Handbook
Operating Model
No Hermes required.
Three planes
1. Governance Plane
ForgeSDLC, Blueprints, Versonas, AGENTS.md
2. Control Plane
Lenses, ForgeRun, approvals, EvidencePackets
3. Workcell Plane
Hermes, Factory Droid, OpenClaw, Fleet, LCDL, future agents/tools
Core loop
Human intent
-> Lenses creates/opens ForgeRun
-> Blueprints produce context and evidence expectations
-> LCDL performs governed reasoning or verification
-> Lenses requests human approval where needed
-> Fleet executes approved template jobs
-> Agent workcells perform bounded work
-> EvidencePacket links all outputs
-> Lenses shows final review
Operating modes
Agent-light mode
No Hermes required.
Lenses -> Blueprints -> LCDL -> approval -> Fleet -> EvidencePacket -> Lenses
Agent-operator mode
Hermes adds adaptive orchestration.
Hermes -> Lenses state -> Blueprints context -> LCDL -> approval -> Fleet -> EvidencePacket
Implementation workcell mode
Factory Droid produces review or patch output inside a controlled envelope.
Lenses -> WorkcellRequest -> Fleet runs Factory -> WorkcellResult -> LCDL verifies -> Lenses reviews