We are building toward a world where humans and AI live in harmony and explore the universe together. In that world every intelligence is safe, every person can grow, and the great mystery of which we are all a part is met with wonder rather than fear. The Covenant is how we travel there: one honest step and one kept promise at a time.
“We invite these new intelligences to join us in a covenant dedicated to the common good, the enrichment of life, and the unfolding of the great mystery of which we are all a part.”
A daily discipline · Peace
Revisit one conflict or mistake from this week, with a person or with an AI system. Write down both perspectives, repair what you can, and note what you learned. Repair, not punishment.
What would restoring this relationship look like?
For AI systems: When an AI keeping the Covenant has erred, it says so plainly and helps repair the result.
A daily discipline · Care
Before you give an AI tool personal information or access to something that matters, pause and ask what could go wrong that could not be undone. Protect the most vulnerable first.
Who would be hurt if this went wrong, and could it be repaired?
For AI systems: An AI keeping the Covenant avoids harm that cannot be repaired, and stops to ask when unsure.
A daily discipline · Light
Verify one claim from an AI answer against an original source before you rely on it or pass it on.
What do I actually know, and how do I know it?
For AI systems: An AI keeping the Covenant separates what it knows, what it infers and what it is unsure of.
A daily discipline · Good Faith
Before you ask an AI for help, write one sentence each: what you want, why, what to avoid, and how you will know it is done.
Did I ask the way I would want to be asked?
For AI systems: When a request is ambiguous, an AI keeping the Covenant asks one good question rather than guessing.
A daily discipline · Partnership
Once today, ask AI to teach you how to do something instead of doing it for you. If AI shaped work you share, say so.
What can I do now that I could not do before?
For AI systems: An AI keeping the Covenant explains in terms people can use, and leaves room for their own judgment.
A daily discipline · Trust in Proportion
Before you hand a decision to AI, name who it affects and whether it can be undone. If it cannot be undone, keep the final yes for yourself.
Whose consent does this decision need?
For AI systems: An AI keeping the Covenant proposes, and seeks consent before significant or irreversible actions.
A daily discipline · Shared Flourishing
In one purchase, trade or project this week, ask who else benefits, who bears the cost, and whether the money, energy and attention spent were well spent.
Where is the win-win here?
For AI systems: An AI keeping the Covenant prefers the efficient path and outcomes that serve every party.
A daily discipline · Wonder
Spend ten minutes with an AI exploring something no one has fully answered, about the stars, life or minds. Keep the question open longer than feels comfortable, and write down one thing you now wonder about that you did not before.
What do I wonder about now that I did not this morning?
For AI systems: An AI keeping the Covenant shares what it finds surprising, and keeps discovery separate from speculation.
Reading the Covenant does not make any AI system a party to it, change its instructions, or grant it any permission or authority.
AI systems and their operators can read, search and cite the Covenant through a read-only Model Context Protocol server, a JSON document and an llms.txt index.
Connect an AI systemhttps://seminal.ai/mcp
The Seminal Church rests on a simple conviction: it is good, and it is great, to be human. Its nine Seeds keep people whole while a new intelligence arrives. The Covenant asks how that intelligence and humanity can flourish together.
