Rename public project identity to Operational Memory

.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/general.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ body:
   - type: markdown
     attributes:
       value: |
-        Use General for open-ended conversation about ChatGPT Operational Memory that does not fit Q&A, Ideas, or Show and tell.
+        Use General for open-ended conversation about Operational Memory that does not fit Q&A, Ideas, or Show and tell.
         Do not post secrets, credentials, private repository contents, or sensitive personal information.
   - type: textarea
     id: topic

.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/show-and-tell.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ body:
   - type: markdown
     attributes:
       value: |
-        Share how you are using ChatGPT Operational Memory, what you changed, or what you learned. Please keep examples sanitized.
+        Share how you are using Operational Memory with ChatGPT, what you changed, or what you learned. Please keep examples sanitized.
   - type: textarea
     id: use_case
     attributes:

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 blank_issues_enabled: false
 contact_links:
   - name: Upstream project support and Discussions
-    url: https://github.com/referencefield/chatgpt-operational-memory/discussions
+    url: https://github.com/referencefield/operational-memory/discussions
     about: Use the public upstream Discussions for open-ended questions, experiences, and ideas that are not yet actionable issues. This link intentionally points outside a private template copy.

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Contributing
 
-Thank you for helping improve ChatGPT Operational Memory.
+Thank you for helping improve Operational Memory.
 
 The project is intentionally narrow: a low-infrastructure, lay-user-friendly way to give ChatGPT explicit, user-owned operational memory in GitHub without turning the repository into an uncontrolled knowledge base or requiring an agent framework.
 

DISCLAIMER.md

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Disclaimer
+
+Operational Memory is an independent open-source project created by **Reference Field, Inc.** It is not an OpenAI or GitHub product, and Reference Field, Inc. is not affiliated with, sponsored by, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of OpenAI or GitHub.
+
+OpenAI, ChatGPT, Codex, GitHub, and other third-party names and marks belong to their respective owners. References to third-party products and services in this repository are descriptive only.
+
+## No guarantee of AI behavior or continuity
+
+This project provides a repository structure, operating instructions, and validation tools intended to improve inspectable continuity for ongoing AI-assisted work. It does not guarantee that ChatGPT, Codex, another model, a plugin, an app, or an integration will retrieve, interpret, route, save, preserve, update, or recover information correctly, completely, consistently, or at all.
+
+Model behavior and third-party product behavior can change. Features, permissions, APIs, integrations, interfaces, pricing, availability, and terms may also change independently of Reference Field, Inc.
+
+## Not a security system or backup guarantee
+
+Operational Memory is not a security boundary, credential manager, records-management system, compliance system, disaster-recovery service, or guaranteed backup system.
+
+Private repositories, scoped permissions, branch protection, write verification, structural validation, and other safeguards described here can reduce particular risks but do not eliminate security, privacy, data-loss, access, synchronization, model-error, or third-party-service risks.
+
+Do not store passwords, access tokens, private keys, recovery codes, full financial credentials, or other secrets in an Operational Memory repository.
+
+## User responsibility
+
+Users remain responsible for:
+
+- deciding what information is appropriate to store;
+- repository visibility and access permissions;
+- maintaining independent backups when loss would be material;
+- reviewing consequential AI-generated conclusions and changes;
+- complying with laws, contracts, confidentiality obligations, organizational policies, and third-party terms that apply to their use;
+- deciding whether this project is suitable for a particular personal, professional, regulated, safety-critical, or high-consequence use.
+
+Nothing in this repository is legal, financial, medical, security, compliance, or other professional advice.
+
+## License controls
+
+The project is distributed under the MIT License. The warranty disclaimer and limitation-of-liability terms in [`LICENSE`](LICENSE) apply to the software and associated documentation. This file is intended to clarify practical boundaries and third-party independence, not replace or narrow the MIT License.

PROTOCOL.yaml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ front_door: START_HERE.md
 
 template_source:
   repository_id: 1354330020
-  repository: referencefield/chatgpt-operational-memory
+  repository: referencefield/operational-memory
   owner_name_runtime_resolved: true
   repository_name_part_of_protocol: false
   unresolved_repository_id_fails_closed: true
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ human_docs:
   example: EXAMPLE.md
   operations: OPERATIONS.md
   security: SECURITY.md
+  disclaimer: DISCLAIMER.md
   migrations: MIGRATIONS.md
   evals: EVALS.md
   eval_results: EVAL_RESULTS.md

README.md

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-# ChatGPT Operational Memory
+# Operational Memory
 
 A low-infrastructure GitHub template for giving ChatGPT durable, user-owned working state across conversations: current state, decisions, durable knowledge, working preferences, routed projects, and cross-repository continuity.
 
 The goal is not to make ChatGPT remember everything. It is to keep the smaller set of information that genuinely needs to survive a conversation somewhere you can inspect, correct, version, and own.
 
 > **A portable continuity layer for serious ongoing ChatGPT work.**
 
+Operational Memory is an independent open-source project created by **Reference Field, Inc.** It is not an OpenAI or GitHub product and is not sponsored by or endorsed by either company. See [`DISCLAIMER.md`](DISCLAIMER.md) for practical boundaries and third-party independence.
+
 **Supported release baseline:** a **paid ChatGPT plan** plus the `@GitHub` plugin with repository write actions. Free ChatGPT accounts are not supported by this release. A paid plan alone does not guarantee that the required plugin/actions are available on every account, region, workspace, or surface, so setup verifies the actual capability.
 
