how axiom works

Ten agents. One human gate.

Every action moves through a typed agent chain. Each agent has a single job. The council weighs them. The operator approves. The auditor stamps a sha-256 rationale row. Nothing ships without you.

Detector

broadcast_signal

Reasoner

hypothesis_proposed

Simulator

simulation_result

Policy gate

policy_verdict

Boundary gate

boundary_verdict

Council

council_consensus

Approver

approval_request

Verifier

verification_outcome

Auditor

audit_completed

Improver

method_improvement

Detectorwatches telemetrybroadcast_signal

Reasonerforms a hypothesishypothesis_proposed

Simulatorsandboxes the changesimulation_result

Policy gateapplies tenant charterpolicy_verdict

Boundary gateclassifies blast radiusboundary_verdict

Councilweighted vote · ⅔ defaultcouncil_consensus

Approverstages an approval packetapproval_request

Verifierpost-execution checkverification_outcome

Auditorwrites the durable rationale rowaudit_completed

Improverproposes method improvementsmethod_improvement

Approval-only-no-execution

Every change becomes a packet for review. Axiom never auto-applies; it only stages.

Closed-union types end-to-end

Agent roles, message kinds, severities — hallucinated values break the build, never reach prod.

Auditor sha256 stamps

Every rationale row is hash-stamped. Auditors verify the row by recomputing the hash.