{"id":"EXP-0001","type":"experiment","title":"Client Zero baseline: propagation of this site's published objects into evaluator behavior","created":"2026-07-13","status":"draft — pre-registration pending founder approval","authors":["Upstream Zero"],"edges":[{"rel":"tests","to":"H-1"}],"predictions":["Within some measurable window after publication, evaluator outputs about Upstream Zero will begin to reflect published objects (by ID, claim wording, or tier vocabulary)","Corrections published as Revision objects will measurably change subsequent evaluator retrieval and narration about us"],"founderDecision":"FD-8","body":"The observatory's first experiment observes itself. This site's own\npublication is an intervention in the environment we study: its objects\nmay enter evaluator retrieval and reasoning. Rather than treating that as\ncontamination, we measure it (Propagation Records), per the founder ruling\nthat Client Zero intentionally participates in the environment it studies.\n\n**Status honesty:** this is a draft protocol. It has not been\npre-registered, because pre-registration requires the founder-approved\nfinal protocol and a public, timestamped record (see FRICTION_LOG FR-1 —\nthe git timestamp authority does not exist yet). No data has been\ncollected. When registration happens, this object's status change will be\na recorded Revision.","url":"/experiments/EXP-0001","machineUrl":"/objects/EXP-0001","referencedBy":[{"from":"client-zero","rel":"cites"}],"_meta":{"site":"Upstream Zero — Commercial Evaluation Observatory","version":"0.1","note":"Claims are presented at their evidence tier; Narrated is the lowest. Verify by walking edges, not by trusting us."}}