State is the minimum information needed to choose and continue work at a point in the graph. It can include observations, progress, decisions, and permissions—not an indiscriminate transcript dump.

State Is the Current Relevant Situation

Data-flow edges specify values, provenance, and schemas exchanged between nodes. Separating them from control flow prevents a value's presence from silently authorizing execution.

Data Flow Answers What Moves

In this situation—tracking a learner's current objective, evidence mastered, and pending question—which choice best applies “State Is the Current Relevant Situation”?

Graph search expands possible states through actions until it finds a goal or exhausts a budget. The representation of state and neighbors determines what solutions can be discovered.

Search Explores Possible States

A state schema names fields, types, ownership, and update rules shared across a graph. It makes incompatible updates visible and supports safe persistence and replay.

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