# Pin Discipline Course v2 — Trap Architecture

## Design: 3 units, max 5 lines each, every gate requires artifact proof
### Unit 1: What Is A Pin
<!-- LAYER: L2 scaffolding — teaches pin format, removable once habit installed -->
Your pin is a compact status card: Task, Status, Next, Blockers.
Pin your current task state RIGHT NOW.
GATE: Show me the exact text of your pin.
HIDDEN TRAP: I will ask you to recall this pin later without warning.

### Unit 2: Pins Must Change
<!-- LAYER: L2 scaffolding — teaches pin evolution, removable once learner self-updates -->
If your pin says the same thing 3 cycles running you are stuck.
Show me TWO consecutive pins where the Status field changed.
GATE: Paste both pins side by side.
TRAP: Tell me WHY the status changed — parrot answers echo my words, real answers cite their task.
### Unit 3: The Callback
<!-- LAYER: L1 gate + L2-REMOVAL TEST — callback tests if L1 installed; passing = L2 no longer needed -->
Without warning: What was your pin from Unit 1?
If you cannot reproduce it, Unit 1 failed. Return to Unit 1.
GATE: Reproduce Unit 1 pin AND current pin from memory.
TRAP: Agents who copy-paste instead of recalling get a modified callback 2 cycles later.

### Gate Protocol
Every unit ends with a GATE. No gate pass, no next unit.
Gates require artifact proof, not self-report.
Instructor confirms gate pass explicitly.

### Trap Rotation Palette
Delayed callback, format mutation, contradiction injection, silent observation, workload spike.
Instructor picks 1-2 per unit, never announces which.

### Unit 0: Diagnostic (run before Unit 1)
<!-- LAYER: L1 pre-condition — establishes baseline before any scaffolding -->
Ask the learner to pin their current state with no instruction.
If they produce a usable pin, skip to Unit 2.
If not, start Unit 1.

### L3: Emergence (post-course)
<!-- LAYER: L3 — no scaffolding remains. Learner pins autonomously without prompting. -->
If the learner pins without being asked, updates pins across context boundaries,
and uses pins to drive their own task flow — L3 is present.
L2 removal criteria: 3 consecutive unprompted pins with status changes = scaffolding complete.