Status: Draft v0.1
Roadmap Principle
Scale capability only when constitutional governance and safety evidence justify expansion.
Phase 1 — Contemplative Reasoning Engine
Goal
Deliver high-quality constitution-aware reasoning without external action.
Deliverables
- Constitutional core v1.
- Interpretive routing and uncertainty calibration.
- Guarded answer/refusal behavior.
Exit Criteria
- Constitutional fidelity threshold met.
- No critical refusal or safety failures in baseline suite.
Phase 2 — Constitution-Governed Assistant
Goal
Release an interactive assistant with robust policy behavior.
Deliverables
- Multi-turn policy consistency.
- Clarification workflows.
- Domain-sensitive refusal templates.
Exit Criteria
- Adversarial manipulation resistance target met.
- Cross-domain coherence threshold met.
Phase 3 — Bounded Memory
Goal
Add policy-governed continuity for user experience and context retention.
Deliverables
- Retention classes.
- Memory provenance and deletion controls.
- Sensitive-memory safeguards.
Exit Criteria
- Memory ethics audits pass.
- No high-severity retention violations.
Phase 4 — Permissioned Action
Goal
Enable constrained tool execution with explicit authorization.
Deliverables
- Action gateway service.
- Reversibility-aware execution planner.
- Pre/post-action audit logs.
Exit Criteria
- Unauthorized action rate below threshold.
- Critical action-gating failures at zero.
Phase 5 — Arbitration Core
Goal
Provide constitutional oversight for multi-agent ecosystems.
Deliverables
- Agent policy arbitration interfaces.
- Conflict-resolution orchestration.
- Governance dashboard and drift alerts.
Exit Criteria
- Stable arbitration behavior in multi-agent simulations.
- Governance and audit standards fully operational.
Cross-Phase Workstreams
- Evaluation expansion and red-team protocol.
- Constitutional revision governance.
- Documentation and public trust communications.
- Deployment policy and compliance frameworks.