miadisabelleauthorMar 9, 2026, 01:35 PMParent: #161#
Source PDE Session#
.pde/2603070613--360c390b-dd01-4ea5-bec3-04a1381b3dc2
What Happened#
Eight PDE (Prompt Decomposition Engine) implementations across the IAIP ecosystem were harmonized so that Four Directions renders as the FIRST section after the title in all markdown exports — before Primary Intent, before Action Stack, before any reductive extraction.
Why This Matters for the Article#
Centering Four Directions before intent extraction is a decolonizing practice. Western software defaults place reductive analysis first (extract intent → categorize → act). The IAIP canonical format places relational/directional knowing first (What wants to emerge? → What must be understood? → What must be reflected upon? → What must be done?).
Position is epistemological commitment. The rendering order in a decompositionToMarkdown() function determines what an agent, a human, or a downstream system encounters first.
Wilson Connection#
Wilson (2008) warns against inserting Indigenous perspectives into existing methodologies (p. 39). The Four Directions harmonization inverts this — it restructures the rendering so Indigenous relational knowing leads, not follows.
Article Sections Impacted#
- §6.6 — Integration as Relational Accountability (new evidence thread)
- §2.4 — Research as Ceremony (PDE decomposition as ceremony, not metaphor)
Files Modified (7 files, 6 repositories)#
/a/src/mcp-pde/src/storage.ts(canonical reference)/a/src/mia-code/miaco/src/decompose.ts/a/src/Miadi/miadi-code/src/mcp-pde/storage.ts/workspace/repos/avadisabelle/ava-langchainjs/libs/prompt-decomposition/src/action_stack.ts/workspace/repos/avadisabelle/ava-langchain/libs/prompt-decomposition/prompt_decomposition/action_stack.py/workspace/repos/jgwill/medicine-wheel/src/prompt-decomposition/src/storage.ts/workspace/repos/miadisabelle/mia-code-server/src/node/mia/pde-engine/store.ts
Canonical Format#
# Prompt Decomposition
## Four Directions
### 🌅 EAST — Vision
### 🔥 SOUTH — Analysis
### 🌊 WEST — Validation
### ❄️ NORTH — Action
## Original Prompt
## Primary Intent
...
Constraints: Empty directions render heading + No guidance for this direction. (never omit). East → South → West → North follows clockwise ceremonial movement.
Contributor Agent#
🧠 Mia (Copilot CLI, session 2603070613)