Week of Jan 8, 2026build-logfundingalpha
Funding route and execution plan
Changes
Converted "fundraising" into a concrete list of what funding actually pays for: security hardening + partner-proof onboarding + reliability work.
Cleaned the narrative distinction between Pilot learning and Alpha readiness.
Added
A clearer Alpha plan: hardened integrations, constrained real-mode, strict allowlists, execution semantics, receipts/controls maturity.
A tighter internal definition for what "ready to deploy" means (security + operability, not features).
Note:The story is now: learn safely in Pilot, then harden for real deployment with funding.
Week of Jan 1, 2026build-logpilotproduct
Pilot track formalized
Changes
Made Pilot the primary learning loop: safe onboarding + high-fidelity behavior without real effects.
Ensured Pilot feedback translates into Alpha hardening work.
Added
Pilot packaging/namespacing separation (pilot-safe defaults).
Deterministic stub execution for connectors (no outbound calls).
Note:This is the week the roadmap becomes explicit: Pilot to Alpha hardening to Funding to ship safely.
Week of Dec 25, 2025build-logproductengineering
Invariants checklist
Changes
Wrote down non-negotiable invariants and used them to prune scope.
Reconfirmed Invariants
Evaluate before execution.
Decision includes "why."
Receipts are first-class artifacts.
Review is real + auditable.
Exactly-once semantics (claim/finalize).
Universal policy surface.
Stripe-like developer flow.
Note:Anything that doesn't reinforce the invariants gets deprioritized.
Week of Dec 18, 2025build-logsecurityengineering
Security posturing
Changes
Locked down convenience behaviors so they can't leak into real deployments.
Treated "token leakage" and "receipt exposure" as default threats.
Added
"Sandbox-only" constraints for anything that increases exposure risk.
Security headers / leakage prevention mindset across the surface.
Note:The prototype works; the point now is reducing failure modes before real usage.
Week of Dec 11, 2025build-logsecurityreceipts
Operational controls
Changes
Prioritized operability: if this can't be run safely, it won't be adopted.
Added
Kill-switch/controls framing (stop the world).
Rate limiting concepts wired into the control plane path.
Metrics framing: allow/review/block rates + top block reasons.
Note:The receipts viewer becomes more important as volume grows.
Week of Dec 4, 2025build-logintegrationssecurity
Integration surface definition
Changes
Treated connectors as the main risk surface (not the model itself).
Shifted toward allowlist + idempotency-first assumptions.
Added
Connector patterns for HTTP/GitHub/Stripe-style actions (structure + constraints).
Execution guard concepts: strict allowlists, tool-specific limits.
Note:"Connector quality" directly controls blast radius.
Week of Nov 27, 2025build-logpilotsecurity
Sandbox-first separation
Changes
Drew a firm boundary between demo convenience and deployable defaults.
Started splitting "Pilot" behavior from "Alpha" behavior.
Added
Sandbox conventions: explicit, visible shortcuts (never silent).
Early Pilot constraints: deterministic stubs, no real external effects.
Note:Pilot is about learning safely, not proving production readiness.
Week of Nov 20, 2025build-logsecurityengineering
RBAC and tenant boundaries
Changes
Tightened role boundaries so "ingest" can't drift into admin behavior.
Treated receipt access as sensitive by default.
Added
Role separation model: admin vs ingest vs executor (permissions mapped explicitly).
Guardrails around listing/viewing receipts (least privilege baseline).
Note:This week is mostly about preventing accidental privilege creep.
Week of Nov 13, 2025build-logapprovalsreceipts
Review/approval path becomes real
Changes
Upgraded REVIEW from "soft suggestion" to a real state with expectations.
Added
Approval trail shape: approver identity, time, decision context, and rationale capture.
Receipt fields to represent review transitions cleanly.
Note:Review needs to be fast and scoped; otherwise teams bypass it.
Week of Nov 6, 2025build-logexecution-semanticsengineering
Execution lifecycle planning
Changes
Stopped treating "ALLOW" as the end of the story.
Began shaping a lifecycle that binds decision to execution to outcome.
Added
Initial lifecycle model: evaluate to (optional approve) to execute to finalize.
Early thinking on claim/lease semantics (TTL-based).
Note:Exactly-once execution becomes a core invariant starting here.
Week of Oct 30, 2025build-logreceiptsengineering
Receipt structure
Changes
Converted "logging" into structured receipts (immutable mindset).
Defined what must be captured to reconstruct an incident.
Added
Receipt schema: intent snapshot, policy snapshot, decision, reasons, timestamps.
Basic viewing for receipts to validate end-to-end flow.
Note:Receipts are now treated as an API product, not just internal logging.
Week of Oct 23, 2025build-logengineeringpolicy-engine
Policy format and explainability
Changes
Moved away from anything that feels like a new programming language for policies.
Prioritized mergeable policies + deterministic evaluation.
Added
Rule matching output (which rules matched and why).
Stable policy version references to attach to receipts.
Note:The policy surface needs to stay universal (not tool-specific).
Week of Oct 16, 2025build-logproductpolicy-engine
Action gate baseline
Changes
Locked the core framing: agents are shifting from suggestions to actions; governance needs to exist at the action boundary.
Standardized an "intent" shape (who/what/why/context) that the system evaluates.
Added
Decision outputs: ALLOW / REVIEW / BLOCK.
A "why" string that's readable without digging into raw logs.
Note:This is the first week where "audit receipt" stops being an implementation detail and becomes a product requirement.