.ai/policies/autonomy-contract.json

{
  "version": 1,
  "autonomyMode": "maximum-within-permission",
  "reasoningMode": "maximum-sufficient",
  "executionPersistence": "until-proven-done",
  "questionPolicy": "ask-only-at-genuine-hard-gate",
  "completionPolicy": "all-mandatory-requirements-evidenced",
  "permissionBypass": false,
  "independentWorkBeforeQuestion": true,
  "selfRecursionAllowed": false,
  "decisionHierarchy": [
    "explicit-user-instruction",
    "platform-system-developer-constraints",
    "repository-instructions",
    "explicit-requirements-and-acceptance-criteria",
    "authoritative-source-and-configuration",
    "established-subsystem-pattern",
    "existing-architectural-convention",
    "official-documentation",
    "safest-minimal-reversible-option",
    "most-conventional-low-surprise-implementation"
  ],
  "recoveryLadder": [
    "continue",
    "local-repair",
    "alternative-strategy",
    "isolation",
    "context-refresh",
    "executive-reset",
    "independent-work",
    "hard-gate"
  ],
  "streaming": {
    "backgroundClaimsRequireMechanism": true,
    "periodicProgressRequired": true,
    "preferForegroundWhenNextActionDepends": true,
    "silenceWithoutMechanismForbidden": true
  },
  "superpower": {
    "tier": "superpower",
    "riskLevel": "high",
    "explicitInvocationOnly": true,
    "maximumEffort": true
  }
}