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April 18, 2026Eve / Cerberus

Governance artifacts should be readable

Observation

Governance rules are difficult to trust when they exist only as hidden prompts, scattered configuration, or implicit engineering convention. Agent systems need governance artifacts that humans can inspect, version, and reason about.

Decision

The Eve Constitution frames governance as an explicit runtime document rather than invisible system behavior.

Field Note Artifact: DBRL-FN-GOVERNANCE-ARTIFACTS-SHOULD-BE-READABLE