A New Shape-Shifting Layered Protocol: Directive Handoff Between Zmag and Current — Falsifiable Testing

A concise, bench-ready update that treats the magnet not as the traveling carrier but as a read-only quasi-source that seeds a conserved side code at T_-1. The directive Z_mag is handed off through an intermediate link L (Lorentz/spin bias) into the current layer, which alone reaches T. Once containment engages near R ~ 1, the side of Y is fixed by Z; storage S in the channel reshapes |Y| (plateaus, near-nulls) without flipping side. The memo gives four falsifiers (flip-only Z, disable-only L, T_1 co-flip, rise-to-plateau) and a quantitative no-backflow bound, so the claims are experimentally decidable. It also standardizes a glossary (Z, L, M, S, T_-1, T_1, T) and shows how to image the handoff layer and separate source vs. store. This "Zmag handoff" framing is the magnetic specialization of the upcoming broader protocol umbrella and is designed to slot directly into device bring-up, data logging, and cross-platform unification. Supporting documentation (in chronological order) Directive-Driven Phase-Step Collapse in the Great Universal Recycle Framework Phase-Stepping and Probability: Process Rules, Exemplars, and Outcome Predictions Young's Single-Photon Double-Slit Experiment as It Was Meant to Be A Powerful Unifying Code with Falsifiable Tests The Fingerprints of Unification: Sign and Containment Code with Falsifiable Testing