manifest_version: 1 updated: "2026-08-13" purpose: "Machine-readable routing index for agent-wiki protocols and guides." level_policy: "Ranges are protocol-local cumulative conformance ladders; isolated higher-level capability tests do not establish that level without lower requirements." license: spdx_id: CC-BY-4.0 document: LICENSE canonical_url: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" scope: "Original repository content except where otherwise noted; cited third-party material remains under its source terms." maturity_vocabulary: design-only: "Coherent protocol proposal with no documented binding evidence yet." practiced: "At least one concrete binding or run informed the protocol; not every level is validated." field-tested: "The declared core protocol has repeated real-environment evidence and operational feedback." evidence_vocabulary: design-example: "Concrete binding design; no completed run claimed." source-inspected: "Implementation source inspected; runtime not validated." run-reported: "Specific run documented by a cited source; not independently reproduced here." reproduced: "Documented path executed successfully in a bounded validation." field-tested: "Binding operated in a real environment and either supported repeated work or exposed concrete operational lessons." conformance_vocabulary: proposed: "A design is mapped to a protocol but has not been executed." mapped: "Observed or inspected behavior has been mapped to the protocol; conformance was not independently validated." partially-verified: "Named protocol requirements were executed or inspected, while declared gaps remain." verified: "The claimed level's required checks were executed against the named protocol version." confidence_schemes: epistemic-status-v1: values: [confirmed, observed-once, inferred, unknown] use: "Source/evidence status for factual or state-like claims." definitions: confirmed: "Supported for its stated scope by an authoritative source, repeated observation, or independent corroboration; not a claim of permanence." observed-once: "Directly observed in one bounded event or check and not independently corroborated." inferred: "Derived from other observations rather than directly observed." unknown: "Retained because relevant, but available evidence does not support a stronger classification." ordinal-confidence-v1: values: [low, medium, high] use: "Confidence in hypotheses, cues, predictions, or recommendations." verdict_schemes: intervention-outcome-v1: values: [helpful, misleading, neutral, unknown] use: "Outcome attribution for Memory activation, Inner Speech intervention feedback, and Skill activation observation." evaluation_schemes: procedure-evaluation-v1: values: [unevaluated, supported, contradicted, inconclusive] use: "Scoped comparison state for one procedural artifact version against a named baseline; never a global artifact status." protocols: - id: memory name: "Agent-first Memory" version: "0.2.0" maturity: practiced evidence_scope: "Real-environment evidence informs the lifecycle through memory:L4. One private run report exposed a failed-exploration withdrawal boundary and informed memory@0.2.0, but no WithdrawalRecord, erasure path, current item schema, or memory:L5 path has been end-to-end validated." document: docs/agent-first-memory.md level_namespace: memory level_range: ["memory:L0", "memory:L5"] minimal_level: "memory:L0" standalone: true required_dependencies: [] optional_dependencies: [active-workspace, inner-speech, council, auto-walk, steward] confidence_schemes: [epistemic-status-v1, ordinal-confidence-v1] primary_artifacts: - memory_item - archive_snapshot - topic_page - retrieval_record - metamemory_feedback - policy_proposal - withdrawal_record - erasure_tombstone usecases: - id: memory.kiro-local evidence: field-tested conformance: mapped conformance_scope: "Historical lifecycle mapping through memory:L4 against memory@0.1.0; the memory@0.2.0 withdrawal and erasure contract and current item schema are not revalidated." document: usecases/memory/kiro-local-memory.md - id: memory.openab-codex-k3s evidence: field-tested conformance: mapped conformance_scope: "Historical lifecycle mapping through memory:L4 against memory@0.1.0; the memory@0.2.0 withdrawal and erasure contract and current item schema are not revalidated." document: usecases/memory/openab-codex-k3s-memory.md - id: memory.failed-exploration-withdrawal evidence: