# Executive Directive: Deliver a safe SMI 00-05-01 update floor while preserving a return path to revised DisplayTest and the FAT32 production handoff. Prove the transition on both controller assemblies before release.

Status: ready-for-prm
Type: idea-brief
Role: project-executive-directive-v1
Updated: 2026-09-21
Next Action: reissue this exact directive to delegate or resume it through the Plan Cycle
Readiness Review: performed by the receiving Plan Cycle; ask the CEO only about material ambiguity
Produces:

## CEO Directive

Deliver a safe SMI 00-05-01 update floor while preserving a return path to revised DisplayTest and the FAT32 production handoff. Prove the transition on both controller assemblies before release.

## Desired Outcome

Make the directive true through the smallest coherent set of subordinate cycles.

## Current Position

The directive is captured in the durable intake queue and has not yet been delegated.

## Progress

- [x] Directive captured exactly in canonical project state.
- [ ] Codex has delegated the directive into a bounded plan and execution chain.
- [ ] The requested outcome has evidence and is reconciled.

Only check a milestone when canonical lifecycle state or linked evidence supports it. Codex updates
this section as work moves; the generated `work/100k.md` never guesses progress.

## Recommended Next Action

Ask Codex to delegate or resume this directive when you want it worked.

## Why This Next

The directive is safely batched, so delegation is the next action that advances its outcome.

## Blockers

- None.

## Operator Needs

- None.

## Completion Condition

The directive's outcome is evidence-backed, reconciled, and reported back to the operator.

## Authority And Delivery Boundary

- Preserve any endpoint, target, timing, non-goal, or authority language stated in the directive.
- Without explicit delivery language, source-changing work stops at a verified Work1 candidate.
- Interrupt only for a genuine material decision or authority boundary.

## Delegation Contract

Initial issuance is durable intake only. Tool Shed appends this Idea through canonical planning
order, checkpoints it, and stops so other directives may be captured first. Reissuing the exact
active directive delegates or resumes it when doing so will not preempt another working campaign.

The Plan Cycle interprets this directive, the Roadmap Cycle organizes it when needed, the Milestone
Cycle materializes bounded campaigns, Campaign Cycles execute, and Evidence/Outcome Cycles report
the result back to 100k. The CEO is not required to select those internal mechanics.

## Exploration Log

### 2026-09-21

- Directive issued by the project owner through the 100k command surface.
