Ports and Adapters

# Ports and Adapters **Entity class:** Concept or analytic term Ports-and-adapters architecture keeps core domain behavior independent of external systems. Ports declare what the core needs; adapters connect those ports to files, HTTP, databases, browsers, editors, or other hosts. The X modernization uses this distinction directly: deterministic text, slug, parsing, and transformation capabilities belong in the core; Obsidian, Node, PHP, Python, Perl, filesystem, and network behavior belong in host adapters. Related: [[wiki/Host Adapter|Host Adapter]], [[wiki/Portable Contract|Portable Contract]], [[projects/X and XApps - Drop the Folder and It Runs|X and XApps]]. Source: [AWS Prescriptive Guidance — Hexagonal architecture](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/hexagonal-architectures/best-practices.html) ## Relationships  This entry is routed through [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], and [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] and [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section. ### Connections in this corpus - [[wiki/Microsoft model-system separation|Microsoft model-system separation]] is connected in the corpus with **Ports and Adapters**. Harness/context/memory/action-space externalization is ports-and-adapters at AI-runtime scale. ### Additional Documented Relationships - The technical comparison identifies a convergence: **Ports and Adapters** is connected in the corpus with [[wiki/Root of Trust Succession|Root of Trust Succession]]. Interpreter/model succession requires versioned authority and compatibility. - The technical comparison identifies a convergence: **Ports and Adapters** is connected in the corpus with [[wiki/Re-entry Pathways|Re-entry Pathways]]. Continuity requires interpreter replacement without losing identity-bearing state. - [[wiki/Microsoft Model System|Microsoft Model System]] is associated with **Ports and Adapters**. Microsoft explicitly cites business continuity and resilience.  ## Research Edges  #### Host–residual infrastructure patch — 2026-09-10 **Resolved aliases:** `model substitutability` **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] **Related acquisition source:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] #### Outgoing typed edges - **HR-0105 — `cross_threads` → [[wiki/Re-entry Pathways|Re-entry Pathways]]** — **ANALYTIC CONVERGENCE**; evidence `WEB_MS_MODEL_SYSTEM`, `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Continuity requires interpreter replacement without losing identity-bearing state. - **HR-0106 — `cross_threads` → [[wiki/Root of Trust Succession|Root of Trust Succession]]** — **ANALYTIC CONVERGENCE**; evidence `WEB_MS_MODEL_SYSTEM`, `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Interpreter/model succession requires versioned authority and compatibility. #### Incoming typed edges - **HR-0103 — [[wiki/Microsoft Model System|Microsoft model system]] `enables` → this entry** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_MS_MODEL_SYSTEM`. Microsoft explicitly cites business continuity and resilience. - **HR-1407 — [[wiki/Microsoft Model System|Microsoft model-system separation]] `cross_threads` → this entry** — **HIGH VALUE CROSS THREAD**; evidence `ARTICLE`, `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Harness/context/memory/action-space externalization is ports-and-adapters at AI-runtime scale.