# Governed Autonomy

Author: Andrew Durden
Publication edition 2026.10.6.

A research and evidence collection: sixteen papers, implementation and deployment evidence,
an executable continuity reference, and a register of 1,449 exact assertions.
The rights notice applies to all authored material. No independent peer review is claimed.

## Complete text

- [Full public text](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Claim register](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/publication/claims.json)

## Implemented production systems

Cuttlefish and Freehold are live production systems running
on AWS enterprise backend infrastructure with actual users. They provide the operational
and experimental setting for the research. Published inspection records are dated and scoped;
this production context does not establish every proposed or formal research guarantee.

- [Cuttlefish public product and operating architecture](https://getcuttlefish.app/)
- [Dated implementation and operational evidence](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/implementation/)
- [Executable continuity exhibit](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/exhibit/)
- [Evidence and reproducibility](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/evidence/)

## Reading routes

- [Governed Autonomy](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/)
- [Governed Autonomous Institutions](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/thesis/)
- [Architecture of Governed Autonomous Systems](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/architecture/)
- [MIRAGE: Authority, information, and consequences in autonomous systems](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/papers/mirage/)
- [CSSL: Semantic change, accountable evidence, and operational continuity](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/papers/cssl/)
- [IC-POAR: From intended behavior to an accountable running product](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/papers/ic-poar/)
- [AD8: Accountable change across software, action, and learning](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/papers/ad8/)
- [Freehold: Autonomous institutions under bounded stewardship](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/papers/freehold/)
- [Cuttlebone: Preserving the boundary between reasoning and action](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/papers/cuttlebone/)
- [SEPION: What agreement among generated artifacts can establish](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/papers/sepion/)
- [RCFS: Competence that can change without inheriting authority](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/papers/rcfs/)
- [Semantic OS: Application Understanding, Authority, and Verified Outcomes](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/papers/semantic-os/)
- [Cuttlefish Environment: Continuing Work Across Applications and Collaboration](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/papers/cuttlefish-environment/)
- [CHROMATIC: Ambient Assistance Under Continuing Human Authority](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/papers/chromatic/)
- [Experience Economy and ISE: Learning from Governed Experience](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/papers/experience-economy/)
- [The Reckoning: Calibration and Accountability for Autonomous Judgment](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/papers/reckoning/)
- [Human–LLM Capability Elicitation: Studying Validated Joint Performance](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/papers/capability-elicitation/)
- [Author](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/AUTHOR/)
- [Review and contributions](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/CONTRIBUTING/)
- [Third-party notices](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES/)
- [Changelog](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/CHANGELOG/)
- [Build and verify the publication](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/BUILD/)
- [Assurance boundaries and open questions](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/ASSURANCE_BOUNDARIES/)
- [Reproduce and examine the evidence](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/REPRODUCIBILITY/)
- [Bibliography and source works](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/bibliography/)
- [Claim register and evidence index](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/claims/)
- [Downloads](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/downloads/)
- [Evidence and reproducibility](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/evidence/)
- [A commitment through a lost acknowledgement](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/exhibit/)
- [Shared glossary](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/glossary/)
- [Implemented systems and operational evidence](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/implementation/)
- [Prior art and the contribution of this collection](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/prior-art/)
- [Sources and editorial method](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/provenance/)
- [Research agenda](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/research-agenda/)
- [Review guide](https://main.d1uartws49y2du.amplifyapp.com/docs/review/)
