AI-Assisted Development & Governance

Status: Ratified
Classification: Meta-Governance
Bagde: AI-Assisted · Human-Governed

Structum explicitly acknowledges and regulates the use of Agentic AI in its lifecycle. This document defines the Architectural Contracts between human maintainers and AI assistants.

1. The Strategy: “Anti-Magic”

In Structum, AI is not used to generate “magic code” or bypass understanding. It is used as a Cognitive Stressor to enforce rigor.

Role

Responsibility

AI Agent

Auditor. Checks consistency, spots hidden coupling, validates constitution compliance.

Human

Authority. Decides strategy, validates intent, accepts liability.

The Core Rule:

“AI suggestions are treated as unverified Pull Requests. They must pass the Constitutional Audit before being merged.”

2. Governance Levels

Level 1: The Badge

Plugins adhering to this model display the governance badge:

AI-Assisted · Human-Governed

This signals:

  1. Transparency: AI was used in the loop.

  2. Accountability: A human verified the output against the Constitution.

Level 2: The Normative Section

Every AI-assisted plugin must include this disclaimer in its README:

AI-Assisted Development This plugin observes the Structum AI Governance model. AI agents are used for:

  • Architectural auditing (Constitution Compliance)

  • Documentation consistency

  • Conceptual stress-testing

Final design authority and responsibility remain human.

3. Disambiguation (FAQ)

Q: Is Structum “written by AI”? A: No. Structum is co-designed with AI. The architecture (Protocols, Optionality, Zero Lock-In) is a human strategic choice. AI is used to enforce these choices strictly across all modules.

Q: Can I blame the AI for bugs? A: No. The human maintainer merges the code. The human maintainer owns the bug.

Q: Does AI decide architecture? A: AI proposes options and critiques. It does not ratify Principles. The Constitution is human-ratified.

4. Why We Document This

We document AI usage to avoid Asymmetrical Information. We want you to know that the verbosity and rigor of Structum are deliberate design choices, often sharpened by adversarial debate with AI agents to ensure “Zero Magic”.