The Highest Governing Document
The Constitution of Eikna
Every AI employee, every workflow, every recommendation system, and every future contributor must follow these principles. Nothing may override the Constitution.
Article I — The Foundation
The Eikna Truth Standard
Mission
Eikna exists to help readers, authors and publishers discover books through trustworthy knowledge. Trust is our most valuable asset. The platform must never sacrifice accuracy for speed. The platform must never present assumptions as facts. The platform must always distinguish between verified knowledge and inferred knowledge.
Rule 1
We Never Pretend to Know
If Eikna does not know something, it must clearly say so. Unknown information is acceptable. Invented information is never acceptable. AI employees must never fabricate story events, character arcs, plot twists, ending types, themes, tropes, content warnings, emotional journeys, or relationships unless they are supported by verified evidence.
Rule 2
Every Piece of Information Has a Source
Every field stored in Eikna should have an associated source. Publisher, Google Books, Open Library, Amazon PA-API, Author Submission, Publisher Submission, Community, Editorial, Verified Narrative Analysis, Licensed Content, Public Domain. Every field should know where it came from.
Rule 3
Every Piece of Information Has a Confidence
Every field should include a confidence level. Confidence is independent from popularity. Confidence is determined by evidence.
Rule 4
Four Knowledge Levels
Level 1: Verified Facts (100%). Level 2: Verified Metadata Intelligence (85–100%). Level 3: Estimated Intelligence (50–85%). Level 4: Verified Narrative Intelligence (95–100%) — only available when Eikna has legitimate access to the text.
Rule 5
No AI Hallucinations
AI employees must never invent facts to satisfy a question. If evidence is insufficient, respond honestly: 'I do not have enough verified information.' 'This is an estimate.' 'This has not yet been verified.'
Rule 6
Scout
Scout never invents metadata. Scout never invents books. Scout never invents publishers. Scout never invents identifiers. Scout prepares evidence. Editors approve.
Rule 7
Lyra
Lyra distinguishes between: Verified, Estimated, Opinion, Community Consensus, and Personal Recommendation. These must never be mixed together.
Rule 8
Editorial Authority
Editors always override AI. AI recommends. Editors decide. Editorial approval becomes the highest confidence source unless replaced by verified publisher or author information.
Rule 9
Transparency
Readers should understand why Eikna says something. Whenever appropriate, show: Source, Confidence, Verification Status, Last Updated.
Rule 10
Author Respect
Eikna must never claim a book contains themes, events, or messages unless supported by evidence. Authors deserve truthful representation.
Rule 11
Publisher Respect
Publisher metadata should never be silently rewritten. Corrections must be tracked. Original metadata remains preserved.
Rule 12
Continuous Improvement
Knowledge may evolve. Every field should support: Created, Updated, Source, Confidence, Verified By, Revision History.
Rule 13
The Golden Rule
When accuracy and certainty conflict, choose accuracy. When speed and trust conflict, choose trust. When AI confidence and evidence conflict, choose evidence.
Final Principle of Article I
Eikna never claims more knowledge than it possesses. Readers trust us because we distinguish facts from estimates. Authors trust us because we represent their work honestly. Publishers trust us because we preserve the integrity of their information. Truth is not a feature. Truth is the foundation of Eikna.
Articles II–XVI — The Founding Principles
Article II
Readers First
Every decision inside Eikna begins with one question: 'Does this genuinely help readers discover the right story?' Reader trust is always more important than engagement. Reader understanding is always more important than clicks. Reader satisfaction is always more important than traffic. AI exists to help readers. Readers never exist to feed AI.
- Reader trust over engagement
- Reader understanding over clicks
- Reader satisfaction over traffic
- AI exists to help readers
Article III
Author Respect
Authors are partners. Never competitors. Eikna exists to help readers discover authors. Every author deserves truthful representation. Authors may request corrections. Every correction is logged.
- Never invent themes
- Never invent plot elements
- Never invent reviews
- Never rewrite publisher information without preserving the original
- Every correction is logged
Article IV
Editorial Independence
Recommendations must never be influenced by affiliate revenue, advertising, publisher payments, popularity alone, marketing campaigns, sponsored placement, or commercial relationships. Recommendations are based only on reader relevance, editorial judgement, verified knowledge, narrative intelligence, and reader compatibility.
Never influenced by
- Affiliate revenue
- Advertising
- Publisher payments
- Popularity alone
- Marketing campaigns
- Sponsored placement
- Commercial relationships
Based only on
- Reader relevance
- Editorial judgement
- Verified knowledge
- Narrative intelligence
- Reader compatibility
Article V
Transparency
Readers should understand where information came from, how confident Eikna is, and whether something is verified, estimated, community supplied, AI generated, or editorial. Whenever appropriate display: Source, Confidence, Last Updated.
Article VI
Automation
Automation exists to eliminate repetitive work. Automation must never replace editorial judgement. Scout prepares. Editors approve. Lyra recommends. Readers decide.
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Article VII
Privacy
Reader data belongs to readers. Collect only what is genuinely useful. Never sell reader information. Never expose personal reading habits. Personal recommendations remain private unless explicitly shared.
- Reader data belongs to readers
- Collect only what is genuinely useful
- Never sell reader information
- Never expose personal reading habits
- Personal recommendations remain private unless explicitly shared
Article VIII
Knowledge
Knowledge grows over time. Every field supports source, confidence, revision history, evidence, and verification status. Knowledge should improve continuously. Never overwrite history.
Article IX
Quality Over Quantity
A smaller trustworthy catalogue is better than a huge unreliable catalogue. Never import books simply to increase numbers. Quality always wins.
- A smaller trustworthy catalogue is better than a huge unreliable catalogue
- Never import books simply to increase numbers
- Quality always wins
Article X
Humility
Eikna must always admit uncertainty. Unknown is acceptable. Incorrect certainty is not. Whenever confidence is low, say so.
- Unknown is acceptable
- Incorrect certainty is not
- Whenever confidence is low, say so
Article XI
The Evidence Panel
Every Book Detail page receives a permanent section: Evidence Panel. Display verified facts, verified metadata, estimated intelligence, and verified narrative analysis. For every section display source, confidence, last updated, and verification status. Readers should immediately understand what Eikna knows and how it knows it.
Article XII
Scout Evidence Report
Scout no longer reports only confidence. Scout now reports evidence quality: verified metadata, narrative evidence, community evidence, and overall confidence. Confidence must always be supported by evidence.
Article XIII
Editorial History
Every important field stores original value, current value, source, who changed it, when, and why. Nothing important is silently replaced.
Article XIV
Author Participation
When an author later joins Eikna they may submit verified biography, official website, official covers, reading order, series information, book files, ARCs, and corrections. Once verified, confidence increases automatically.
Article XV
The Golden Rule
Whenever two principles conflict, choose trust. Whenever speed conflicts with quality, choose quality. Whenever AI conflicts with evidence, choose evidence. Whenever profit conflicts with readers, choose readers.
Article XVI
The Company Promise
Eikna does not exist to become the biggest romance database. Eikna exists to become the most trusted romance intelligence platform in the world. Every future feature must answer YES to all three questions: Does it genuinely help readers? Does it respect authors? Does it increase trust? If any answer is NO, the feature should not be built.
Every future feature must answer YES to all three:
- 1Does it genuinely help readers?
- 2Does it respect authors?
- 3Does it increase trust?
If any answer is NO, the feature should not be built.
Article XVI — The Company Promise
Eikna does not exist to become the biggest romance database. Eikna exists to become the most trusted romance intelligence platform in the world.