ACS Architecture

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Status: Draft
Version: 0.1.0
Last Updated: 2026-05-16
Owner: ACS Nucleus

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Purpose

This document describes the ACS architecture.

Scope

It covers agent identity, orchestration, semantic memory, tools and MCPs, review boundaries, execution handoff, audit records, and integration surfaces.

Overview

ACS must be a layered system, not a set of disconnected agents. This separation prevents unsafe automation, uncontrolled tool access, context drift, and unclear responsibility.

Architecture Layers

Layer	Responsibility
Agent Identity	Define agent roles, scope, expected outputs, boundaries, and forbidden actions.
Orchestration	Route tasks, coordinate multi-agent review, classify risk, request review, and escalate.
Knowledge	Store semantic memory, knowledge packs, documentation context, and retrieval material.
Tool / MCP	Expose connectors under permissions, logging, scoping, and safe defaults.
Review	Support human, governance, security, treasury, and product owner validation.
Execution Handoff	Prepare tasks, governance payloads, documentation updates, and checklists without unapproved direct execution.
Audit	Preserve logs, outputs, decision context, and links to actions and accountability reports.

Conceptual Flow

flowchart TD
    Request[Request or Event] --> Context[Context Loading]
    Context --> Classification[Classification]
    Classification --> AgentReview[Agent Review]
    AgentReview --> HumanReview[Human or Domain Review]
    HumanReview --> Governance[Governance Escalation if Required]
    HumanReview --> Handoff[Execution Handoff]
    Governance --> Handoff
    Handoff --> Receipt[Receipt and Archive]
    Receipt --> Memory[Validated Knowledge Update]

Core Runtime Components

• Task router
• Context loader
• Classifier
• Agent executor
• Reviewer
• Tool gateway
• Memory writer
• Audit logger

Collaboration Models

Low-risk tasks may use single-agent review. Strategic or financial tasks may use dual-agent review. High-risk proposals, reward policies, treasury actions, plugin requests, or trading strategies should include adversarial review. Major governance-sensitive tasks may use council-style review with Morpheus, Trinity, Agent Smith, and a human or governance reviewer.

Integration Surfaces

ACS may integrate with Business, Governance, GitHub, documentation, operations, Trading, Treasury, Academy, Marketplace, Security, and Accountability. Each surface requires clear permission and review boundaries.

Future Work

Final runtime services, schemas, logs, and MCP permissions require implementation validation.