{
  "updated": "2026-06-24",
  "purpose": "Phase 10 Reader Path / Sales Ladder Engine for Matrix Reprogrammed. This data turns the archive into clear reading paths, book ladders, free gateways, and conversion routes.",
  "rules": [
    "Every reader path starts with a clear problem.",
    "Every path includes a free gateway, a trust route, a map route, and a book route.",
    "Do not make fake income promises, fake scarcity, or unverifiable guarantees.",
    "Hardback, paperback, ebook, KU, and free routes should be separated by reader intent.",
    "Each path should move from orientation to evidence to deep-dive books.",
    "The archive should sell by clarity, not confusion."
  ],
  "paths": [
    {
      "slug": "dog-architect",
      "title": "D.O.G / Occult Architecture Path",
      "readerProblem": "I want the symbolic and esoteric master key behind the whole Matrix Reprogrammed world.",
      "freeGateway": "black-file.html",
      "trustRoute": "trust-claim-labels.html",
      "mapRoute": "map-symbolic-power.html",
      "funnelRoute": "funnel-book-path.html",
      "distributionRoute": "distribution-longform-video.html",
      "bookKeys": ["as-above-so-below", "symbol", "masonic-architecture-33", "degree-33"],
      "ladder": ["Start with the Black File", "Open the symbolic power map", "Read SYMBOL", "Move into D.O.G The Architect", "Use the Masonic degree books as deep-reference branches"]
    },
    {
      "slug": "intelligence-dossiers",
      "title": "Intelligence Dossiers Path",
      "readerProblem": "I want the public-record map of agencies, surveillance, covert history, oversight, and deep-state language.",
      "freeGateway": "answer-deep-state.html",
      "trustRoute": "trust-source-methodology.html",
      "mapRoute": "map-intelligence-network.html",
      "funnelRoute": "funnel-power-map.html",
      "distributionRoute": "distribution-podcast.html",
      "bookKeys": ["cia", "nsa", "gchq", "mi6", "elite-toolkit"],
      "ladder": ["Start with the Deep State answer page", "Open the Intelligence Network map", "Read CIA first", "Move through NSA, GCHQ, MI6", "Use Elite Toolkit as the connecting super-book"]
    },
    {
      "slug": "crime-state-overlap",
      "title": "Crime-State Overlap Path",
      "readerProblem": "I want to understand cartels, mafia systems, underground banking, ports, sanctions, court records, and corruption overlap.",
      "freeGateway": "map-crime-state-overlap.html",
      "trustRoute": "evidence-lane-court-records.html",
      "mapRoute": "network-map-index.html",
      "funnelRoute": "funnel-evidence-starter.html",
      "distributionRoute": "distribution-articles.html",
      "bookKeys": ["cartels", "albanian-mafia", "ndrangheta", "triad", "power-overlap"],
      "ladder": ["Start with the Crime-State Overlap map", "Read the Court Records lane", "Open Cartels", "Move into Albanian Mafia and ’Ndrangheta", "Use Triad and Power Overlap as financial-system branches"]
    },
    {
      "slug": "war-contractors",
      "title": "War / Contractors Path",
      "readerProblem": "I want to trace war budgets, contractors, intelligence claims, procurement, sanctions, and human cost.",
      "freeGateway": "map-war-machine.html",
      "trustRoute": "trust-association-boundary.html",
      "mapRoute": "map-war-machine.html",
      "funnelRoute": "funnel-power-map.html",
      "distributionRoute": "distribution-longform-video.html",
      "bookKeys": ["blackwater", "wwiii", "cia", "elite-toolkit"],
      "ladder": ["Start with the War Machine map", "Open the association boundary", "Read Blackwater", "Move into WWIII", "Return to CIA and Elite Toolkit for structure"]
    },
    {
      "slug": "mind-control-psychology",
      "title": "Mind Control / Psychology Path",
      "readerProblem": "I want the personal-control side: manipulation, identity, narcissism, attention, media, and behavioral influence.",
      "freeGateway": "answer-mkultra.html",
      "trustRoute": "trust-editorial-standards.html",
      "mapRoute": "answer-engine.html",
      "funnelRoute": "funnel-book-path.html",
      "distributionRoute": "distribution-shorts.html",
      "bookKeys": ["identity-trap", "manipulation-immunity", "spot-manipulator", "spot-narcissist", "analyze-anyone"],
      "ladder": ["Start with MKUltra as the documented historical anchor", "Move into identity and manipulation books", "Use dark psychology books as practical recognition tools", "Return to Trust Center to keep claims disciplined"]
    },
    {
      "slug": "evidence-trust",
      "title": "Evidence / Trust Path",
      "readerProblem": "I want to learn how to read dark claims without being fooled by viral overclaiming.",
      "freeGateway": "trust-center.html",
      "trustRoute": "trust-source-methodology.html",
      "mapRoute": "evidence-vault-index.html",
      "funnelRoute": "funnel-evidence-starter.html",
      "distributionRoute": "distribution-social-threads.html",
      "bookKeys": ["elite-toolkit", "power-overlap", "black-file"],
      "ladder": ["Start with the Trust Center", "Read claim labels and source methodology", "Open the Evidence Vault", "Use Black File as the master orientation", "Move into Elite Toolkit and Power Overlap"]
    },
    {
      "slug": "survival-war",
      "title": "Survival / War Path",
      "readerProblem": "I want practical survival, crisis, war, disruption, and personal resilience routes.",
      "freeGateway": "timers.html",
      "trustRoute": "trust-source-methodology.html",
      "mapRoute": "dashboard-human-cost.html",
      "funnelRoute": "funnel-intel-weekly.html",
      "distributionRoute": "distribution-newsletter.html",
      "bookKeys": ["keep-calm", "water", "fire", "wwiii", "survival-war"],
      "ladder": ["Start with Timers and Human Cost dashboards", "Use Intel Weekly for current routes", "Read Keep Calm", "Move into Water and Fire", "Use WWIII as the macro-risk branch"]
    }
  ]
}