Pattern Proposal: Agentic Discrepancy Reconciliation

Summary

Delegate complex, semi-structured document merge conflicts to a specialized LLM agent producing explicit resolution records.

Candidate Pattern

• ID: agentic-discrepancy-merger
• Classification: governance
• Maturity: strategic_direction
• Type: emerging

Observed Signals

No specific signals listed.

Evidence

Supporting Evidence

• src/cas_runner/governance/agentic_merger.py (AgenticMerger) - Reconciles governance blocks autonomously
• src/cas_runner/governance/models.py (ResolutionResult) - Tracks output status and evidence of automated merger

Scope Assessment

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

Rationale

• Intent: Resolve divergent governance and architectural documents when standard three-way git merges fail or corrupt semantics.
• Context: Multiple automated PRs or human architects submit concurrent updates to markdown/YAML architectural files.
• Force: Git merge conflicts destroy document integrity in prose and YAML headers
• Force: Blind automated merges introduce contradictory policies

Traceability

Artifact source: proposed-patterns