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Genesis OS — Cognitive Agent Architecture Blueprint

Welcome to the project wiki. This is the navigable companion to the repository: it orients you, explains each idea at overview depth, and links to the authoritative, versioned documents in the repo for full detail.

A reusable blueprint for building multi-agent cognitive systems whose capability never outruns their accountability.

Start here

• New to the project? → Getting Started (run the reference in 30 seconds)
• Want the big picture? → Architecture Overview
• Lost on a term? → Glossary
• Want to build on it? → How To Extend

The four core ideas

Each has a concise page here and a full document in the repo:

Idea	One-line	Wiki	Repo doc
Cognitive Kernel ABI	subsystems are plugins behind a stable interface; the kernel owns budget, events, lifecycle	Cognitive Kernel ABI	docs/02
Policy Hook Surface	fail-closed policy checks at every lifecycle step; most-restrictive-wins; fully audited	Policy Hook Surface	docs/03
Capability Provider model	the model/GPU/human is a swappable provider of a capability	Capability Provider Model	docs/04
Reality Grading Loop	missions are graded against evidence, never their own claims	Reality Grading Loop	docs/05

Holding them together: Governance and Constitution — the rules amend only by ceremony (an agent proposes, the human ratifies), and tripwires make drift structurally illegal.

The load-bearing law

Capability must never outrun accountability.

Governance tightens as the model strengthens — never the reverse. A weak model under strong governance is slow but safe and can become fast and honest; a strong model under weak governance is fast but dangerous and cannot become honest later.

Project links

• 📦 Repository: https://github.com/ElmatadorZ/genesis-os-blueprint
• 📜 License: Apache-2.0
• 🧪 Reference implementation: reference/ (runnable, dependency-free)
• 📐 Normative specs: specs/
• 🗳️ Decision records: adr/
• ❓ Questions: FAQ · Issues
• 🗺️ Where it's going: Roadmap