{"slug":"ai/spine-agent-execution","title":"09 · Spine Agent Execution","section":"ai","sectionLabel":"AI","status":"unclassified","type":"document","path":"ai/spine-agent-execution.mdx","bytes":3849,"description":"A Spine Agent is a governed organizational actor — identity, role, authority, AI continuity, business context, OODA-derived plan, capability, governance, execution, verification, continuation.","updated":null,"source":"integratewise/Integratewise-docs-wiki","content":"\n## A Governed Organizational Actor\n\nA Spine Agent is not a chat persona. Not a tool wrapper. It is an **organizational actor with identity, Work state, evidence, and continuity** that operates over Business Context inside the AI Workbench.\n\n```text\nIdentity\n   ↓\nRole\n   ↓\nAuthority\n   ↓\nAI Continuity\n   ↓\nBusiness Context\n   ↓\nObserve\n   ↓\nOrient\n   ↓\nPlan\n   ↓\nCapability (Fabric: what can be done?)\n   ↓\nGovernance (may it be done? → approval → authorization)\n   ↓\nExecute (Hermes: execute what has been authorized)\n   ↓\nObserve Outcome\n   ↓\nVerify\n   ↓\nEvidence → Shared Work → Continue\n```\n\n\nEvery agent action is **authorized, traced, and reconcilable** back to the Spine. No free-floating tool calls.\n\n\n## What Defines a Spine Agent\n\n| Property | Meaning |\n|---|---|\n| **Identity** | `agent:{agentId}` — addressable, auditable, tenant-scoped |\n| **Role** | The organizational role and responsibility it represents (e.g., Renewal Agent, Support Triage Agent) |\n| **Authority** | What it may do in a given Work context — bounded by policy and governance verdict |\n| **Memory** | Agent Continuity — working state that serves Business Context, not a private data lake |\n| **Capabilities** | The governed subset of the Capability Fabric available to this agent in this Work |\n| **Work** | The Work or subtask it owns, with state, evidence, and handoff linkage |\n| **Business Context** | The Spine projection it is authorized to operate on |\n\n## Agent Work Lifecycle\n\n\n  \n    An agent takes ownership of a Work subtask (often handed from Twin or another agent) with explicit identity and authority.\n  \n  \n    Hydrates Active Context Bundle — Business Context slice + Work + evidence + authority + agent continuity. No re-briefing needed.\n  \n  \n    Observes current state, orients on business objective, plans capability sequence — inside the AI Workbench, not as exposed buttons.\n  \n  \n    Resolves provider-neutral capabilities, submits plan to governance for verdict. Denied → revise. Approved → proceed.\n  \n  \n    Hermes executes. Outcome is verified vs expected, evidence captured, and reconciliation decides what updates the Spine. Projection invalidates; workbenches rehydrate.\n  \n  \n    Leaves evidence on Shared Work. Next agent or human continues from updated Spine truth — no transcript pasting.\n  \n\n\n## Boundaries\n\n* An agent never bypasses governance or acts outside its authorized Business Context projection.\n* An agent never promotes working inference to organizational truth without the governed write → verify → reconcile path.\n* Agent coordination is via **Shared Work + Shared Business Context + Evidence**, not via describing the organization repeatedly in chat.\n\n## Where to Go Next\n\n<CardGroup cols={2}>\n  \n    How multiple agents share Business Context and Work without re-explaining everything.\n  \n  \n    How 'may it be done?' is decided for this agent in this Work.\n  \n  \n    How authorized agent plans are executed.\n  \n</CardGroup>\n"}