Assembly Index Skill: Molecular Complexity Validation

Status: ✅ Production Ready Trit: -1 (MINUS - validator/constraint) Color: #2626D8 (Blue) Principle: Complexity threshold → Life signature Frame: Assembly pathways with minimal step counting

Overview

Assembly Index measures molecular complexity by counting the minimum number of joining operations needed to construct a molecule from basic building blocks. Molecules with assembly index > 15 are biosignatures—too complex for random chemistry.

1. Assembly pathway: Shortest construction sequence
2. Copy number threshold: Abundance × complexity = life signal
3. Molecular DAG: Directed acyclic graph of substructures
4. Mass spectrometry integration: MA(m/z) measurement