Pattern Proposal: Transition-Registry Governance Action Engine

Summary

GovernanceActionEngine and TransitionRegistry manage explicit governance state transitions and actions.

Candidate Pattern

• ID: transition-registry-governance-actions
• Classification: governance
• Maturity: strategic_direction
• Type: emerging

Observed Signals

No specific signals listed.

Evidence

Supporting Evidence

• src/cas_runner/governance/governance_action_engine.py (TransitionRegistry, GovernanceActionEngine) - Engine and registry indicate bounded state transitions.
• src/cas_runner/governance/governance_action_service.py (GovernanceActionService) - Service layer exposes governance actions.
• src/cas_runner/governance/models.py (GovernanceAction, ResolutionResult) - Models define action and resolution payloads.

Scope Assessment

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

Rationale

• Intent: Prevent arbitrary governance state changes by resolving actions through known transitions.
• Context: src/cas_runner/governance contains GovernanceActionEngine, TransitionRegistry and GovernanceActionService, while models define GovernanceAction and ResolutionResult.
• Force: governance state changes must be auditable
• Force: autonomous engines should not invent transitions
• Force: service layer must present a stable action API

Traceability

Artifact source: proposed-patterns