Pattern Proposal: Externalized Runtime Context

Summary

Execution context and profile are externalized as runtime JSON and YAML files under cas-knowledge.

Candidate Pattern

• ID: externalized-runtime-context
• Classification: intelligence
• Maturity: strategic_direction
• Type: emerging

Observed Signals

No specific signals listed.

Evidence

Supporting Evidence

• cas-knowledge/runtime/rule-context.json - Runtime rule context is externalized as JSON.
• cas-knowledge/runtime/execution-profile.yaml - Execution profile is externalized as YAML.
• cas-knowledge/runtime/traces - Directory reserved for trace artifacts.

Scope Assessment

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

Rationale

• Intent: Separate mutable execution context from static knowledge and make it inspectable outside the running process.
• Context: Present under cas-knowledge/runtime together with traces and evaluations directories.
• Force: Execution inputs should be reviewable.
• Force: State must survive process boundaries or be reproducible.
• Force: Simple file formats keep the system easy to inspect.

Traceability

Artifact source: proposed-patterns