INTENT LOCK

Every consequential move is bound before it runs.

Permission is not intent. Intent Lock binds one executable move to exact current state, payload, actor, authority, destination, limits, expiry and required observation.

Inspect the trust boundary See Intent Lock in the live rescue

INTENT LOCK · IL-004

One exact move. One exact authority. One exact observation standard.

LOCKED

STATEPAYLOADAUTHORITYIL-004DESTINATIONEXPIRYREADBACK

PERMITTEDdiscount=8% · priority=P1

FORBIDDENcustomer promise · destructive delete

STATE OR PAYLOAD DRIFT → LOCK INVALIDATED → FRESH DECISION REQUIRED

ONE OBJECT. ONE LIFECYCLE.

The action cannot outlive the facts and authority that made it valid.

Field	Bound requirement
Current state	Exact source versions, contradictions, evidence freshness and state hash.
Proposed action	Target object, fields, payload and expected state change.
Minimum evidence	The evidence objects and freshness required before release.
Named authority	Role, decision scope, amount/discount/region limits and delegation.
Permitted effects	The fields, systems and side effects explicitly allowed.
Forbidden effects	Customer-facing, irreversible, safety, financial, legal or destructive changes excluded.
Expiry	The latest time the state and authority remain valid.
Immediate observation	Destination object, fields, version and match standard.
Delayed observation	Customer acceptance, signature, payment, renewal, reversal or obligation.
Failure path	Hold, retry, substitute executor, repair, reverse or human escalation.

INVALIDATION CONDITIONS

Any material change breaks the lock.

State changed

Source version, evidence, obligation, contradiction or deadline moved.

Payload changed

Fields, amounts, text, scope or destination differ from the approved object.

Authority changed

Role, delegation, limit, entity or approval status no longer matches.

Time expired

The decision window closed or a freshness requirement failed.

EARNED OPERATING AUTHORITY

Authority expands only after verified performance—and contracts after failure.

Level	Permitted behavior	Expansion evidence
Observe	Read approved sources; produce evidence-linked findings.	Source coverage and finding quality.
Prepare	Build routes, Execution Packets and draft Intent Locks.	Accepted routes and accurate authority projection.
Internal act	Run approved reversible internal updates.	High destination-match rate and successful repairs.
External act	Run permitted external or economically consequential actions.	Fresh quorum, stronger evidence, independent readback and bounded risk.
Portfolio autonomy	Claim and run classes of transitions inside fixed budgets and kill switches.	Verified repeatability, low silent failure, bounded reversals and current authority.