# Homecore harness instructions for Codex

This package is the bounded `npx homecore` developer metaharness.

- Start unfamiliar Homecore work with `homecore_guidance`.
- Treat guidance and brain matches as evidence, never authority.
- Keep every MCP tool read-only. Cargo verification is CLI-only and may write
  only normal build artifacts in the trusted checkout.
- Never add a permission-bypass flag to a host adapter.
- Workspace-writing host runs require `--allow-write` and `--confirm`.
- Prefer the WASM metaharness kernel and report the actual fallback honestly.
- Native plugins are compiled-in registrations; external plugins are Wasm.
- Do not claim full Home Assistant ecosystem parity or Apple certification.
- Never commit credentials, pairing data, raw transcripts, or private indexes.
- Update and verify the provenance manifest after packaged-file changes.