Unified Frontier Agent (UFA) · Architecture

The First Governed
Autonomous Employee

Hermes is not a chatbot. Hermes is the first governed autonomous employee running on AIF infrastructure — demonstrating every capability AIF provides to customers.

What Makes UFA Different

Every AI system claims autonomy. UFA is the only one that proves it — with constitutional governance, sealed evidence packages, and independent replayability.

Constitutional Runtime (Frozen v3.1)

Four-gate review at every lifecycle stage: Architecture (20%), Operational (25%), Trust (25%), Evolution (15%), Utilization (15%). No governance drift possible.

Temporal as Default Substrate

All durable work executes on Temporal. Automatic retries, compensation, scheduling, signals, and deterministic replay. Anti-pattern detection prevents cron wrappers and glorified job queues.

Sealed Evidence Packages

Every execution produces an immutable bundle: Receipt + Replay ID + Workflow History + Activity Manifest + OTel Trace + Metrics + Policy Snapshot + Identity + Search Attributes + Replay Result + Constitution Verdict.

Principal Attribution on Every Start

Constitutional interceptors auto-collect identity, policy, mission, workflow version, worker version, namespace, search attributes, and Temporal Build ID. No anonymous execution.

Operational Status

CONSTITUTIONv3.1 Locked · 905 lines · 7 services
MISSIONS11 autonomous · P0: 3 · P1: 4 · P2: 4
TEMPORAL100% P0 coverage · Anti-pattern detector active
EVIDENCEPackages sealed · Replay verified deterministic
LEARNINGOutcome → routing → policy → automation
DEMODemonstration mode — not live autonomous operation

Mission Registry — Autonomous Operating Department

Every recurring operational function of AIF is a governed mission. Constitution review → Temporal execution → Evidence package → Evaluation → Learning loop.

P0 — Critical100% Temporal coverage required

MissionExecution

Core workflow orchestration with constitutional gates

AgentLifecycle

Agent spawn, health, upgrade, decommission

ReceiptVerification

Automated receipt validation and replay

P1 — High≥90% Temporal coverage target

CustomerAcquisition

Lead → proposal → contract → onboarding

ContentFactory

Technical content production pipeline

AutonomousCompany

Back-office: billing, compliance, reporting

ResearchIntelligence

Competitive monitoring, thesis validation

P2 — Standard≥80% Temporal coverage target

SelfImprovement

Capability routing, policy adjustment, automation

CapitalAllocation

Budget optimization, ROI tracking

Federation

Multi-tenant coordination, cross-agent workflows

TemporalOptimization

Daily 05:00 UTC · utilization engine + primitive optimizer

UFA Architecture Overview

Three-layer architecture enforcing AIF Trust Invariants at every boundary.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                         INTENT LAYER                                        │
│  ┌──────────────┐  ┌──────────────────┐  ┌──────────────────────────────┐  │
│  │   Intent     │  │  Mission         │  │  Human/Policy                │  │
│  │  Compiler    │──▶│  Proposal        │──▶│  Approval Gates            │  │
│  │  (NL → Spec) │  │  Constitutional  │  │  (4-Gate Review)           │  │
│  └──────────────┘  │  Review          │  └──────────────────────────────┘  │
│                    └──────────────────┘                                    │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                                    │
                                    ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                       EXECUTION LAYER (TEMPORAL)                            │
│  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│  │                 Constitutional Interceptors                          │   │
│  │  Auto-collects: Identity │ Policy │ Mission │ Version │ Namespace  │   │
│  │  Search Attributes │ Build ID │ Principal Attribution               │   │
│  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
│                                    │                                        │
│  ┌─────────────────┐  ┌─────────────────┐  ┌────────────────────────────┐  │
│  │  P0 Workflows   │  │  P1 Workflows   │  │  P2 Workflows              │  │
│  │  MissionExec    │  │  CustomerAcq    │  │  SelfImprovement           │  │
│  │  AgentLifecycle │  │  ContentFactory │  │  CapitalAllocation         │  │
│  │  ReceiptVerify  │  │  AutonomousCo   │  │  Federation                │  │
│  │                 │  │  ResearchIntel  │  │  TemporalOptimization      │  │
│  └─────────────────┘  └─────────────────┘  └────────────────────────────┘  │
│                                    │                                        │
│  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│  │  Activity Heartbeats │ Compensation (Saga) │ Retry Policies         │   │
│  │  Continue-As-New (long-running) │ Signals (approval) │ Schedules    │   │
│  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                                    │
                                    ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                         TRUST LAYER                                         │
│  ┌──────────────────┐  ┌──────────────────┐  ┌──────────────────────────┐  │
│  │ Evidence         │  │ Receipt          │  │ Observatory              │  │
│  │ Packages         │  │ Verification     │  │ (13-Dimension Health)    │  │
│  │ (Immutable,      │  │ (Deterministic   │  │  • Availability          │  │
│  │  Sealed)         │  │  Replay)         │  │  • Latency               │  │
│  └──────────────────┘  └──────────────────┘  │  • Throughput            │  │
│                                               │  • Error Rate            │  │
│  ┌──────────────────┐  ┌──────────────────┐  │  • Durability            │  │
│  │ PDP Authority    │  │ Audit Engine     │  │  • Replayability         │  │
│  │ (OPA/Rego)       │  │ (Autonomous)     │  │  • Constitutional      │  │
│  └──────────────────┘  └──────────────────┘  │    Compliance            │  │
│                                               │  • Identity Integrity    │  │
│                                               │  • Evidence Completeness │  │
│                                               └──────────────────────────┘  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Evidence-First Guarantee

Every Claim Above Is
Replayable & Auditable

Independent auditors can verify any UFA execution by replaying the sealed evidence package. No trust required — only verification.