Forge Platform

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