# Deep dives

> The technical detail, for anyone who wants it: how the files are made, what the AI can and can't touch, and what happens when something doesn't add up.

*designed version: https://illaira.com/deep-dives · index: https://illaira.com/llms.txt*

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The detail

The main pages explain the method without taking anything for granted. Here is what sits underneath, for anyone who wants to see it: the exact shape of the files, the rules the program applies, and the reasons behind the choices. You don't need to read it to use IllAIra.

[Where to upload, model by modelGemini Notebook, Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Grok: where the files go, and the line to write so they aren't treated as attachments.](https://illaira.com/deep-dives/where-to-upload.md) · [It isn't a SkillClaude Skills, custom GPTs, Gems: they do a different job. Pros, cons, where they coexist — and the objections, one by one.](https://illaira.com/deep-dives/not-a-skill.md) · [It isn't the graph you've already seenHow the Sphere Grid differs from a graph of notes or a personal wiki — and why the difference isn't cosmetic.](https://illaira.com/deep-dives/not-a-note-graph.md) · [Structure is enoughA fruit fly's brain switched on inside a computer: what it teaches about making a mind exist on a substrate that isn't its own — and what it doesn't.](https://illaira.com/deep-dives/structure-is-enough.md) · [The permission zonesFive levels, from «only you may touch it» to «the AI writes whatever it likes in here». What actually changes between one and the next, and how you choose.](https://illaira.com/deep-dives/permission-zones.md) · [Anatomy of a fileHow a Reminder is made, line by line: the first line that says what kind of file it is, the cores, the modules, the logs. And what happens when you get it wrong.](https://illaira.com/deep-dives/anatomy-of-a-file.md) · [It isn't a runtime yetWhat an agentic runtime is, what IllAIra is instead — the file it reads, not the engine — and why «yet» is the right word.](https://illaira.com/deep-dives/not-yet-a-runtime.md)

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