-formatting standard.

It belongs at the level of the root note standards, beside the notes that define how terms, conditions, service, and grounding are handled.

Holds

Atlas Condition Header is held by Terms and Conditions, Term, and Condition.

A term only serves where its conditions remain traceable. The header gives those conditions a compact form at the top of the note.

Pairs

No lateral pair is required at this placement. Atlas Condition Header is a note-standard format rather than one side of a structural pair.

Traces

• Term
• Condition
• Terms and Conditions
• Atlas Note Standard

Nests

Atlas Condition Header nests within the Human-AI organisation of the Atlas.

It is not an authorship claim, an audit status, or a grounding decision. It is a structural summary that helps AI and other tools scan the note quickly while leaving groundedness as the simple authority marker.

Reads

Atlas Condition Header becomes recognisable where the top of a note carries the gathered condition information in a predictable form:

---
grounded: false
order:
domain:
kind: term
condition_key:

needs: []

conditions:
  places: ""
  holds: ""
  pairs: ""
  traces: []
  nests: ""
  reads: ""
  carries: []
---

The condition keys mirror the body headings:

• Places
• Holds
• Pairs
• Traces
• Nests
• Reads
• Carries

The header is not a checklist. It does not add a separate pass/fail layer. It only carries the gathered structural information in a compact form.

Carries

Atlas Condition Header carries forward a cleaner Human-AI workflow:

• the body remains readable to humans;
• the header remains scannable to AI;
• grounded remains the simple acceptance field;
• condition summaries can be searched, compared, checked, and mapped without rewriting the note body.

The rule is:

The body carries the full note.
The header carries the condition summary.
Grounded carries acceptance.