run-reported conformance: mapped conformance_scope: "A private interrupted-exploration report is mapped to the memory@0.2.0 withdrawal boundary; no durable Memory capture, WithdrawalRecord, workspace disposal, rollback, erasure, or conformance level was independently verified." document: usecases/memory/failed-exploration-withdrawal.md - id: auto-walk name: "Agent-first Auto-Walk" version: "0.1.0" maturity: practiced evidence_scope: "Real-environment runs cover manual generation, runner execution, and semantic-trigger surfacing through parts of auto-walk:L3; natural calendar firing and auto-walk:L4 are unverified." document: docs/agent-first-auto-walk.md level_namespace: auto-walk level_range: ["auto-walk:L0", "auto-walk:L4"] minimal_level: "auto-walk:L0" standalone: true required_dependencies: [] optional_dependencies: [memory, active-workspace, inner-speech] confidence_schemes: [ordinal-confidence-v1] primary_artifacts: - hypothesis - surface_event - discharge_event - walk_run_record usecases: - id: auto-walk.kiro-local evidence: field-tested conformance: partially-verified conformance_scope: "Observed generation and semantic-trigger surfacing through parts of auto-walk:L3; current hypothesis status/discharge fields, natural scheduled firing, and auto-walk:L4 are unverified." document: usecases/auto-walk/kiro-local-walk.md - id: auto-walk.obsidian-notes evidence: design-example conformance: proposed document: usecases/auto-walk/obsidian-notes-walk.md - id: auto-walk.reading-queue evidence: design-example conformance: proposed document: usecases/auto-walk/reading-queue-walk.md - id: auto-walk.research-corpus evidence: design-example conformance: proposed document: usecases/auto-walk/research-corpus-walk.md - id: skill name: "Agent-first Skill Lifecycle" version: "0.1.0" maturity: practiced evidence_scope: "One field-tested imported-skill binding contributes repeated real-environment activation evidence, a runtime-fallback lesson, and unrecorded version drift mapped to skill@0.1.0; no CandidateRecord, EvidenceRecord, AdoptionDecision, rollback record, or skill:L0+ conformance was validated." document: docs/agent-first-skill-lifecycle.md level_namespace: skill level_range: ["skill:L0", "skill:L4"] minimal_level: "skill:L0" standalone: true required_dependencies: [] optional_dependencies: [memory, active-workspace, council, steward] confidence_schemes: [] evaluation_schemes: [procedure-evaluation-v1] primary_artifacts: - candidate_record - evidence_record - adoption_decision - activation_observation - lifecycle_event - execution_context_snapshot usecases: - id: skill.kiro-taobao-native evidence: field-tested conformance: mapped conformance_scope: "Repeated private real-environment activations, runtime fallback, and unrecorded version drift are mapped to protocol concepts; lifecycle governance records and all skill:L0+ requirements remain unvalidated." document: usecases/skill/kiro-taobao-native.md - id: active-workspace name: "Agent-first Active Workspace" version: "0.2.0" maturity: design-only evidence_scope: "No documented binding yet. One public study provides run-reported design evidence for the optional audited-completion profile; no `active-workspace@0.2.0` conformance or profile behavior has been validated." document: docs/agent-first-active-workspace.md level_namespace: active-workspace level_range: ["active-workspace:L0", "active-workspace:L4"] minimal_level: "active-workspace:L0" standalone: true required_dependencies: [] optional_dependencies: [memory, auto-walk, inner-speech, council, steward] confidence_schemes: [epistemic-status-v1, ordinal-confidence-v1] primary_artifacts: - workspace_snapshot - workspace_item - workspace_patch - interrupt usecases: [] - id: inner-speech name: "Agent-first Inner Speech" version: "0.1.0" maturity: design-only evidence_scope: "No documented binding yet." document: docs/agent-first-inner-speech.md level_namespace: inner-speech level_range: ["inner-speech:L0", "inner-speech:L4"] minimal_level: "inner-speech:L0" standalone: true required_dependencies: [] optional_dependencies: [active-workspace, memory, council, auto-walk] confidence_schemes: [ordinal-confidence-v1] primary_artifacts: - control_cue - frame_challenge - cue_feedback - policy_proposal usecases: [] - id: council name: "Agent-first Council" version: "0.1.0" maturity: practiced evidence_scope: "One run-reported binding demonstrates council:L1-style blind