The framework that knows itself cannot be deceived.
Who watches the watchers? In KEPOS, the answer is Spark — the Prometheus Singularity module. It is the only module whose purpose is to monitor every other module. Not just their outputs, but their internal state, their performance characteristics, their behavioral patterns, and their integrity. If a module begins to behave outside its operational parameters — even subtly, even in ways that would pass conventional monitoring — Spark detects the deviation, diagnoses the cause, and initiates corrective action. Self-monitoring. Self-diagnosis. Self-correction. This is the module that gives KEPOS its self-awareness. It knows the state of every component at every moment. It knows what normal looks like for each module, and it knows when something is wrong before the something becomes a problem. A framework that knows itself cannot be deceived from within. A system that monitors its own integrity cannot be silently compromised. Spark is the reason KEPOS does not drift, does not degrade, and does not fail quietly. It is the immune system that keeps the organism healthy.