Lab is C42's evidence log: systems already being built, tested, verified, repaired, or promoted. Build is where a new problem enters the execution path; Lab is where the work must prove it exists.
BRING C42 A BUILD →The public operating surface for Forge, Director review, system nodes, responsive access, and the client-delivery path.
Evidence standard: code, CI, staging acceptance, physical-device acceptance where relevant, production deployment, and recovery anchors.Campaign execution, provider routing, deterministic verification, reversible checkpoints, and the canonical client-delivery contract.
The controller separates project work from promotion so a build can fail safely before it reaches production.Builder/reviewer separation with deterministic verification for larger software work.
Independent construction and review matter because a system should not grade its own assumptions without challenge.Approved design and assets can move through isolated build, verification, staging, acceptance, production, and handoff.
The finish line is a working URL with evidence and rollback—not a folder of code.THE LAB CYCLE
Turn the request into a bounded objective with explicit success criteria, constraints, deferred work, and a known starting point.
Work happens on an isolated branch or worktree so experimentation can fail without rewriting the known-good production state.
Typechecks, tests, builds, deterministic guards, and fresh review challenge the implementation before staging.
Staging and real-device or real-workflow acceptance catch failures that source-level checks cannot see.
Production promotion records the exact release anchor, verifies deployment health, and preserves a rollback checkpoint.
WHAT LEAVES THIS NODE
A deployed or otherwise usable result—not merely a prototype claim.
Tests, acceptance results, commits, deployment state, and documented limitations.
A known-good anchor that lets later experiments remain reversible.
No fake demos and no invented progress. A Lab item earns its status from evidence that can be inspected.