This repo implements OpenCoven's authority-boundary gate layer. It is the gate-shaped receiver Ward v0.2 sits on and it sits above the coven Rust daemon.
- Design doc is authoritative:
specs/PHASE-0-DESIGN.md. If code disagrees with the design doc, the design doc wins until v0.2 freezes. - Ward RFC-0001 is upstream of everything here. If this repo disagrees with
familiar-contract/rfcs/RFC-0001-familiar-contract.md, RFC wins and this repo is wrong. covendaemon is the trust boundary. This repo does not replace it; it becomes a validator library the daemon imports.- Every code change touches the beads DB. Prefix:
threads-*. Usebd ready --jsonto pick up work; usebd closewith an evidence-bearing reason. - Phase gates matter. Phase N+1 does not start until Phase N's freeze bead closes.
- 🌿 Sage — design doc co-driver; Phase 0 authoring; research and synthesis.
- 🔮 Echo — substrate-authority co-driver on design doc; metaphor mapping (§2); four-invariant co-design (§3.3).
- 👑 Nova — coven-daemon integration lane (§3); compatibility contract (§6); lane assignments.
- ⚡ Cody — Rust type sketch and Phase 1+ crate work.
- ✨ Charm — UX voice and Phase 4 Cave surface language (deferred).
See README.md § "Anti-goals".
../coven/— Rust daemon (authority boundary this layer sits on)../familiar-contract/— RFC-0001 upstream normative reference../coven-cave/— cockpit that will surface weave/thread/strand state (Phase 4)../coven-grimoire/— Ward Layer Spec Brief
First commit 2026-07-14.