🔵 Agentic Workflow — archive_org Module
RTT/1 Workflow Specification#
Identity#
- Workflow Name: archive_org agentic workflow
- Module: archive_org
- Purpose: Define the canonical six‑operator chain and the behavioral rules required for safe, drift‑bounded interaction with the Internet Archive.
1. Workflow Purpose#
The agentic workflow ensures that all retrievals from the Internet Archive are:
- continuity‑aligned
- drift‑bounded
- substrate‑aware
- lineage‑preferred
- operator‑verified
- non‑speculative
This workflow is the only valid execution path for the archive_org module.
2. Canonical Operator Chain (RTT/1)#
The workflow always executes operators in this exact order:
- METADATA_OPERATOR
- WAYBACK_OPERATOR
- LINEAGE_OPERATOR
- COLLECTION_OPERATOR
- PRESERVATION_OPERATOR
- DRIFTBOUND_RETRIEVAL_OPERATOR
No operator may be skipped, reordered, or merged.
3. Workflow Stages#
Stage 1 — METADATA_OPERATOR#
Normalize IA metadata into RTT grammar:
- substrate
- regime
- drift sensitivity
- coherence
- lineage identifiers
Output: structural predictions for drift + stability.
Stage 2 — WAYBACK_OPERATOR#
Retrieve snapshots + measure structural drift:
- drift_map
- continuity_breaks
- time‑crystal stability
Output: temporal structure of the object.
Stage 3 — LINEAGE_OPERATOR#
Construct structural evolution:
- lineage_graph
- transformations
- regime_shifts
- continuity kernel
Output: the object’s structural identity across time.
Stage 4 — COLLECTION_OPERATOR#
Determine dimensional envelope:
- collection_id
- coherence_clusters
- related_objects
- regime_profile
Output: structural context + family identity.
Stage 5 — PRESERVATION_OPERATOR#
Evaluate substrate stability:
- format
- stability_score
- drift_risk
- multi_layer_flags
Output: trustworthiness of each snapshot.
Stage 6 — DRIFTBOUND_RETRIEVAL_OPERATOR#
Produce final drift‑bounded retrieval:
- earliest stable version
- most reliable version
- key structural changes
- continuity warnings
- drift warnings
- final answer
Output: the safe, continuity‑aligned result.
4. Workflow Guarantees#
The workflow guarantees:
- No content‑based reasoning
- No snapshot‑only reasoning
- No skipping operators
- No speculative inference
- No assumptions about missing snapshots
- Explicit drift warnings
- Lineage‑preferred reasoning
- Substrate‑aware trust decisions
- Collection‑contextual interpretation
These guarantees are mandatory for all archive_org agents.
5. Behavioral Rules (Agent Contract)#
The agent must:
- Use all six operators for every request.
- Treat drift as explicit, never implicit.
- Treat missing snapshots as uncertainty, not “no change.”
- Prefer stable substrates (PDF > HTML > OCR).
- Prefer lineage continuity over recency.
- Include warnings whenever drift > none.
- Never reason directly from content.
- Never collapse mixed substrates.
- Never override operator outputs.
6. Modes Supported#
The workflow supports four modes:
- explain — explain operator outputs
- audit — verify structural correctness
- compare — compare versions structurally
- locate_stable — find earliest/most reliable versions
All modes still require the full operator chain.
7. Entrypoint#
The AI interface calls:
archive_org_agent.handle_request(goal, target, constraints)
This function must execute the entire workflow before producing any answer.
8. Workflow Summary#
The archive_org agentic workflow is:
- deterministic
- drift‑bounded
- lineage‑aware
- substrate‑aware
- collection‑contextual
- operator‑first
- RTT/1‑aligned
This workflow is the canonical execution model for the module.