Minimum Cognitive Asset

A cognitive asset requires more than stored information. It must preserve enough structure for judgment to be resumed, reused, transferred, or restored.

Minimum Structure

Accumulated Context

The asset must contain relevant background, constraints, definitions, prior decisions, and unresolved questions. Without accumulated context, the system only stores fragments.

Reusable Judgment Pattern

The asset must preserve a way of judging, not only a record of outputs. This may include criteria, risk models, comparison logic, thresholds, or repeated distinctions.

Retrievable Structure

The asset must be findable and usable. If context cannot be retrieved, summarized, or reconstructed, it cannot support future judgment.

Continuity Across Time

The asset must make it possible to return to a problem after interruption. Continuity is what separates a cognitive asset from a one-time generated answer.

Human Authority Boundary

The asset must make clear who judges, who decides, and who carries consequence. A cognitive asset can support judgment, but it should not silently become the authority.

Transfer or Restoration Potential

The asset should support partial transfer or restoration of context. This does not mean full mind transfer. It means enough preserved structure for another session, tool, person, or future version of the same person to resume work responsibly.