Pattern Proposal: Context-Aware Agentic Merger

Summary

Specialised agent component that resolves structural and semantic diffs in governance knowledge artifacts using LLMs.

Candidate Pattern

• ID: agentic-diff-merger
• Classification: intelligence
• Maturity: strategic_direction
• Type: emerging

Observed Signals

No specific signals listed.

Evidence

Supporting Evidence

• src/cas_runner/governance/agentic_merger.py (AgenticMerger) - Reconciliation agent implementation
• src/cas_runner/governance/models.py (ResolutionResult) - Standardized output model for agentic merge operations
• src/cas_runner/bootstrap.py (merge_cas_governance_block) - Bootstrap invocation of merge resolution logic

Scope Assessment

• Evidence Strength: high
• Confidence: high
• Applies to: ideas-to-life-cas

Rationale

• Intent: Resolve non-trivial architectural merges and configuration additions where conventional line-based 3-way merges fail.
• Context: Executing repository sync operations (cas-managed-steering-sync.yml) and workspace initialisation (bootstrap.py).
• Force: Standard git merge conflicts abort CI runs and require manual intervention
• Force: Blindly appending blocks can violate document schema or architectural coherence

Traceability

Artifact source: proposed-patterns