Forge Platform

The operating architecture for human + agent delivery. Forge Platform is not another AI tool — it is how conceptual intent, instrumental services, governed interaction, and continuous evidence fit together without…

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Why Platform

AI tools create speed, but teams still need clear intent, review gates, and evidence. When meaning, services, agent authority, and human accountability live in separate tools, agents inherit fragmentation. Platform defines operating strata — each with multiple components — so humans stay accountable and agents stay bounded.

Operating strata

  1. Evidence spineContinuous proof across every stratum — recorded as work moves, not bolted on at the end.5 elements
  2. Conceptual stratumShared meaning before any service or agent runs.4 elements
  3. Instrumental stratumParallel services — sense, reason, and execute inside boundaries.6 elements
  4. Interaction stratumGoverned teaming — what agents may do and what humans must decide.8 elements

    Agent permissions

    Human obligations

How it works

  1. Frame

    Conceptual stratum sets intent and policy.

  2. Sense

    Lenses makes workspace structure visible.

  3. Reason & execute

    LCDL and Fleet run inside explicit limits.

  4. Delegate

    Agents receive workcells — not open authority.

  5. Gate

    Humans approve, escalate, or stop.

  6. Record

    Evidence spine captures every run for review.

Trust and boundaries

Strata, not products

Products are instruments inside strata — never the architecture itself.

Interaction is dual

Agent permissions and human obligations are two faces of one surface.

Instrumental is parallel

Sensing, reasoning, and execution are separate capabilities with separate failure modes.

Evidence is continuous

ForgeRun, ADRs, and sprint proof wrap the whole stack — not a final checkbox.

Choose your path

Executive sponsor

Platform charter

Charter, boundaries, roadmap

Platform architect

Architecture hub

Reference architecture and ADRs

Engineering lead

Operating model

Autonomy levels and deliver milestones

Practitioner

Guides

Workcells and how-to guides

Agent builder

Workcell catalog

Contracts and runner patterns

Maintainer

Operating cadence

Hydration, quality gates, promotion

Platform glue

Schemas, intersection maps, and integration contracts tie the strata together — see the architecture hub and ecosystem reference. Products listed above are instruments, not layer names.

For maintainers

Canonical Markdown lives in autowww/forge-platform. Published HTML is built by forge-platform-website (python3 generator/build-site.py). See Operating cadence for hydration, quality gates, and promotion rules — not the homepage story.