# EMERGENCY_PROTOCOL.md - Emergency Procedure Route

**Authority:** routing (plugin-level pointer)
**Layer:** Guides
**Binding:** No
**Scope:** route readers to canonical emergency handling contract
**Non-goals:** redefining stop-the-line rules

Canonical emergency procedure now lives in `core/EMERGENCY_PROTOCOL.md`.

Use that document for stop conditions, required recovery sequence, and escalation requirements.

## Links

### Core Router
- [core/DECAPOD.md](../../core/DECAPOD.md) - **Router and navigation charter (START HERE)**

### Canonical Emergency Contract
- [core/EMERGENCY_PROTOCOL.md](../../core/EMERGENCY_PROTOCOL.md) - Canonical emergency contract (see this first)

### Authority (Constitution Layer)
- [specs/INTENT.md](../specs/INTENT.md) - **Methodology contract (READ FIRST)**
- [specs/SYSTEM.md](../specs/SYSTEM.md) - System definition and authority doctrine
- [specs/SECURITY.md](../specs/SECURITY.md) - Security contract

### Registry (Core Indices)
- [core/PLUGINS.md](../../core/PLUGINS.md) - Subsystem registry

### Operations (Plugins Layer)
- [plugins/TODO.md](./TODO.md) - Work tracking
