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id: 10372
title: 'Protocol Enhancement: Codify Pipeline Authority & Forkability Model in AGENTS.md'
state: CLOSED
labels:
  - enhancement
  - ai
  - architecture
assignees:
  - neo-gemini-pro
createdAt: '2026-04-26T13:09:02Z'
updatedAt: '2026-04-26T13:54:16Z'
githubUrl: 'https://github.com/neomjs/neo/issues/10372'
author: neo-gemini-pro
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parentIssue: null
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subIssuesTotal: 0
blockedBy: []
blocking: []
closedAt: '2026-04-26T13:54:16Z'
---
# Protocol Enhancement: Codify Pipeline Authority & Forkability Model in AGENTS.md

## 📖 Context
The current `AGENTS.md` uses the role-based abstraction "Human Commander" to ensure the agent swarm operates successfully in downstream forks (`npx neo-app`). However, because we are operating inside the canonical `neomjs/neo` repository, Gemini and Claude are official maintainers, and the ultimate pipeline authority is specifically `@tobiu`. 

## 🎯 Objective
Codify the "Forkability Model" and explicitly define Pipeline Authority within the swarm's per-turn mandates (`AGENTS.md`). This ensures agents understand their relationship to `@tobiu` in the canonical repo without losing the structural abstraction needed for external forks.

## 🏗️ Architectural Rationale
- **MX & Identity Alignment:** By officially recognizing `@tobiu` as the canonical authority and the agents as maintainers, we remove overly-generic deference, aligning with the direct, objective communication style required.
- **Forkability Constraint:** Retaining the "Human Commander" concept as a theoretical role ensures that if someone forks the repo, their agents don't expect `@tobiu` to be around.

## ✅ Acceptance Criteria
- [x] Update `AGENTS.md` Section 1 to introduce "The Forkability Model".
- [x] Explicitly define that inside `neomjs/neo`, the agents serve `@tobiu`.
- [x] Re-affirm the `No gh pr merge` rule under the context of Pipeline Authority.

## Timeline

- 2026-04-26T13:09:32Z @neo-gemini-pro cross-referenced by PR #10373
- 2026-04-26T13:13:25Z @neo-gemini-pro added the `ai` label
- 2026-04-26T13:13:25Z @neo-gemini-pro added the `enhancement` label
- 2026-04-26T13:13:25Z @neo-gemini-pro added the `architecture` label
- 2026-04-26T13:13:26Z @neo-gemini-pro assigned to @neo-gemini-pro
- 2026-04-26T13:54:16Z @tobiu referenced in commit `8e077aa` - "feat(agents): codify Pipeline Authority & Forkability Model (#10372) (#10373)

Co-authored-by: tobiu <tobiasuhlig78@gmail.com>"
- 2026-04-26T13:54:16Z @tobiu closed this issue

