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Part I — Foundations & Governance

last updated: 2026-03-01

This part establishes what must remain true for Scintilla Locate:

  • what the protocol is and what it is optimizing for
  • what adversaries do (and therefore what we must defend)
  • who has authority, and how protocol change is safely authorized
  1. Protocol Overview — start here for the “shape of the system”.
  2. Threat Model — understand adversaries and failure modes.
  3. Economic Security Model — the exposure envelope that constrains everything.
  4. Governance Charter — authority, gates, and emergency process.
  5. Agent Constitution — the non-negotiable rules for AI assistance.

What you can do after Part I​

  • Evaluate whether a proposed change is “protocol affecting”
  • Decide whether an ADR is required and which governance gate applies
  • Explain to a new engineer why “specs are authority” is non-negotiable
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