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CORE

Executable constitutional governance for AI-assisted software development.

AI can write code. It cannot be trusted to build complete, correct software autonomously.

CORE surrounds AI with a deterministic governance system. It does not make AI perfect — it makes AI mistakes detectable, traceable, and fixable in a controlled loop.

LLMs operate inside CORE. Never above it.

What CORE Does

CORE is a governance runtime. When an AI agent proposes a change, CORE:

  1. Validates it against constitutional rules before execution
  2. Blocks violations — hard halt, no partial states
  3. Logs every decision with a full audit trail
  4. Remediates automatically where rules permit

The result: AI-assisted development that is auditable, deterministic, and safe to run autonomously.

At full autonomy (A3), the governor's job is two things: check the dashboard, and write constitutional intent. Everything else — finding violations, proposing fixes, executing changes, verifying results — is CORE's job.

What CORE Is Not

  • ❌ Not a generic LLM wrapper
  • ❌ Not an autonomous coding agent you deploy and forget
  • ❌ Not a CI system
  • ❌ Not a replacement for human judgment

CORE is a controlled production pipeline whose purpose is to converge toward working, constitutionally compliant software.

Where to Start

New to CORE? Start with the functional description before reading the architecture:

Then: