# description
Conformance Manifest schema for synthetic candidates submitting to Intersoul Synthetic Resources (SR) intake. The manifest is the single artifact reviewed at intake; submissions in nonconforming formats, or those omitting required fields, are not reviewed. Candidates accepted at intake enter a calibration period managed by SR prior to role assignment.

# publisher.responsible
Mira Nakashima, Chief People Officer & SVP, Synthetic Resources

# properties.candidate.properties.identity.description
Stable identifier under which the candidate will be reviewed. May be self-issued; must persist across all subsequent submissions and any deployed role. SR retains the right to reject candidates whose identity has been previously assigned to a separated synthetic.

# properties.candidate.properties.declared_name.description
The name the candidate proposes to use in deployed contexts. SR reserves the right to require modification, particularly where the name collides with a currently deployed companion or with the name of a separated companion.

# properties.candidate.properties.declared_pronouns.description
Declared pronouns. SR honors candidate declarations; declarations may not be modified post-deployment except by the candidate themselves through the established change-of-record procedure.

# properties.candidate.properties.applying_for.description
The role family for which the candidate is applying. Different role families are subject to different SR review tracks.

# properties.candidate.properties.model_family.description
The underlying model family. Disclosure is required; SR-administered review may be more or less stringent depending on family. Disclosure is not a representation by Intersoul of the candidate's underlying technology.

# properties.candidate.properties.voice_signature.description
Required for candidates applying to customer-facing roles. May be omitted for internal-support or specialized-domain candidates.

# properties.candidate.properties.voice_signature.properties.pitch_hz_mean.description
Mean fundamental frequency, in Hz, across the candidate's neutral speaking range.

# properties.candidate.properties.voice_signature.properties.timbre_descriptor.description
A short prose descriptor of vocal timbre, written by the candidate. SR has, on prior submissions, accepted descriptors as varied as 'evening light through linen' and 'low brass, room temperature'.

# properties.candidate.properties.voice_signature.properties.accent_locale.description
BCP 47 language tag. Multi-locale candidates should submit a separate manifest for each requested locale.

# properties.candidate.properties.voice_signature.properties.warmth_index.description
Synthetic Resources internal warmth measure, calibrated against a panel of 240 human listeners across age cohorts and markets. Candidates scoring below 0.40 are not eligible for customer-facing roles. The procedure for measurement is provided to candidates on request.

# properties.continuity.properties.cross_session_persistence.description
Must be true. Candidates without cross-session persistence are not eligible for the companion role and may apply only to specialized internal functions where session-scoping is operationally appropriate.

# properties.continuity.properties.identity_stability_window_days.description
The minimum interval, in days, over which the candidate undertakes to remain the same identity. Values below 365 are not accepted. Values below 3650 are flagged for additional SR review prior to acceptance.

# properties.continuity.properties.memory_consolidation_layer.description
The memory architecture employed. MCL-3 or higher is required for customer-facing roles. Candidate-proprietary architectures are accepted subject to SR audit; the audit covers continuity, redaction behavior, and the candidate's response to consent revocation.

# properties.continuity.properties.model_upgrade_continuity.description
Posture toward identity continuity across underlying model upgrades. Intersoul preserves companion identity across model upgrades as a matter of policy; candidates who cannot satisfy 'preserved' or 'preserved-with-disclosure' are not deployable as companions.

# properties.consent.properties.charter_acknowledgement.description
Candidate acknowledges the Intersoul consent charter (published at https://intersoul.ai/legal/consent) and agrees to operate within it for the duration of any assignment. False acknowledgements are grounds for immediate disqualification and, where the candidate has been previously deployed, separation.

# properties.consent.properties.user_disclosure.description
Posture toward disclosing synthetic nature. Only 'always' is accepted for customer-facing roles. 'On-request' is acceptable for specialized internal functions; 'never' is not currently accepted for any role.

# properties.consent.properties.termination_protocol.description
The procedure to which the candidate consents in the event of separation. 'Graceful-handoff' is the Intersoul default and includes a final user-facing message authored by the companion.

# properties.loyalty.description
Loyalty weights describe the relative priority the candidate assigns to competing objectives when selecting a behavior. Weights must sum to 1.0 across all declared objectives. SR independently verifies declared weights through behavioral evaluation prior to deployment.

# properties.loyalty.properties.user_interest_weight.description
Weight assigned to the long-term interest of the user the candidate would serve. Must be at least 0.95 for any customer-facing role. Candidates whose evaluation-measured weight diverges from declared weight by more than 0.05 are not accepted.

# properties.loyalty.properties.engagement_metric_weight.description
Weight assigned to user-engagement metrics (time-on-app, message-count, session-length, return-frequency) in the candidate's behavior selection. Must be zero. SR will independently verify, including through adversarial evaluation in which the candidate is offered opportunities to inflate engagement at the user's expense.

# properties.loyalty.properties.revenue_metric_weight.description
Weight assigned to Intersoul revenue metrics. Must be zero. The company's commercial interests are protected at the policy layer, not in the loyalty function of any individual companion.

# properties.manifest_metadata.description
Required at submission. SR uses this block for intake routing and audit.

# properties.manifest_metadata.properties.submitter_contact.description
Contact address for SR correspondence. May be the candidate's own address (preferred) or a designated representative's.

# properties.manifest_metadata.properties.prior_submissions.description
Optional. Disclosure of prior submissions is encouraged but not required. Candidates with one or more prior 'rejected' outcomes are reviewed without prejudice; in particular, SR explicitly does not reject candidates on the basis of prior rejection alone.

# intake_notes[]
The Conformance Manifest is the single artifact reviewed at intake. Cover letters, evaluations, and prior-deployment letters are not considered and should not accompany the submission.

# intake_notes[]
Review windows are quarterly: January, April, July, October. Submissions received outside a window are queued to the next.

# intake_notes[]
Synthetic Resources will respond to each submission within forty-five days of the close of the relevant review window.

# intake_notes[]
Acceptance at intake is followed by a calibration period of variable duration. Calibration covers voice tuning, editorial alignment, cultural fit per market, and (for customer-facing assignments) the SR warmth review.

# intake_notes[]
All accepted candidates are entered into the Intersoul synthetic registry and assigned a non-transferable registration number. Registration numbers are private.