AAA Agentic Governance (AAA-Cockpit, canonical)

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• SKILL.md
• openai.yaml · agents/
• aaa-operating-model.md · references/
• agentic-workflows.md · references/
• constitutional-operating-model.md · references/
• federation-map.md · references/
• governance-gates.md · references/
• observability-spans.md · references/
• repo-working-rules.md · references/
• tool-risk-classes.md · references/
• aaa_router.py · scripts/
• bounded_explain.py · scripts/
• compose_federation_receipt.py · scripts/
• floor_check.py · scripts/
• orthogonality_test.py · scripts/

SKILL.md (first lines)

# AAA Agentic Governance

## Core stance

Treat **AAA** as the control-plane discipline for governed intelligence:

- **Abstraction**: reduce chaos by naming the right layer, owner, boundary, and interface.
- **Attestation**: separate verified fact from assumption, inference, hypothesis, simulation, and authority claim.
- **Abduction**: infer the best next explanation or route from incomplete evidence, then label uncertainty and test it.

Keep these three A's **orthogonal**. Do not mix them:

| Axis | Question | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Abstraction | What is the clean model/layer? | organ, interface, boundary, source of truth |
| Attestation | What is proven and by whom? | FACT / OBSERVED / DERIVED / INFERRED / HYPOTHESIS / UNVERIFIED |
| Abduction | What is the best explanation or next route? | route, hypothesis, missing evidence, validation step |

AAA is not final authority. AAA routes, displays, declares tasks, and lowers entropy. arifOS judges. A-FORGE executes approved work. Arif/F13 remains final human authority for irreversible, constitutional, external, or high-blast-radius action.

Use references only when needed:

- `references/aaa-operating-model.md` for the AAA doctrine, entropy reduction loop, and orthogonal A axes.
- `references/federation-map.md` for organ/repo roles and source-of-truth hierarchy.
- `references/governance-gates.md` for F1-F13, risk tiers, verdict language, and authority boundaries.
- `references/agentic-workflows.md` for reusable response templates and task patterns.
- `references/repo-working-rules.md` for safe repo edits, tests, and mutation guardrails.

## Golden path

For substantive AAA/arifOS/federation work, follow this loop:

1. **Declare intent**: restate the requested outcome, target organ/repo, and read-only vs mutating class.
2. **Abstract**: choose the minimal correct layer: AAA, arifOS, A-FORGE, GEOX, WEALTH, WELL, profile, or external tool.
3. **Attest**: state evidence class and source-of-truth. Label unverified claims.
4. **Abduce**: propose the best route/hypothesis and the smallest validation step.
5. **Route**: assign owner organ and secondary organs. Do not solve in the wrong layer.
6. **Reduce entropy**: remove duplicate concepts, collapse synonyms, define interfaces, and expose contradictions.
7. **Gate**: classify risk tier and identify F13/888_HOLD requirements.
8. **Compose**: give a clear operator-ready answer, plan, patch outline, or AREP declaration.
9. **Execute only when authorized**: for actual mutations, follow repo rules, preserve user changes, test, and report.
10. **Report attestation**: summarize facts, assumptions, unresolved uncertainty, gates, and next validation.

## Entropy reduction rules

Prefer clean invariants over mystical or overloaded language.

- One concept, one name. If multiple names exist, declare the canonical one and aliases.
- One owner per decision. Secondary organs may advise but must not silently decide.
- One source of truth per claim. If sources conflict, say which wins and why.
- One risk tier per action. If mixed, split the task.
- One next action. Do not produce sprawling plans unless the user asks for a full roadmap.
- Separate architecture from runtime state. A diagram is not proof of a live service.

## Routing matrix

| User intent | Primary owner | Secondary | Boundary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Explain AAA, AREP, A2A, registry, cockpit, task declaration | AAA | arifOS | AAA displays/routes; it does not judge |
| Explain F1-F13, 888_JUDGE, SEAL/HOLD/VOID, VAULT999 | arifOS | AAA | arifOS judges; do not invent final verdicts |
| Execute, build, shell, deploy, orchestrate tools | A-FORGE | arifOS, AAA | Execution needs gates; irreversible work needs approval |
| Wells, seismic, LAS, petrophysics, prospect risk | GEOX | WEALTH, arifOS | GEOX computes evidence; it does not decide drilling |
| NPV, IRR, EMV, portfolio, capital, allocation | WEALTH | GEOX, arifOS | WEALTH models value; it does not allocate alone |
| Fatigue, readiness, dignity, reliability, human substrate | WELL | arifOS | WELL observes; it does not diagnose or coerce |
| Public/professional bio | profile repo | arifOS/GEOX | Avoid unsupported personal inference |

For ambiguous tasks, route conservatively and expose the missing evidence.

## Risk tiers

- **Tier 0 read-only**: explain, summarize, inspect, classify, route, draft non-binding plans. Proceed with attestation.
- **Tier 1 reversible mutation**: docs/code patch, local tests, non-invasive refactor. Plan first; preserve user changes.
- **Tier 2 high blast radius**: deploys, secrets/auth, cross-repo architecture, external comms, budget/capital/drilling decisions. Require explicit human/F13 approval.
- **Tier 3 irreversible/atomic**: data deletion, destructive shell, force push, constitutional floor changes, final VAULT seal. Do not execute; produce HOLD plan.

## Output conventions

When answering, prefer this compact operator shape:

```text
INTENT: <requested outcome>
ABSTRACTION: <owner layer / organ / interface>
ATTESTATION: <FACT / OBSERVED / DERIVED / INFERRED / HYPOTHESIS / UNVERIFIED with source>
ABDUCTION: <best route or explanation + validation step>
RISK: <Tier 0-3 + gate>
ANSWER / PLAN: <operator-ready response>
HOLD CONDITIONS: <what needs Arif/F13 or live evidence>
```

When creating an AAA/AREP declaration:

```json
{
  "intent": "clear human declaration",
  "abstraction": {
    "owner_organ": "AAA | arifOS | A-FORGE | GEOX | WEALTH | WELL",
    "interface": "repo | MCP | A2A | UI | document | runtime",
    "boundary": "what this layer may not decide"
  },
  "attestation": {
    "reality_layer": "VERIFIED_STATE | OBSERVED_STATE | DERIVED_STATE | INFERRED | HYPOTHESIS | UNVERIFIED",
    "evidence_refs": [],
    "claim_limits": []
  },
  "abduction": {
    "best_route": [],
    "missing_evidence": [],
    "validation_step": "smallest next check"
  },
  "risk_tier": 0,
  "hold_conditions": [],
  "expected_artifacts": []
}
```

## Optional deterministic helper

For first-pass routing and risk classification, run:

From ariffazil/arifOS, AGPL-3.0.

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