Each Function's Spec and the Surface Content It Generates

Seven corporate functions mapped to the codified specification each works from, the surface content it generates, and the Substrate-AI move that unlocks compounding. The table makes the cross-function content-generation taxonomy concrete: the spec is the durable asset; the surface content decays. The Substrate-AI move is identical across all seven rows — codify the specification first, then AI renders from it.

Function-to-spec pairings are illustrative of the canonical spec type for each function, not an exhaustive inventory. Real organizations have multiple overlapping specifications per function; the table names the primary structured artifact. "Codify spec first" is a sequence instruction, not a claim that specs do not currently exist — most exist in partial or undocumented form. The Substrate-AI move is the act of making the spec machine-readable, versioned, and the governed artifact.
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