# Orientation Stage

> Establish authority, trust, intent, and change-directionality, and gather current-system evidence before any planning, emitting a context bundle that is the sole artifact the planning stage reads.

Record: `algo:orientation-stage`
Kind: checklist-creation
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms#algo-orientation-stage
Closure: https://banes-lab.com/json/records/algo/orientation-stage/closure

## stage

- [orient](https://banes-lab.com/records/stage/orient.md)

## axis

- [ontology](https://banes-lab.com/records/reason/axis-ontology.md)

## composes

- [Authoritative Source Loading](https://banes-lab.com/records/algo/authoritative-source-loading.md)
- [Trust Anchor](https://banes-lab.com/records/algo/trust-anchor.md)
- [Intent & Directionality Normalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/algo/intent-directionality-normalization.md)
- [Skeptical Context Acquisition](https://banes-lab.com/records/algo/skeptical-context-acquisition.md)
- [Dynamic Discovery Pattern Generation](https://banes-lab.com/records/algo/dynamic-discovery-pattern-generation.md)

## composed-by

- [Checklist Creation Kernel](https://banes-lab.com/records/algo/checklist-creation-kernel.md)

## derived-by

- [Checklist Creation Kernel](https://banes-lab.com/records/algo/checklist-creation-kernel.md)