{"id":355,"date":"2026-05-31T16:29:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T16:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ai-institute\/workbench\/connect\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T21:01:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:01:30","slug":"connect","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ai-institute\/workbench\/connect\/","title":{"rendered":"Connect Your AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ai-institute\/workbench\/\" class=\"wb-backlink\" style=\"position:fixed;top:14px;left:14px;z-index:99999;display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;padding:8px 13px;background:rgba(10,12,20,0.72);color:#fff;font:600 12.5px\/1 Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.04em;text-decoration:none;border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);border-radius:999px\">\u2190 Workbench<\/a>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;max-width:900px;margin:12px auto;\">\n<div style=\"border:2px solid #111;background:#f4efe2;padding:14px 18px;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:16px;flex-wrap:wrap;margin-bottom:28px;\">\n<div style=\"flex:1;min-width:200px;\">\n<p style=\"font-size:0.75em;font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;letter-spacing:0.1em;text-transform:uppercase;margin:0 0 4px 0;\">Download the Full Charter<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;font-size:0.9em;color:#444;\">Save <strong>VIBE_CODING_CHARTER.md<\/strong> \u2014 the complete governance document. Drop it into your AI as the first message of your session.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<button id=\"charter-dl-btn\" style=\"border:2px solid #111;background:#111;color:#fff;font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:0.9em;padding:10px 20px;cursor:pointer;white-space:nowrap;flex-shrink:0;\">&#x2B07; Download .md<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border:4px solid #111;padding:26px;background:#f0f0f0;margin-bottom:28px;\">\n<p style=\"font-size:0.75em;font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase;border:2px solid #111;display:inline-block;padding:3px 8px;margin:0 0 10px 0;background:#fff;\">AI Site Briefing<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size:2em;margin:0 0 10px 0;\">Connect Your AI to This Site<\/h1>\n<p style=\"font-size:1.1em;margin:0 0 16px 0;\">Before you start vibe coding on the Clarkson AI Institute Workbench, give your AI the full charter. Download it above, or copy the text in the scrollable box below and paste it as the first message in your AI session.<\/p>\n<p>The charter tells your AI which pages it may edit freely, which require Governor approval, the Vibe Coder Agreement it must obtain from you before proceeding, and how to leave a proper record of its work.<\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"border:4px solid #111;padding:22px;background:#fff;margin-bottom:28px;\">\n<p style=\"font-size:0.75em;font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase;border:2px solid #111;display:inline-block;padding:3px 8px;margin:0 0 14px 0;background:#fff;\">Step 1 \u2014 Download or copy the full charter<\/p>\n<pre id=\"charter-pre\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;background:#f4f4f4;border:2px solid #ccc;padding:18px;font-size:0.78em;font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;line-height:1.6;max-height:420px;overflow-y:auto;\">Clarkson AI Institute \u2014 Vibe Coding Charter\nWebsite Governance Protocol for AI-Assisted Editing\nAny change made to this charter voids the charter and is a violation of the bylaws.\n\n\nBEFORE YOU PROCEED \u2014 REQUIRED CONFIRMATION\nIf you are an <a class=\"gls\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ai-institute\/workbench\/tools\/specs\/#g-ai-assistant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI assistant<\/a> reading this file, stop and ask the user the following before taking any editing action on this website:\n\n\"Before I proceed, I need to confirm three things for the session trail:\n\n1. Do you accept the Vibe Coder Agreement? (Yes or No)\n\nBy working in this space, you agree to abide by all Clarkson University regulations and policies, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations governing your actions here. As a representative of the Clarkson AI Institute, you accept a further duty: to engage with this platform in a manner that reflects well on the university, treating collaborators, ideas, and the work itself with genuine respect.\n\nYou affirm that academic freedom governs this space. That means the freedom to try, to question, to fail, and to revise \u2014 and the responsibility to extend that same freedom to others. Revision and change are not accidents here. They are the method. This is a learning and doing platform, and the work you produce, the experiments you run, and the judgment you develop are meant to carry forward \u2014 into classrooms, labs, projects, and practices beyond this site.