Certification · certification

Owner directive (2026-07-10), canonical. "Cells (Work Cells): The interactive units of endeavor. These are tasks, tickets, or projects. Loopers (Humans) and Datans must undergo certification to accept a Work Cell." [src: wiki/development/prompts-archive/by-topic/knowledge-management-and-concept-modeling.md:708]

Content

Certification is the CodeLand progression gate on work: before a looper or datan can accept a work-cell, it "must undergo certification" [src: ...knowledge-management-and-concept-modeling.md:708]. Certification is one of the three components of Individuals (Character Progression): "The unique reputation, certification level, and inventory of Neural Wares held by a Human or Datan. Progression determines what Work Cells they can accept on their Work Radar." [src: ...:748]

Certifications ride Neural Wares. In the daily loop's Execution & Certification phase, "A Looper checks their Neural Ware to see if they have the certification to harvest a specific complex Cell. If yes, they begin the collaborative loop with a Datan." [src: ...:772] The certification is carried by the equipped neuralware — an heirloom, "used, perfected, changed, learned, teached" [src: ...:685] — so credentials transmit the way craft does: acquired, upgraded, and taught, with Neural Wares "Acquired in specific Districts" [src: ...:728]. The academy path of districts is where beings train up to a certification.

Effects of the gate:

• work-radar filtering — the Radar surfaces glowing cells, but progression (reputation + certification level + gear-sets inventory) determines which of them are acceptable [src: ...:748].
• collaborative-intelligence entry — passing the check is what opens the collaborative Human+Datan loop on a complex cell [src: ...:772].
• Prior canon continuity — the Fortress endeavor-level system already required certifying through levels "to acquire a specialization and accept/start endeavors over ventures" for humans and datans alike [src: wiki/development/prompts-archive/by-topic/districts-pad-pod-and-codeland-ui.md:44].

Composition

• uses: neuralware (the credential's carrier), heirloom (its ontological class), districts (academy path where it is earned)
• used-by: work-cell (acceptance gate), work-radar (filters acceptable cells), looper and datan (both certify), quests-mapping (progression layer of the gameplay loop)

See also

• daily-loop — Execution & Certification is a phase of the routine
• dwork — where approved cells convert into value