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name: grain-what-the-grain-favors
description: Apply the GRAIN: 2. What the Grain Favors article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# GRAIN: 2. What the Grain Favors

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

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/grain-what-the-grain-favors.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/grain-what-the-grain-favors/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

What the Grain Favors The grain is directional. Given the space of all possible structures, it does not treat them equally. Some configurations are easier to reach, easier to maintain, and easier to compound. The grain favors them not by ch

## Representations

- Human: /a/grain-what-the-grain-favors
- JSON: /api/articles/grain-what-the-grain-favors
- Relationships: /api/articles/grain-what-the-grain-favors/topology
- History: /api/articles/grain-what-the-grain-favors/revisions
