RTS

Decision Reconstructability Protocol for AI-accelerated systems.

Acceleration without reconstructability leads to structural collapse.

RTS preserves decision states so structural drift and discontinuities can be located and reduced over time.

Repository position: see docs/overview/POSITION.md.

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The Problem

AI accelerates execution.

But decision authority is rarely recorded.

When systems fail, the same question appears:

Who approved this — and under what assumptions?

Most AI workflows optimize execution.
They do not preserve decision state.

RTS exists to preserve that state.

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What RTS Is

RTS is a Git-native structural ledger for decision systems.

It preserves:

• decision authority
• execution structure
• state transitions

RTS logs structure — not semantics.

It is designed for auditability, continuity, and post-failure reconstruction.

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Core Mechanism

The RTS core consists of three structural guarantees.

1) Decision State Snapshot

Each block records:

• Context
• Decision
• Constraints
• Assumptions
• Action
• Outcome

This forms a reconstructable decision state.

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2) State Transition Tracking

RTS tracks transitions between decision states to identify:

• where structural drift began
• where assumptions shifted
• where discontinuities appeared
• which decision altered the trajectory

This enables precise reconstruction after failure.

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3) Append-Only Ledger

RTS is deterministic and Git-native.

• commits act as immutable timestamps
• history becomes operational evidence
• reconstruction remains possible even when memory is lost

The system guarantees reconstructability of structure.

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Extensions (Optional Layers)

The following components extend the core.

Decision Boundary Layer

RTS can record boundary events capturing:

• approver / authority holder
• scope of responsibility
• justification at approval time
• commit hash (state at approval)

This is not blame.
It is an authority trace.

Additional extensions may include:

• drift analysis
• governance history
• failure freeze snapshots (ESC)
• identity modeling

All extensions depend on the core reconstructability model.

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Minimal Flow

1. Create decision block
2. Commit
3. (Optional) Record boundary
4. Reconstruct anytime

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What RTS Is Not

RTS is not:

• workflow automation
• monitoring software
• compliance software
• memory embedding / vector retrieval

RTS is a structural ledger.

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Documentation

• Manifest → docs/manifest.md
• Technical Overview → docs/technical_overview.md
• Genesis / History → docs/genesis/
• Rulebook → docs/rulebook/

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License

MIT