Passages¶

A Passage is the atomic content unit: a short, standalone Lewis passage — completable on its own (read, listen, reflect, wander) without opening its source. It is the primary interaction unit and the canonical starting point for tag-graph traversal.

Passages are always Lewis's words, always drawn from a published work. The primary interaction is cloned-voice audio playback. The body is plain text (word-by-word audio sync needs a clean string).

(Formerly called Excerpt — renamed to Passage across model, API, and docs in CSL-141.)

See also¶

• API Guide — endpoints, the today's-featured hero, the ?exclude= cursor.
• Editor Guide — planned (CMS workflow docs pending the editorial pipeline).
• Glossary — related terms (Passage, Content Item, Source ladder).