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CONCEPTUAL REFERENCE MODEL

Reference Architecture: An Extended Zero Trust Pipeline for AI Software Engineering

Autonomous Software Factory · Horizontal Scale · Inquisitor Governance

SPEC PHASE 👁️ RED PHASE 👁️ GREEN PHASE 👁️ LATE DISCOVERY PHASE 👁️ ALIGNMENT, REFINEMENT & ACCEPTANCE PHASE 👁️ INTEGRATION PHASE 👁️ DEV INPUT PRD 👤 01 Spec Writing 🧠⚙️🛠️ behaviour & scope 02 Spec Inquisitor 🧠⚙️ adversarial audit GATE 01 Spec Hybrid Decider 🧠⚙️⚠️ 03 Implementation Planning 🧠⚙️ Optimization 04 Test Writing 🧠⚙️🛠️ TDD execution 05 Test Inquisitor 🧠⚙️ gap discovery GATE 02 Tests Hybrid Decider 🧠⚙️⚠️ GATE 03 Green Pre-Check ⚙️⚠️ 06 Code Generation 🧠⚙️🛠️ parallel deps 07 Code Review 🧠⚙️ agent audit GATE 04 Code Hybrid Decider 🧠⚙️⚠️ 08 Test Execution ⚙️🛠️ verified run 09 Execution Inquisitor 🧠⚙️ truth audit GATE 05 Final Tests Hybrid Decider ⚙️⚠️ 10 Unified Gap Analysis 🧠⚙️ discovery sweep 11 Mini Spec Phase 🧠⚙️ refine logic 12 Mini Red Phase 🧠⚙️🛠️ extend tests 13 Mini Green Phase 🧠⚙️🛠️ extend code 14 Audit Inquisitor 🧠⚙️ final truth audit GATE 06 Late Disc. Hybrid Decider 🧠⚙️⚠️ VERIFIED DRAFT 15 Outcome Review 👤🧠 human hybrid GATE 07 Align? Hybrid Decider 👤⚠️ 16 Fidelity Audit 👤⚙️ target fidelity 17 Strategic Arbitration 👤🧠 pivot or persist 18 Delta Specification 🧠⚙️ formal requirements 19 Implementation Inquisitor 🧠⚙️ exit audit GATE 08 Exit Hybrid Decider 🧠⚙️⚠️ 20 Integration ⚙️🛠️ authorized merge 21 Integration Inquisitor 🧠⚙️ regression audit GATE 09 Systems Hybrid Decider 🧠⚙️⚠️ 22 — DONE Deploy ⚙️🛠️ ✓ earned zero trust governance — every stage validates inputs independently — no implicit trust between pipeline steps
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Agentic Intelligence
LLM core providing reasoning and implementation.
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Deterministic Logic
Linters, Diff-locks, and Test-runners providing bounds.
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Tool Access (MCP)
Authorized access to file systems and dev-tools.
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Human-in-the-Loop
Definitive stages requiring human review and decision.
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Escalation System
Automatic trigger to human when thresholds or stall-logic fails.
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Full Observability
Every step logged and searchable by meta-agents.
System Governance: This pipeline employs an Autonomous Factory model. Developers operate as Overseers, managing 4–16 parallel pipelines. While stages 15, 16, and 17 are definitive human checkpoints, the entire system is fully observable and searchable for AI auditing. The Inquisitors perform agentic truth-audits, providing reports to Hybrid Decider Gates which determine remediation or advancement. Adaptive Profiles allow for removal of phases or shifting thresholds based on criticality (PoC vs Mission Critical). Debugging is virtually eliminated; outputs are structurally correct by construction. Missing items represent Spec Deficiencies, not poor coding. Output after Gate 06 constitutes a Verified 1st Draft.
Prepared by: Kerry Panchoo · sarolta.com · appliedminds.ai