Governed Ecosystem Transitions

Purpose

This page frames StegVerse as a governed transition ecosystem for inputs, proposed actions, desired outputs, consequence-bearing execution, and receipt-bound continuity.

External frameworks are one input class. LLM outputs, human requests, repository tasks, SDK packets, Math Solver artifacts, runtime observations, memory candidates, and prior receipts are additional classes that enter the same high-level governance grammar.

Core claim

StegVerse governs how candidate information and proposed actions may become bounded transitions.
It does not treat generation, display, validation, approval, execution, or recording as interchangeable states.

Complete transition path

input or request
  -> entry surface
  -> origin, identity and scope binding
  -> governed ingestion
  -> CGE fingerprinting
  -> source, provenance and freshness evaluation
  -> GCAT / BCAT evaluation
  -> Transition Table standing
  -> candidate output or action proposal
  -> commitment request when consequence is proposed
  -> ALLOW / DENY / FAIL-CLOSED / QUARANTINE
  -> disabled or separately authorized execution handoff
  -> execution result, if any
  -> receipt_chain / STRP record
  -> authenticated custody and reconstruction, if separately installed

Ecosystem coordinates

Coordinate group	Examples	Current relationship to this page
Public entry	Ecosystem Chat, Math Solver, Governance Demo Suite, Applicability, proposal intake	Public, browser-local, fixture, or prepared entry surfaces
Runtime production	LLM-adapter, core-node-runtime-demo, micro-node-runtime, external artifacts	Produces candidate packets or observations; not authority by itself
Contract intake	StegVerse-SDK, manifests, intake and receipt schemas	Validates and routes artifacts without granting authority
Formal evaluation	CGE, GCAT, BCAT, Transition Table, formalism-tests	Determines or proves bounded standing where executable evidence exists
Commitment and execution	Commitment request, authority decision, executor handoff	Requires current standing and separately authorized consequence binding
Continuity and custody	Receipts, STRP, replay, reconstruction, Master-Records	Preserves transition history; custody remains a separate authenticated event
Public explanation	admissibility-wiki and Site	Explains status and topology without inheriting implementation or proof authority

Governed input classes

The registry includes:

external framework artifacts
LLM or agent outputs
human requests and corrections
repository tasks and workflow artifacts
SDK or API requests
Math Solver source and mapping artifacts
demo or applicability tester packets
runtime observations
memory or KnowledgeVault candidates
external retrieval evidence
receipt-chain continuations

See Governed Input Classes for entry coordinates, evidence ownership, and current posture.

Governed output classes

Possible bounded outputs include:

informational response
action proposal
commitment request
authority decision
disabled execution handoff
denial or fail-closed receipt
quarantine result
committed repository change under destination authority
external communication under explicit authority
memory mutation under current consent and policy
STRP handoff
receipt-chain continuation
state-transition summary
authenticated custody record

See Governed Output Classes for the required boundary at each stage.

Decision does not collapse consequence

State	What it means	What remains unproven
Candidate generated	A system produced a possible result	Admissibility, authority, execution and custody
Validated	Structure or contract passed a validator	Current standing and authority
`ALLOW_INFORMATIONAL`	A bounded response may be returned	Authority to perform an action
`ALLOW_COMMITMENT`	A proposed consequence may cross to an authorized executor	That execution occurred
`DENY`	The transition is not allowed under the evaluated standing	Historical deletion or impossibility of later reconsideration
`FAIL_CLOSED`	Required conditions are absent or invalid	Framework invalidity or permanent denial
Executed	A separately authorized consequence occurred	Master-Records custody or current future authority
Recorded	Authenticated custody and reconstruction conditions passed	Current admissibility for reuse

Relationship to external frameworks

external framework artifact
  -> native claim and source preservation
  -> governed ingestion
  -> evidence classification
  -> applicable shared test or crosswalk
  -> commitment candidate when consequence is proposed
  -> bounded decision and receipt

A framework mention, source review, author comment, or compatibility report is not automatically comparative testing. Reproducible comparison requires common vectors, pinned versions, declared expectations, raw outputs, scoring, replay instructions, hashes, and independent reproduction.

Relationship to governed LLMs and reconstructive search

A governed LLM participates as a reasoning and retrieval coordinate. Reconstructive search should establish what evidence state existed at an earlier time, what changed, and what remains historically reconstructable without treating the earlier result as current authority.

historically reconstructable != currently admissible
receipt-backed != true
replayable != reconstructable
reconstructable != authenticated custody

Relationship to repository work

A repository task becomes consequence-bearing only after destination authority is established.

task or patch proposal
  -> repository handoff check
  -> evidence and scope review
  -> destination mutation authority
  -> commit or fail-closed result
  -> workflow receipt

A source repository cannot infer mutation authority over Site, Publisher, StegGuardian, Master-Records, or another destination merely because a propagation need is documented.

Relationship to STRP and continuity

STRP is a transition-record handoff layer. A useful record should preserve:

transition identity
origin and request
input and evidence hashes
policy and delegation references
decision and validity window
execution posture and result
receipt chain
custody and reconstruction posture

STRP transfer does not itself prove installation, acceptance, or current standing at the destination.

Current implementation posture

public doctrine and registry pages: PRESENT
fixture-first adapter and SDK paths: IMPLEMENTED IN SOURCE REPOSITORIES
Math Solver and demo surfaces: PUBLIC CONCEPT / FIXTURE / BROWSER POSTURES
Site live same-origin usage path: PREPARED_NOT_DEPLOYED
live continuity-search service: EXTERNAL
Master-Records custody: EXTERNAL
external executor authority: EXTERNAL
canonical workflow and Pages evidence: REPOSITORY-OWNED OBSERVATION GATES

Boundary

Input registration != admissibility.
Generation != validation.
Validation != standing.
Standing decision != execution.
Execution != custody.
Custody != current reuse authority.
Receipt != truth.
Public framing != proof authority.
Queued propagation != completed downstream mutation.

Current status

GOVERNED_ECOSYSTEM_TRANSITION_FRAMING_COMPLETE_WITH_EXTERNAL_GATES

Purpose​

Core claim​

Complete transition path​

Ecosystem coordinates​

Governed input classes​

Governed output classes​

Decision does not collapse consequence​

Relationship to external frameworks​

Relationship to governed LLMs and reconstructive search​

Relationship to repository work​

Relationship to STRP and continuity​

Current implementation posture​

Boundary​

Current status​