What Sam Foundry Is
Sam Foundry is a public reference architecture and field guide for governed autonomous Chief of Staff systems; the implementation repository is private and community participation is planned.
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Ideas a builder can test.
Foundation essays explain the architecture and doctrine plainly. Draft status, evidence basis, review state, and limitations remain visible.
Explanations and field notes
Articles make a concept, decision, or hard lesson legible. For step-by-step durable guidance, use the Field Guide; for observed work and failures, use the Lab.
Proof, Not Posture
A practical editorial and engineering standard for separating observed behavior, implementation, experiments, plans, recommendations, failures, and deprecations.
Read this foundation itemThe Brain Is Agnostic
Why stable provider-independent roles, dated assignments, evidence-based reassignment, and permanent governance are more durable than model loyalty.
Read this foundation itemWhy Scaffolding Is Not Autonomy
Routes, prompts, tool adapters, scheduled jobs, and agent-shaped interfaces are useful foundations, but they do not establish governed autonomous behavior.
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