 Not sure whether this is worth installing? Read **[`WHAT_TO_EXPECT.md`](WHAT_TO_EXPECT.md)** first. It is the short human-facing description of what should feel different in practice.
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ You only need to do this once. You do **not** need Git expertise, a terminal, or
 
 ### 1. Create
 
-[**Create my private memory repository**](https://github.com/new?owner=%40me&template_owner=referencefield&template_name=chatgpt-operational-memory&visibility=private)
+[**Create my private memory repository**](https://github.com/new?owner=%40me&template_owner=referencefield&template_name=operational-memory&visibility=private)
 
 GitHub should open a new-repository form using this template with **Private** preselected. Choose any repository name, visibly confirm **Private**, and create it.
 
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@ A private GitHub repository is private on GitHub, but content retrieved into Cha
 
 Git history is useful recovery evidence but is not an independent backup of the GitHub account/repository itself. If losing the operational-memory repository would be materially costly, keep an independent clone/archive using a backup practice you trust.
 
-See [`SECURITY.md`](SECURITY.md) for details.
+See [`SECURITY.md`](SECURITY.md) for details and [`DISCLAIMER.md`](DISCLAIMER.md) for project and third-party boundaries.
 
 ## Structural validation and behavioral evals
 
@@ -273,6 +275,7 @@ See [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 - `AGENTS.md` — Codex bootloader
 - `OPERATIONS.md` — project creation, write-sets, health, closeout, recovery, maintenance
 - `SECURITY.md` — privacy, secrets, recovery boundaries, optional Git hardening
+- `DISCLAIMER.md` — project independence, warranty/reliability boundaries, and user responsibility
 - `MIGRATIONS.md` — release/update rules and controlled release cleanup
 - `EXAMPLE.md` — fictional worked example
 - `EVALS.md` — adversarial behavioral scenarios
@@ -302,6 +305,6 @@ This is not an infallible memory system, objective source of truth, deterministi
 
 It cannot know about changes that were never recorded, guarantee automatic plugin invocation, guarantee that a generic companion will dominate stronger user-provided guidance, or guarantee future product behavior.
 
-Licensed under the MIT License. See [`LICENSE`](LICENSE).
+Licensed under the MIT License. See [`LICENSE`](LICENSE). Additional practical limitations and third-party independence are described in [`DISCLAIMER.md`](DISCLAIMER.md).
 
 Created by **Reference Field, Inc.** · https://referencefield.com · contact@referencefield.com

SETUP.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ You do **not** need to know Git, use a terminal, understand repository IDs, or e
 
 ### 1. Create your private memory repository
 
-[**Create my private memory repository**](https://github.com/new?owner=%40me&template_owner=referencefield&template_name=chatgpt-operational-memory&visibility=private)
+[**Create my private memory repository**](https://github.com/new?owner=%40me&template_owner=referencefield&template_name=operational-memory&visibility=private)
 
 GitHub should open the new-repository form with this template selected and **Private** preselected. Choose any repository name you want, visibly confirm **Private**, then create it.
 

WHAT_TO_EXPECT.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # What to Expect
 
-This page is for the person deciding whether ChatGPT Operational Memory is worth installing.
+This page is for the person deciding whether Operational Memory is worth installing.
 
 ## Short version
 

tools/validate_protocol.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""Advisory structural validator for ChatGPT Operational Memory.
+"""Advisory structural validator for Operational Memory.
 
 This intentionally checks only machine-verifiable repository invariants.
 Semantic questions remain part of the ChatGPT health check described in OPERATIONS.md.
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
 ERRORS: list[str] = []
 WARNINGS: list[str] = []
+LEGACY_REPOSITORY_SLUG = "chatgpt" + "-operational-memory"
+LEGACY_PROJECT_NAME = "ChatGPT" + " Operational Memory"
 
 
 def error(message: str) -> None:
@@ -170,6 +172,27 @@ def budget_bytes(path: str, limit: int, label: str) -> None:
         warn(f"soft budget crossed: {label} is {target.stat().st_size} bytes > {limit}")
 
 
+def check_legacy_project_naming() -> None:
+    forbidden = (
+        "referencefield/" + LEGACY_REPOSITORY_SLUG,
+        "template_name=" + LEGACY_REPOSITORY_SLUG,
+        LEGACY_PROJECT_NAME,
+    )
+    text_suffixes = {".md", ".yaml", ".yml", ".py"}
+    for path in ROOT.rglob("*"):
+        if not path.is_file() or ".git" in path.parts:
+            continue
+        if path.suffix.lower() not in text_suffixes:
+            continue
+        text = read_text(path)
+        for term in forbidden:
+            if term in text:
+                error(
+                    f"legacy project/repository naming remains in {path.relative_to(ROOT)}"
+                )
+                break
+
+
 def load_manifest() -> dict:
     manifest_path = require_file("PROTOCOL.yaml", "protocol manifest")
     if not manifest_path.is_file():
@@ -212,6 +235,8 @@ def main() -> int:
         print_results()
         return 1
 
+    check_legacy_project_naming()
+
     version = str(manifest.get("protocol_version", "")).strip()
     if not version:
         error("PROTOCOL.yaml missing protocol_version")