Agentic Coding

303: Command, the Pen and the Human

Key question: Who decides in a fleet, and how does a ruling reach every node?

This Chapter's ACIs

ACI Name Takeaway
ACI-064 The Hypervisor's Concentration and Taste A fleet turns the human's work into rulings. Put every fork as context, options and a recommendation, record a yes to one proposal as exactly that, and spend taste on the values calls, including cuts.
ACI-065 The Human's Word Needs an Anchor Record the human's word verbatim, with the clock read and the record it came through, before anyone acts. A selection is a choice of the asker's wording, and a ruling that shapes work goes in its unit.
ACI-066 The Drawn Chain and the Pen Draw the chain in the record and check each branch exists. A delegated pen's rulings are the delegate's and open to overrule. One writer per record, and one order per topic to every lane.
ACI-067 A Hold Is a Claim with a Release Condition A hold's content is its release condition: who releases it and what does. Obey a relayed stop at once, confirm a relayed go first-hand, give a coordinator's hold a lapse, and restate stacked holds.