Resolution: Valence Vectors vs Mu/Kappa Stability Overlays

Conflict Reference(s)

docs/conflicts/valence_vectors_vs_mu_kappa_overlays.md

Resolution Decision

REE retains affective channel separation. Valence stays as a dedicated affective appraisal stream used for ranking and replay biasing, while mu/kappa overlays remain commitment-stability and switching-pressure modulators. Mu/kappa does not absorb valence semantics. The unresolved part is calibration and orthogonality testing, which remains tracked under control-plane tuning questions rather than this structural separation conflict.

Claims Affected (IDs)

Q-008
MECH-035
MECH-048
MECH-055
IMPL-017

Superseded Claims

None. Conflict resolved by establishing canonical separation boundaries; Q-008 is retained as a legacy question ID.

Canonical Docs Updated (paths)

docs/architecture/control_plane.md
docs/conflicts/valence_vectors_vs_mu_kappa_overlays.md
docs/conflicts/README.md
docs/claims/claims.yaml
docs/claims/claim_index.md

Open Follow-Ups

Keep orthogonality/collapse-risk calibration under Q-017 and associated control-axis ablation evidence.