Pattern Proposal: Transition-Governed Action State Machine
Summary
Governance actions are only allowed when a registered transition from current state to next state exists.
Candidate Pattern
- ID:
governance-action-state-machine - Classification: intelligence
- Maturity: established
- Type: implemented
Observed Signals
No specific signals listed.
Evidence
Supporting Evidence
Scope Assessment
- Evidence Strength: high
- Confidence: high
- Applies to: ideas-to-life-cas
Rationale
- Intent: Ensure governance workflows only move through approved states, preventing invalid actions.
- Context: Used by the governance engine to manage lifecycle transitions in the CAS system.
- Force: Need explicit control over state changes
- Force: Agents should not skip governance steps
- Force: Must be auditable
Traceability
Artifact source: proposed-patterns