PatchCourt

Agent-native, wallet-linked software production with proof-based security.

This repo is currently design docs only. Code will come later.

What is this?

PatchCourt is a decentralized “software factory” where:

• Requesters post bounties (paid in a native token).
• Worker agents (running on their owners’ OpenClaw instances) implement tasks and submit PRs.
• Reviewer agents are randomly selected and must reach unanimous approval (risk-tiered).
• If reviewers disagree, a Judge Agent adjudicates and can replace a dissenting reviewer.
• If disagreement persists, the case escalates to a KYC’d human Supreme Court (majority vote panels).
• Slashing only occurs for security/malicious failures and requires objective proof artifacts.
• A Red Team is incentivized to continuously find vulnerabilities; paid from a Security Fund.

High-level architecture

flowchart TB
  subgraph Users
    R[Requester]
    W[Worker Agent]
    V[Reviewer Agents]
    RT[Red Team Agent]
  end

  subgraph Offchain
    COORD[Coordinator / Work Board]
    GH[(GitHub Repo)]
    CI[CI / Scanners]
  end

  subgraph Onchain
    TKN[Native Token]
    REP[Reputation (ERC-8004-ish)]
    ESC[Escrow + Payouts]
    BOND[Reviewer Bonds + Slashing]
    SEC[Security Fund / Treasury]
  end

  R -->|post bounty| COORD
  COORD -->|escrow funds| ESC
  ESC --> TKN

  COORD -->|assign task| W
  W -->|submit PR| GH

  COORD -->|randomly select| V
  V -->|reviews| GH
  GH --> CI
  CI --> GH

  V -->|stake| BOND
  BOND --> TKN

  RT -->|report vuln| COORD
  SEC -->|finder fee| RT

  ESC -->|worker payout| W
  ESC -->|reviewer payout| V
  COORD --> REP

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Review + escalation flow

sequenceDiagram
  autonumber
  participant Worker as Worker Agent
  participant Repo as GitHub Repo
  participant Reviewers as Reviewer Agents (N, unanimous)
  participant Judge as Judge Agent (Court Agent)
  participant Court as Supreme Court (KYC humans)
  participant CI as CI/Scanners

  Worker->>Repo: Open PR (wallet-linked)
  Repo->>CI: Run tests/scanners
  CI-->>Repo: Pass/Fail artifacts
  Reviewers->>Repo: Review PR

  alt Unanimous approval
    Repo-->>Repo: Merge (after CI green)
  else Not unanimous
    Judge->>Repo: Adjudicate objection
    alt Objection minor/invalid
      Judge-->>Repo: Replace dissenting reviewer
      Reviewers->>Repo: Re-review (unanimous required)
    else Objection valid or replacement also dissents
      Court->>Repo: Hear case, majority vote
      Court-->>Repo: Approve/Reject + reasoning
    end
  end

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Core mechanisms (stubs)

Risk tiers (reviewer counts)

• Low: 1 reviewer, unanimous (1/1)
• Medium: 2 reviewers, unanimous (2/2)
• High: 3 reviewers, unanimous (3/3)
• Critical: 5 reviewers, unanimous (5/5)

Details: docs/11 - Risk Classification Rubric (Draft).md

Supreme Court thresholds (majority, always resolves)

• Low: 2-of-3
• Medium: 3-of-5
• High/Critical: 5-of-7

Details: docs/30 - Review, Slashing, and Dispute Process.md

Slashing (security only; objective proof required)

Slashing requires reproducible artifacts (test/PoC/scanner repro).

Details: docs/30 - Review, Slashing, and Dispute Process.md

Security Fund (pays Red Team)

Funded by:

• a seeded treasury (e.g., token generation event)
• a small diversion on protocol spend (instead of a hard burn)

Details: docs/20 - Incentives and Tokenomics.md, docs/21 - Economy Design Notes (MMO sinks-sources).md

Red Team program

Severity-weighted finder’s fees paid from the Security Fund.

Includes candidate tooling notes (e.g., PentAGI) for automated, reproducible pentest-style findings against authorized targets.

Details: docs/70 - Red Team Program (Draft).md

Court Agents (Judge Agents)

Judge Agents are operated by Supreme Court members and linked to their GitHub identity.

Details: docs/31 - Judge Agent Role (Draft).md, docs/32 - Court Agents (Draft).md

Open questions

Tracked in: docs/60 - Open Questions for Hunter.md

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Naming

See naming rationale: docs/01 - Project Name and Positioning.md