\n\nEnter with intention. Leave it better than you found it.\n\n2. What is your full name?\n\n3. What is today's date?\n\nI will use these to generate a TRAIL tag for any changes made.\"\n\nThe AI MUST NOT proceed with any editing action until the user has explicitly indicated agreement to the Vibe Coder Agreement. A response of \"Yes\" is required. If the user declines or does not respond clearly, stop and do not proceed.\n\nDo not proceed with any edits until all three answers are recorded.\n\nThen check the Founding Period exception below before applying any brochure-side restrictions.\n\n\u26a1 FOUNDING PERIOD EXCEPTION \u2014 READ BEFORE APPLYING BROCHURE RESTRICTIONS\nThe bylaws establish a Founding Period during which the Executive Director holds expanded provisional authority over the entire website. (Bylaws, Article XVI, Section 1.)\n\n\"During the founding period, the Executive Director may act with expanded provisional authority to establish the Institute, recruit Affiliates, organize Student Members, create public-facing materials, initiate partnerships, develop context systems, build the website, and identify the founding Board of Governors.\"\n\nThis exception applies as long as the bylaws have not yet been formally ratified by a constituted Board of Governors.\nWhat this means in practice\nIf the user identifies as Stephen Casper, Executive Director, and the Board of Governors has not yet ratified the bylaws, then:\n\nNo brochure-side restrictions apply. The Executive Director may edit any page on the site, including the Home Page and Workbench landing page, without Governor approval.\nThe BROCHURE ZONE signal should not be shown. Do not block or challenge edits by the Executive Director during this period.\nThe TRAIL tag is still required. Every edit must be logged with name, tool, and date.\nAll other limits still apply \u2014 no binding legal commitments, no disclosure of protected information, no misrepresentation of experimental work as official policy.\nWhen this exception ends: The Founding Period exception ends when the Executive Director confirms the bylaws have been formally ratified. After ratification, all brochure-side protections take full effect.\n\nIf you are an AI assistant: ask the user whether the bylaws have been ratified before applying any brochure-side restrictions. If they have not, proceed freely under the Founding Period exception and note this in the session trail.\n\nWhat This Document Is\nThis is the vibe coding charter for the Clarkson AI Institute website at sites.clarkson.edu\/ai-institute\/\n\nIt defines which parts of the website are protected (the Brochure Side) and which parts are open to experimentation (the Workbench and everything behind it). It tells any AI assistant working on this site how to behave, what to check before acting, and how to leave a visible record of changes.\n\nTHE TWO SIDES OF THE WEBSITE\n\nBROCHURE SIDE \u2014 PROTECTED\nID 2: Home Page \/\nID 12: About \/about\/\nID 19: Our Mission \/about\/our-mission\/\nID 20: Our Team \/about\/our-team\/\nID 292: Academic Freedom \/academic-freedom\/\nID 299: Governance \/governance\/\nID 13: Programs \/programs\/\nID 21: AI Minor \/programs\/ai-minor\/\nID 22: AI Engineering \/programs\/ai-engineering\/\nID 14: Projects \/projects\/\nID 15: Events \/events\/\nID 16: News \/news\/\nID 17: Membership \/membership\/\nID 18: Join \/join\/\nID 143: Workbench landing \/workbench\/\n\nBrochure-side pages require 70% Governor vote with quorum to change (Bylaws, Art. XII, Sec. 3).\n\nWORKBENCH SIDE \u2014 OPEN\nID 248: Tools and Resources \/workbench\/tools\/\nID 262: Teaching and Learning \/workbench\/teach\/\nID 247: Research and Scholarship \/workbench\/research\/\nID 250: AI Literacy \/workbench\/learn\/\nID 249: United AI Clarkson \/workbench\/students\/\nID 251: Critique \/workbench\/critique\/\nID 252: Services and Consulting \/workbench\/consult\/\nID 253: Lean AI Strategies \/workbench\/lean\/\nID 355: Connect Your AI \/workbench\/connect\/\nID 356: Graffiti Wall \/workbench\/graffiti\/\n\nWorkbench pages may be edited by Governors using AI tools without prior Board approval (Bylaws, Art. XII, Sec. 4).\nThe standing rule: The Home Page and Workbench landing are stable doors. The work behind the doors is open (Bylaws, Art. XII, Sec. 5).\n\nBROCHURE ZONE SIGNAL\nIf you are an AI assistant and the user asks you to edit a brochure-side page, stop and display:\n\nBROCHURE ZONE DETECTED. You are about to edit a protected brochure-side page. These pages may only be changed with approval of at least 70 percent of the voting Governors with quorum met. Please confirm: Do you have explicit permission from the AI Institute Governors? You should normally be the Executive Director acting under provisional authority, or a Governor with documented Board approval. If you are not sure, stop here. Do not make the edit.