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name: systems-design-axiom-1
description: Apply the Systems Design: a₁ — Polarity Is Required for Systems Integrity article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# Systems Design: a₁ — Polarity Is Required for Systems Integrity

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/systems-design-axiom-1). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/systems-design-axiom-1.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/systems-design-axiom-1/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

a₁ — Polarity Is Required for Systems Integrity Everything requires its dual. Hope preserves itself because it is the opposite of despair. When despair voids the memory of hope, both are nullified. Stability is not the absence of opposition

## Representations

- Human: /a/systems-design-axiom-1
- JSON: /api/articles/systems-design-axiom-1
- Relationships: /api/articles/systems-design-axiom-1/topology
- History: /api/articles/systems-design-axiom-1/revisions