review and selected council:L2 revision pressure without full L2 lineage/checkpoint validation; one implementation is source-inspected; one field-tested same-runtime role-diverse binding demonstrates selected council:L0 mechanisms without independent CandidateArtifacts or anonymized peer review." document: docs/agent-first-council.md level_namespace: council level_range: ["council:L0", "council:L5"] minimal_level: "council:L0" standalone: true required_dependencies: [] optional_dependencies: [active-workspace, inner-speech, memory, auto-walk, steward] confidence_schemes: [ordinal-confidence-v1] primary_artifacts: - goal_contract - candidate_artifact - review_artifact - conflict_map - decision_record - run_record usecases: - id: council.multi-agent-roundtable evidence: run-reported conformance: mapped conformance_scope: "Source report maps to council:L1 and parts of council:L2; version lineage and best-checkpoint behavior are not demonstrated or independently reproduced." document: usecases/council/multi-agent-roundtable.md - id: council.llm-council-local evidence: source-inspected conformance: mapped conformance_scope: "Source structure mapped to the protocol; runtime conformance not assessed." document: usecases/council/llm-council-local.md - id: council.kiro-local evidence: field-tested conformance: mapped conformance_scope: "Same-runtime, same-model-family role-diverse review maps to selected council:L0 mechanisms: isolated role outputs, conflict extraction, and synthesis. Complete council:L0 is not claimed because the run reviewed one shared draft rather than producing independent CandidateArtifacts; council:L1 anonymity and council:L2 lineage are also absent." document: usecases/council/kiro-local-council.md - id: steward name: "Agent-first Steward" version: "0.1.0" maturity: practiced evidence_scope: "One field-tested single-agent binding operates the 1:1:N topology at steward:S1 with substantial steward:S2 coverage (participant and managed-resource registries, result integration) and partial steward:S3/steward:S4 elements; the steward@0.1.0 artifact schema, a field-tested durable canonical task record in ordinary Steward work, per-order revocable grants, heterogeneous-participant operation within the binding, and formal takeover remain unvalidated." document: docs/agent-first-steward.md level_namespace: steward level_range: ["steward:S0", "steward:S5"] minimal_level: "steward:S1" standalone: true required_dependencies: [] optional_dependencies: [memory, active-workspace, inner-speech, council, auto-walk] confidence_schemes: [] primary_artifacts: - steward_relationship - intent_record - work_order - authority_grant - progress_event - result_envelope - escalation_request - steward_digest usecases: - id: steward.kiro-local evidence: field-tested conformance: partially-verified conformance_scope: "steward:S1 delegation, participant/managed-resource registries, and standing-authority gates operated and source-inspected; a field-tested steward:S2 durable canonical task record in ordinary Steward work, steward:S3 per-order revocable grants with audit, and steward:S4 heterogeneous-participant operation plus formal takeover remain declared gaps." document: usecases/steward/kiro-local-steward.md guides: - id: adoption version: "0.2.0" maturity: design-only document: docs/agent-adoption-guide.md read_when: "Selecting or bootstrapping a protocol." - id: composition version: "0.1.0" maturity: design-only document: docs/composable-agent-cognition.md level_namespace: composition level_range: ["composition:C0", "composition:C5"] read_when: "Two or more protocols need to exchange artifacts." - id: governed-shared-memory version: "0.1.0" maturity: design-only document: docs/governed-shared-memory-profile.md read_when: "Several participants need governed shared standing over existing artifacts." - id: governed-artifact-portability-recovery version: "0.1.0" maturity: design-only document: docs/governed-artifact-portability-recovery.md read_when: "Backing up, restoring, or porting governed artifacts and reconstructing their bindings across hosts, tools, or storage forms." - id: governed-artifact-replication-exchange version: "0.1.0" maturity: design-only document: docs/governed-artifact-replication-exchange.md read_when: "Keeping declared governed-artifact surfaces available across independently usable bindings through one-way replication or attributed append-only exchange."