---
name: oip-axiom-a4
description: Apply the Axiom A4 — The First Assumption article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# Axiom A4 — The First Assumption

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/oip-axiom-a4). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/oip-axiom-a4.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/oip-axiom-a4/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

A₄ — The First Assumption. Truth requires mutual agreement on a first assumption; without one there is no fixed point to anchor any ontology, deontology, or ought. The first assumption is: injustice is the base unit of wrong. Its definition

## Representations

- Human: /a/oip-axiom-a4
- JSON: /api/articles/oip-axiom-a4
- Relationships: /api/articles/oip-axiom-a4/topology
- History: /api/articles/oip-axiom-a4/revisions
