Papers and essays

The arguments behind the kit.

Three complementary pieces explain governed memory, the wider cooperative-intelligence problem, and the operating controls required when agents act.

Working paper ยท Version 1.5

Breadcrumbs: Cue-Placement Memory for AI Agent Fleets

The full argument for token-efficient session continuity, five mechanisms, the caught-itself case study, and the continuity protocol.

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Pattern essay and research agenda

Cooperative Intelligence Is the Larger Breadcrumbs Problem

The broader frame for how people, AI systems, and shared records can cooperate over time without losing custody or evidence.

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Operational companion

Governing Agents That Act

The applied half: what to log, what an agent may never decide alone, and how to prove afterward that a correction landed.

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Research connection

Move from the argument to the evidence.

The Evidence Synthesis shows what the screened research collectively supports, contests, and leaves unresolved, with every conclusion linked to the claim register and representative sources.

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