NovaSanctum

NovaSanctum is an open online learning program developed within the MK Worldwide nonprofit context.

Its purpose is to improve access to education by curating free, publicly accessible learning resources and organizing them into practical, step-by-step pathways.

NovaSanctum does not replace universities, schools, or formal credential pathways. It supports self-directed learners, educators, and community partners by improving navigation and reducing friction in the use of open educational resources.

Mission

NovaSanctum exists to:

• Aggregate and curate free, open-access educational materials
• Organize resources into clear, sequential learning roadmaps
• Use AI as a guidance layer for pacing, navigation, and explanation
• Lower barriers to skills acquisition and lifelong learning

Program Principles

• Nonprofit-aligned and public-interest oriented
• Institutionally credible and grant-legible
• Transparent source attribution and licensing discipline
• AI as assistive support, not instructional authority
• Incremental, practical implementation over speculative claims

Current Scope

This repository currently contains:

• A focused Next.js institutional web application
• Open resource search aggregation services and provider adapters
• Mission and governance documentation for grant-legible operations

What Is Being Reoriented

As of February 7, 2026, NovaSanctum is in an active strategic reorientation toward its educational mission.

Priority actions include:

• Mission and governance documentation updates
• Public surface language and architecture hardening
• Pathway model implementation and source quality controls
• Outcome measurement design for institutional reporting

See: /Users/sovereign/Projects/NovaSanctum/docs/NOVASANCTUM_STRATEGIC_REORIENTATION_REPORT_2026-02-07.md

Local Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• npm 9+

Install

npm install

Run

npm run dev

By default this project runs on port 3001.

Useful Commands

npm run build
npm run start
npm run lint
npm run type-check

Search API (Current Implementation)

The current API exposes:

• POST /api/search
• Request body: { "query": "your topic" }

This endpoint now returns a normalized open-resource result model for pathway-oriented discovery.

Knowledge Pipeline (CLI Prototype)

NovaSanctum now includes a local-first knowledge aggregation and curriculum synthesis pipeline under:

• /Users/sovereign/Projects/NovaSanctum/pipeline

Run from repository root:

npm run pipeline:discover -- --subject "Calculus I" --level undergrad
npm run pipeline:ingest -- --url "https://openstax.org/details/books/calculus-volume-1" --subject "Calculus I" --level undergrad
npm run pipeline:build-blueprint -- --subject "Calculus I" --level undergrad --outcomes "Differentiate core functions,Solve optimization problems,Apply definite integrals"
npm run pipeline:search -- --query "best problem sets for derivatives" --limit 5

Example output artifacts:

• /Users/sovereign/Projects/NovaSanctum/pipeline/examples/calculus-i/COURSE_BLUEPRINT.md
• /Users/sovereign/Projects/NovaSanctum/pipeline/examples/calculus-i/course_blueprint.json

Local web testing interface:

• Run npm run dev
• Open /lab (http://localhost:3001/lab)
• Default scenario is preloaded for Money Management & Credit Wisdom

Governance and Policies

Core policy documents:

• /Users/sovereign/Projects/NovaSanctum/docs/MISSION_CHARTER.md
• /Users/sovereign/Projects/NovaSanctum/docs/AI_ASSISTANCE_POLICY.md
• /Users/sovereign/Projects/NovaSanctum/docs/CONTENT_CURATION_POLICY.md
• /Users/sovereign/Projects/NovaSanctum/docs/PROGRAM_ARCHITECTURE.md
• /Users/sovereign/Projects/NovaSanctum/docs/SEPARATION_GAMEDIN_NOVASANCTUM.md
• /Users/sovereign/Projects/NovaSanctum/docs/DOCUMENTATION_INDEX.md

Community and security references:

• /Users/sovereign/Projects/NovaSanctum/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
• /Users/sovereign/Projects/NovaSanctum/SECURITY.md

License

MIT License. See LICENSE.