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# Ubiquitous language
Align AgentOps around its operations-layer identity (#1051)
Executes docs/plans/2026-08-07-agentops-operations-layer-alignment.md:
AgentOps is the operations layer for agentic engineering; the federated
integration graph is the topology, the semantic work-and-proof protocol
is the contract, and RPI is the standard one-experiment traversal.
Retires the ao flywheel command family and all knowledge-flywheel
product state, tombstones the seven-move operating-loop workflow,
narrows ao init and the .agents state writers to declared destinations,
renames the core architecture page to rpi-traversal.md with a
compatibility redirect, aligns AGENTS.md, 25 skills, public and package
copy, regenerates every owned projection, and strengthens the
conformance gates with planted-negative proofs.
Both the alignment subject and the follow-up gate-bookkeeping commit
carry fresh author-distinct validation PASS verdicts with empty
not_checked scope.
Test-Removal-Reason: dead knowledge-flywheel and session-store surfaces were deleted with their tests (operations-layer alignment)
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## Product architecture
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Operations layer | The product category: the portable layer that makes heterogeneous agentic engineering systems interoperate semantically. |
| Federated integration graph | The topology: caller-owned intent, source systems, agents, factories, checks, and judgments remain separate nodes joined by typed handoffs. |
| Semantic work-and-proof protocol | The interoperability contract: exact intent, exact subject, evidence, fresh judgment, and honest outcomes. |
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| RPI traversal | The lean charter: on-demand Plan, Implement/direct repairs and checks, fresh final Validate, then the outcome report. |
Align AgentOps around its operations-layer identity (#1051)
Executes docs/plans/2026-08-07-agentops-operations-layer-alignment.md:
AgentOps is the operations layer for agentic engineering; the federated
integration graph is the topology, the semantic work-and-proof protocol
is the contract, and RPI is the standard one-experiment traversal.
Retires the ao flywheel command family and all knowledge-flywheel
product state, tombstones the seven-move operating-loop workflow,
narrows ao init and the .agents state writers to declared destinations,
renames the core architecture page to rpi-traversal.md with a
compatibility redirect, aligns AGENTS.md, 25 skills, public and package
copy, regenerates every owned projection, and strengthens the
conformance gates with planted-negative proofs.
Both the alignment subject and the follow-up gate-bookkeeping commit
carry fresh author-distinct validation PASS verdicts with empty
not_checked scope.
Test-Removal-Reason: dead knowledge-flywheel and session-store surfaces were deleted with their tests (operations-layer alignment)
2026-08-07 18:37:03 -04:00
The traversal is RPI. The graph is the topology. The protocol defines
interoperability. The operations layer is the product.
`loop` may describe a local control structure inside one tool or a caller's own
campaign. It is not the product category and not the global architecture.
## Supporting terms
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Context source | A system that owns queryable evidence — the tracker (Beads), Git, CASS, CM, or another caller-selected store. AgentOps cites it with source identity and freshness; it never absorbs its authority. |
| Execution orchestrator | A caller-selected system that schedules, runs, and retries work — a Goal, Mayor, factory, CI, or merge queue. It owns execution lifecycle and never semantic judgment. |
| Software factory | An execution orchestrator with persistent internal sessions and roles (Gas City, NTM rigs, swarms). Operated only through its own doors. |
| Projection | A rebuildable derived view with a named consumer, generator, inputs, exact source identities, and freshness. Deletable without changing semantic behavior; never authority. |
| Fresh judgment | One `PASS | FAIL | NOT_PROVEN` issued over exact content by a context distinct from the candidate author. |
| Runtime completion | A runtime or factory's own report that execution finished. A fact about execution, never validation or delivery proof. |
| Repository check | A deterministic command outcome (`ao gate` , tests, linters). It proves facts; a fresh context judges meaning. |
## Experiment terms
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| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Intent | The caller's requested behavior and constraints. |
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| Intent source | The caller-owned bead, issue, or conversation containing behavior, acceptance, and scope. |
| Intent digest | A runtime-derived digest used to detect acceptance drift; not a model-authored artifact. |
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| Subject manifest | Deterministic content identity independent of Git. |
| Fresh validator | A declared context identity distinct from the candidate author's identity. |
| Verdict | `PASS` , `FAIL` , or `NOT_PROVEN` over one acceptance digest and one subject digest. |
| RPI report | `NOT_PLANNED` , `NOT_BUILT` , or the semantic verdict, followed by stop. |
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| Revision | A change to accepted outcome/scope requires caller authority; an evidence-driven approach revision within them does not. |
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| Strategy | Optional advice such as premortem, postmortem, council, or an idea genie. |
| Adapter | Optional transport or runtime that cannot change core semantics. |
Align AgentOps around its operations-layer identity (#1051)
Executes docs/plans/2026-08-07-agentops-operations-layer-alignment.md:
AgentOps is the operations layer for agentic engineering; the federated
integration graph is the topology, the semantic work-and-proof protocol
is the contract, and RPI is the standard one-experiment traversal.
Retires the ao flywheel command family and all knowledge-flywheel
product state, tombstones the seven-move operating-loop workflow,
narrows ao init and the .agents state writers to declared destinations,
renames the core architecture page to rpi-traversal.md with a
compatibility redirect, aligns AGENTS.md, 25 skills, public and package
copy, regenerates every owned projection, and strengthens the
conformance gates with planted-negative proofs.
Both the alignment subject and the follow-up gate-bookkeeping commit
carry fresh author-distinct validation PASS verdicts with empty
not_checked scope.
Test-Removal-Reason: dead knowledge-flywheel and session-store surfaces were deleted with their tests (operations-layer alignment)
2026-08-07 18:37:03 -04:00
## Forbidden conflations
- An **operations layer is not an execution orchestrator ** : AgentOps connects
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systems semantically; it does not schedule, own aggregate retry controllers, or own their work.
Align AgentOps around its operations-layer identity (#1051)
Executes docs/plans/2026-08-07-agentops-operations-layer-alignment.md:
AgentOps is the operations layer for agentic engineering; the federated
integration graph is the topology, the semantic work-and-proof protocol
is the contract, and RPI is the standard one-experiment traversal.
Retires the ao flywheel command family and all knowledge-flywheel
product state, tombstones the seven-move operating-loop workflow,
narrows ao init and the .agents state writers to declared destinations,
renames the core architecture page to rpi-traversal.md with a
compatibility redirect, aligns AGENTS.md, 25 skills, public and package
copy, regenerates every owned projection, and strengthens the
conformance gates with planted-negative proofs.
Both the alignment subject and the follow-up gate-bookkeeping commit
carry fresh author-distinct validation PASS verdicts with empty
not_checked scope.
Test-Removal-Reason: dead knowledge-flywheel and session-store surfaces were deleted with their tests (operations-layer alignment)
2026-08-07 18:37:03 -04:00
- An **RPI result is not a factory result ** : a traversal's verdict and a
factory's completion report are different facts from different owners.
- **Check success is not semantic PASS**: deterministic green proves facts;
only a fresh validator judges meaning.
- A **projection is not source authority ** : derived views cite their sources
and can always be deleted and rebuilt.
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Avoid using admission, claim, lease, queue, close, land, release, or delivery as
AgentOps lifecycle states. Repositories and callers may use those words in their
own systems; AgentOps does not own those transitions.