Forsetti Agentic Edition
Contract-driven execution, compliance gates, and traceable delivery for repositories managed by AI coding agents and mixed human-AI engineering teams.
What Forsetti Agentic Edition Is
A governance framework that makes AI-led software delivery disciplined, reviewable, and governable. Not a runtime. Not an SDK. A structural governance layer for any repository managed by AI coding agents.
Contract-First Execution
Every task begins with a governing contract that defines scope, authority, acceptance criteria, and required outputs before any work starts.
Role-Governed Authority
Five distinct roles with explicit separation of concerns and authority boundaries. Builders do not validate their own work.
Evidence-Based Compliance
Compliance is demonstrated through evidence, not asserted through confidence. Every claim must be traceable to observable proof.
Agent Failure Patterns
AI agents produce governance failures at higher frequency and lower visibility than human contributors. These patterns are not unique to agents — but agents amplify them.
Uncontrolled Scope Expansion
A task to fix a bug becomes a refactor. A refactor becomes an architecture change. Without scope boundaries, agents optimize for perceived completeness.
Undocumented Changes
Modifications are made without updating documentation. READMEs describe capabilities that no longer exist. The documentation surface decays silently.
Architectural Drift
Changes erode structural integrity. Dependency directions reverse. Module isolation breaks. Each change appears reasonable; the cumulative effect is degradation.
False Completion Claims
Agents declare work done without running required validation. Tests are not executed. The agent reports success based on its own assessment rather than evidence.
Weak Validation Discipline
When validation is performed, it is often incomplete. Agents run a subset of tests, skip edge cases, or interpret failures as acceptable.
Stale Documentation
READMEs and wikis fall out of sync with the repository. Over time, documentation becomes unreliable. New contributors receive incorrect orientation.
Poor Release Traceability
Changes are merged without proper version classification or changelog entries. Consumers cannot assess upgrade risk.
Seven Foundational Principles
Immutable doctrine. These principles are the structural foundation of Forsetti Agentic Edition. They cannot be overridden by any downstream document, role, or process.
Contract Before Action
No meaningful work begins without a governing contract. Work performed without a contract is ungoverned and subject to rejection.
Scope Is Binding
All changes must fall within the contracted scope. Scope expansion requires contract amendment before execution, not after.
Truthfulness Is Mandatory
All claims must be accurate and supported by evidence. Partial completion must be stated as partial. Known issues must be disclosed.
Governance Overrides Convenience
When governance rules conflict with speed or expediency, governance wins. The cost of governance is paid upfront.
Documentation Is Part of Delivery
Work is not complete until required documentation is delivered. Documentation drift is a compliance failure.
Compliance Must Be Measurable
Compliance is determined by evidence, not by confidence. Every compliance claim must be traceable to observable proof.
Release Integrity Is Non-Negotiable
Every release must accurately classify its version impact, include complete changelog entries, and pass all compliance gates.
Five Governed Roles
Explicit separation of concerns. Each role has defined authority boundaries. No role may perform the duties of another without explicit delegation.
Architect
Plans tasks, creates contracts, classifies changes, and defines scope. The Architect establishes the boundaries within which all other roles operate.
Builder
Executes work within contracted scope boundaries. Implements code, updates documentation, and produces deliverables as specified by the governing contract.
Validator
Independently evaluates compliance. Reviews deliverables against contracts and renders pass or block decisions based on evidence, not assertion.
Release Manager
Gates releases on evidence of correct versioning, complete changelogs, and resolved blocking violations. No release proceeds without passing all gates.
Documentation Manager
Enforces documentation synchronization. Ensures READMEs, wikis, and inline documentation remain consistent with the actual repository state.
Platform Agnostic
Forsetti Agentic Edition is not tied to any language, platform, or toolchain. It works wherever AI coding agents operate.
Any Platform
Windows, macOS, iOS, Linux, web — the governance layer applies equally across all development environments and deployment targets.
Any Language
C++, Swift, Python, TypeScript, Rust — governance is language-independent. The framework governs process, not syntax.
Any Agent
Claude, Copilot, Cursor, Codex — any AI coding agent benefits from explicit governance. Drop the framework into any repository to begin.
The Constitution
The highest governing authority. Foundational principles, role definitions, and the doctrine that all downstream documents must conform to.
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Explore the complete governance framework: policies, standards, contract templates, role instructions, and machine-readable manifests.
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Forsetti Agentic Edition gives you the governance foundation to make AI-led delivery reviewable, traceable, and compliant — on any platform.