nx_caretaker.nx

nx_caretaker.nx -- the CARETAKER / GARDENER organ: as sprawl is identified (duplicates from the Genealogist, superseded capabilities), the Caretaker keeps the ECOSYSTEM in BALANCE -- pruning like a great gardener so the WHOLE improves, NEVER wiping functionality. It is a SEPARATE organ (single responsibility) but NEVER acts alone -- three partners gate every prune (checks & balances): ENGINEER -- removal SAFETY: if a piece is LOAD-BEARING (others depend on it), removing it would kill the ecosystem, so KEEP. The Engineer must prove the ecosystem survives without it. GARDENER -- (the Caretaker) only prunes sprawl whose FUNCTION is COVERED by a survivor; it removes REDUNDANCY, never a capability (rule #25: improve the whole, don't strip features). COUNCIL -- governs ADDITIVE-ONLY (rule #13): a prune is a SOFT-RETIRE (deprecate / is_current=0, fully reversible), NEVER a hard delete. History is sacred. So removal strengthens the whole ONLY when it is redundant AND safe AND reversible AND governed. Recommendation: separate organ, deeply wired in partnership -- pruning alone is too dangerous. license_tier: ORIGINAL Refs: additive-only (rule 13); never-strip-features (rule 25); single-responsibility (rule 9).