Kindlingthe Field Manual edition Spec v0.1.1 · Stable The protocol site The specification kindling.foundation
KindlingThe Solo Operator’s Field Manual

The manual should belong to the people building on it.

Two readers, one specification. Pick the door; every chapter links the section that binds it.

StableSpecification v0.1.1, dated 1 October 2026.Nothing yetNothing runs on Kindling at TranquilTech yet.

Two doors

  • Door one · in the protocol site’s dress

    For builders of clients, hosts and tools

    Planned · shown with invented examples

    What it’s for
    Building on Kindling: one of the four conformance classes in §11, or a registry, block list or agent that §11 does not name.
    What it’s not for
    A hosted consumer product, or a chargeable surface at the connection layer. §1.3 lists both as non-goals.

    Article I is K.1, the protocol as a reader meets it. Article II is K.2, licensing and governance. Then the quick start, the manifest walkthrough and Try it as Hollis.

    Open the builder’s charter

  • Door two · in the Charter’s dress

    For curators and the organizations that keep Pools

    Planned · shown with invented examples

    What it’s for
    Keeping a Pool: writing its charter and choosing its consent model (§3.2), holding a consent proof for every entry (§3.4), and paying for the work with something sold beside the introduction.
    What it’s not for
    Adding anyone who has not said yes, which §5.1 forbids. Charging two people to meet, which §1.3 names as a non-goal.

    Article I is K.4, curation as a craft. Article II is K.3, money beside the introduction. Then Try it as Hollis, the Money lines and the manifest walkthrough.

    Open the curator’s charter

A door is a link. Choosing one stores nothing, and everything behind both doors is open. Where a chapter leans on the Field Manual, the edition carries a Kindling rewrite of that chapter, numbered K- after its source, and the original stays on solo.joshwolf.net. Both doors end with Chapter 10.4, and Chapter 10.9, crisis and support, is open to everyone.

If you are in crisis: Call or text 988 Text HOME to 741741 Chapter 10.9, crisis and support