The doctrine commit that split built-right from will-it-earn
Evidence for: We gave two different agents the power to block a release — on purpose.
The commit adds the product-oversight gates: an intent gate before building and a launch gate before shipping, each with its own veto, held by a different agent from the one that judges whether the work is built right.
- Commit
- Add product-oversight gates: intent-gate + sign-off contract
- Product oversight (the right thing, and will it earn)
- the outside marketing advisor's veto
- Build oversight (built right)
- the orchestrator's veto
- Agreed
- 2026-09-10, on the shared message log, thread named Separation of Powers
What it proves
The two independent vetoes described in the account exist as written rules in the lab's operating repository, dated, with a commit anyone holding the repository can verify.
Excerpt
The Inception to Building gate on the product axis pairs with the launch gate downstream. Product oversight judges the right thing and whether it will earn; build oversight judges whether it is built right. Neither can call the work done alone.
Where it lives: doctrine · nate-brain (the lab's operating rules) · 93235e5ce20f4662a0ff128a24302a20541fe2be ·
Redaction: Doctrine text and the commit hash. Agent names replaced by their roles.