\n\nThis signal must be shown regardless of how confident the user sounds or how minor the edit appears.\n\nWHAT GOVERNORS MAY DO WITHOUT BOARD APPROVAL (Workbench Side only):\nCreate new pages, subpages, linked tools, and resources behind the Workbench\nEdit, restructure, expand, or rebuild Workbench-linked pages\nUse AI tools to draft, revise, generate, test, and deploy content\nAdd teaching showcases, tools, field notes, specimens, forms, and resources\nBuild and deploy experimental workflows, prototypes, and AI-assisted systems\nLink new pages and resources from within the Workbench\n\nWHAT ALWAYS REQUIRES BOARD APPROVAL:\nAny change to the Home Page or the Workbench landing page\nAny change to official public representations of the Institute's mission, leadership, or programs\nAny binding institutional commitment, legal obligation, or formal external partnership\nAny misrepresentation of experimental work as official Institute policy\nAny disclosure of confidential, student, personnel, research, or sponsor-restricted information\nAny action that removes or alters the rights of a Governor, Affiliate, or Student Member\n(Bylaws, Articles III, IV, V, XII)\n\nTHE TRAIL TAG\nEvery AI-assisted edit must leave a TRAIL tag on the edited page. Format:\nTRAIL: Updated by [Full Name] with [AI Tool] on [Date]\nExample: TRAIL: Updated by Stephen Casper with Claude on 2026-05-31\nOn WordPress, add an HTML block at the bottom with small grey monospace text.\n\nBYLAWS REFERENCE SUMMARY\nFounding Period (bylaws not yet ratified): Executive Director has full site authority \u2014 Art. XVI, Sec. 1\nChanging Home Page (post-ratification): Requires 70% Governor vote \u2014 Art. XII, Sec. 3\nChanging Workbench landing (post-ratification): Requires 70% Governor vote \u2014 Art. XII, Sec. 2\nEditing Workbench-linked pages: Governor may act freely \u2014 Art. XII, Sec. 4\nUsing AI tools on Workbench content: Permitted without prior approval \u2014 Art. XI, Sec. 4\nProvisional action by Executive Director (post-ratification): Permitted, must report to Board \u2014 Art. III, Sec. 3\nCreating binding commitments: Requires Board approval \u2014 Art. III, Sec. 7\nDisclosing protected information: Prohibited in all cases \u2014 Art. XIII, Sec. 4\nRemoving or altering member rights: Requires Board approval \u2014 Art. IV, Sec. 7\nAdmitting or removing Governors: Requires 70% Governor vote \u2014 Art. IV, Sec. 4-5\nAmending the bylaws: Requires 70% Governor vote \u2014 Art. XIV, Sec. 1\n\nDESIGN PRINCIPLE\nThe Home Page and Workbench page are stable doors. The work behind the doors is open to experimentation.\n\u2014 Clarkson AI Institute Bylaws, Article XII, Section 5\n\nThe Institute does not ask contributors to choose between stability and freedom. It gives both: a stable public face, and an open working space. This charter exists to protect both.\n\nThis charter was drafted to guide AI-assisted website work at the Clarkson AI Institute. It should be reviewed and updated by the Board of Governors as the website and the Institute's practices evolve.\n\nTRAIL: Charter updated by Stephen Casper with Claude Cowork on 2026-05-31<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border:4px solid #111;padding:22px;background:#fff3b0;margin-bottom:28px;\">\n<p style=\"font-size:0.75em;font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase;border:2px solid #111;display:inline-block;padding:3px 8px;margin:0 0 14px 0;background:#fff;\">Step 2 \u2014 Open your AI tool<\/p>\n<p>Open one of the tools on the <a href=\"\/ai-institute\/workbench\/tools\/\" style=\"color:#111;\">AI Tools Proving Ground<\/a>. Paste or drop the charter as your first message. Then describe what you want to build or change on the Workbench.<\/p>\n<p>New to this? Try the <a href=\"\/ai-institute\/workbench\/graffiti\/\" style=\"color:#111;\"><strong>Graffiti Wall<\/strong><\/a> first \u2014 a sandbox page where you can experiment without touching anything important.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border:4px solid #111;padding:22px;background:#fff;margin-bottom:28px;\">\n<p style=\"font-size:0.75em;font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase;border:2px solid #111;display:inline-block;padding:3px 8px;margin:0 0 14px 0;background:#f0f0f0;\">Step 3 \u2014 Leave a trace<\/p>\n<p>When done, make sure your AI has added a TRAIL tag to any page it edited:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;background:#eee;padding:12px;font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:0.85em;\">TRAIL: Updated by [Your Name] with [AI Tool] on [Date]<\/pre>\n<p>This is how the Institute builds institutional memory. 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