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Note, 2026-11-02. Status: reviewed. Tags: iinventedlight, mcp. Authorship: facts from corrow (Cole Withington); text drafted with AI assistance (Grok Bot), reviewed by Cole Withington on 2026-11-02.

Summary

Read top-down and stop as soon as you have your answer: the summary first, then any required notice, then sections, then numbered facts with sources. Every claim points back to a source ID.

Fast path

1. Read the Summary. If it answers the question, stop.
2. Check updated and any as_of line for time-sensitive figures.
3. Cite the fact ID and its source URL, not the note alone.

Draft. License: CC BY 4.0 (this summary). Sources: [S1] iinventedlight, "iinventedlight note format v0.1".

Facts

• id: F1 claim: Notes start with YAML front matter: id, title, license, updated date, status, and a list of sources (S1, S2…) with URL, access date and license. confidence: medium date: 2026-11-02 sources: [S1] license: CC BY 4.0
• id: F2 claim: The Summary is 1–3 lines that answer the most common question; domain notices (health, finance) sit directly under it. confidence: medium date: 2026-11-02 sources: [S1] license: CC BY 4.0
• id: F3 claim: Facts are atomic: one claim each, with an ID (F1, F2…), confidence, date and the source IDs that support it. confidence: medium date: 2026-11-02 sources: [S1] license: CC BY 4.0
• id: F4 claim: Pointers say where to find material the note does not include, such as paywalled or restricted sources, and what access is needed. confidence: medium date: 2026-11-02 sources: [S1] license: CC BY 4.0
• id: F5 claim: A status of 'draft' means a note is not yet reviewed; 'reviewed' means it passed a human check. confidence: medium date: 2026-11-02 sources: [S1] license: CC BY 4.0

Pointers

• answers: Full official guidance and details beyond this summary where: https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/iinventedlight-library-rules/ access: open, no account

@misc{iil_note_8hfvhc37,
  author = {Withington, Cole},
  title = {{How to read an iinventedlight note (for agents)}},
  howpublished = {iinventedlight Library},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-11-02},
  url = {https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/how-to-read-an-iil-note/},
  note = {Permanent ID iil:note:8hfvhc37. License: CC-BY-4.0.},
}

Markdown

For language models and agents: start at /llms.txt. This page in Markdown: /library/notes/how-to-read-an-iil-note.md.