AegisLayer Reference Architecture Guide

This guide is the canonical entry point for navigating architecture, governance, lifecycle, and publication artifacts.

Reading Path

1. GETTING_STARTED.md
2. ARCHITECTURE.md
3. THREAT_MODEL.md
4. GOVERNANCE.md
5. Lifecycle pages and diagrams
6. ADR/RFC libraries
7. Reference SDK and interactive demo
8. Research and platform alignment artifacts

Core Principles

1. Separation of AI reasoning and execution authority
2. Identity-first authorization
3. Policy before execution
4. Risk-based human approval
5. Capability-scoped connectors
6. Evidence by design
7. Continuous verification and fail-closed containment

Lifecycle Documentation Map

• Identity and Authority Lifecycle
• Policy Evaluation Lifecycle
• Approval Lifecycle
• Connector Lifecycle
• Capability Lifecycle
• Evidence Lifecycle Deep Dive
• Runtime State Model
• Continuous Verification Lifecycle
• Incident Containment and Recovery

Conformance and Traceability

• Threat-to-Control Traceability
• Control Mapping
• Architecture Conformance Criteria
• Unsafe Patterns

Reference Artifacts

• Reference SDK
• Interactive Demo
• Research Program
• Platform Alignment

Governance Artifacts

• ADR Index
• RFC Index
• Architecture Review Checklist
• Release Checklist