Part II / Design

Define ownership, records, and authority

Design turns a desired outcome into durable records, decision rights, measurable proof, and a bounded execution envelope.

Question this part answers

What must be true before any agent runs?

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The human–agent operating model ↗
Responsibility, accountability, and operator attention.
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Authoritative records: from company to release ↗
The durable objects that preserve authority, causality, and lineage.
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Intent and specification engineering ↗
Measurable outcomes, constraints, and executable requirements.
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Governance, policy, and risk-proportional approval ↗
How policy and risk bound action.
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Economics, metrics, and human attention ↗
Cost per trusted outcome and review effort.
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Tokenomics and factory economics ↗
How architecture, budgets, and context drive full factory cost.
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Multi-repository design and coordinated delivery ↗
Scope, ownership, dependencies, and release order across repositories.