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name: recursive-content
description: Apply the Recursive content: one block, many articles article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# Recursive content: one block, many articles

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

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/recursive-content.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/recursive-content/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

A recursive content block is one addressable unit of article prose. Every block has one stable identity. An article is an ordered list of references to those blocks. If the same block belongs in two articles, both articles point to it; neit

## Representations

- Human: /a/recursive-content
- JSON: /api/articles/recursive-content
- Relationships: /api/articles/recursive-content/topology
- History: /api/articles/recursive-content/revisions