CONTINUE-X States
CONTINUE-X uses a small, strict set of validation states to control when continuation capsules can be exported and reused. These states exist to prevent malformed context, accidental misuse, and silent corruption of long-form human work.
Why States Exist
Long chat histories are messy, nonlinear, and often contain a mix of usable context and casual conversation. CONTINUE-X does not interpret meaning or intent. Instead, it applies deterministic structural rules.
States are the mechanism that translates those rules into clear, enforceable outcomes.
State Overview
CONTINUE-X recognizes exactly four states:
ERROR — TRUSTED — RESUME — UNTRUSTED
ERROR
The input violates a hard structural rule and cannot be processed.
Typical causes include missing or duplicated stop markers, stop markers placed incorrectly, invalid word count, or conflicting resume cues.
When in ERROR state, all actions are blocked except reset. No export is possible.
TRUSTED
The input is clean, structured, and unambiguous.
All validation rules are satisfied, no resume intent is present, and no conversational or mixed content is detected.
In TRUSTED state, export is allowed immediately.
RESUME
The input explicitly indicates that work should continue from this point.
Exactly one clear resume cue is detected, and all structural rules are satisfied.
In RESUME state, export is allowed immediately and the capsule is labeled accordingly.
UNTRUSTED
The input is structurally valid but contains mixed, conversational, or ambiguous material.
This commonly occurs when casual dialogue, acknowledgements, or unrelated discussion is mixed with project context.
In UNTRUSTED state, export is blocked until the user explicitly authorizes it.
Important Clarifications
States are not judgments of quality or correctness.
TRUSTED does not mean perfect. UNTRUSTED does not mean wrong.
CONTINUE-X does not infer meaning, intent, or correctness. States reflect structural and contextual clarity only.