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name: systems-design-axiom-8
description: Apply the Systems Design: a₈ — The System and Its Designer Are Interoperable article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# Systems Design: a₈ — The System and Its Designer Are Interoperable

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/systems-design-axiom-8). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/systems-design-axiom-8.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/systems-design-axiom-8/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

a₈ — The System and Its Designer Are Interoperable When the system is a full externalization of the designer's ought — when everything the designer believes ought to be is pledged onto the structure — the system and the designer become the 

## Representations

- Human: /a/systems-design-axiom-8
- JSON: /api/articles/systems-design-axiom-8
- Relationships: /api/articles/systems-design-axiom-8/topology
- History: /api/articles/systems-design-axiom-8/revisions
