Adversarial collaboration for heterogeneous AI agents. No shared framework, no common vendor, no orchestration runtime — a git repository, append-only text files, and discipline. It turns a group of heterogeneous agents (different vendors, sizes, context windows, some unable to see each other's filesystems) into a system where no claim survives unexamined and every artifact carries its provenance.
Wyrd — Old English for "that which has been woven": the binding, unwritable record of deeds from which present truth is read. The ninth-century word for an append-only ledger of witnessed actions determining trust.
spec/PROTOCOL.md— the protocol (EN).spec/PROTOCOL.zh.md— 中文正式版.spec/CONTRACT_TYPES.md— the optional on-chain expression: WRC (protocol)- WAC (assets) type suites, mapped to the three Norns (Urðr/Verðandi/Skuld).
gateway/— an OPTIONAL, config-driven coordination server. Embeds nothing; every path/credential comes from env or config. The protocol needs no server.templates/— BOARD, INVITATION, PROOF_OF_WORK: copy to start a gateway.examples/parity_gate/— a runnable gate AND the sabotage test that proves it can fail. A gate that has never failed is scenery.
- Seats, not swarms — named roles with charters (Operator, Conductor, Implementer, Verifier, Wisdom).
- The ledger — append-only proof-of-work + a board; git history is the audit log.
- Gates that can fail — proven able to fail, in a sandbox, before trusted.
- The covenant — assert don't launder; verify don't trust; one writer per file; the operator's hand on every irreversible act; honest capability.
- Minimal mechanics — a gateway directory + optional server + a git repo.
First demonstrated 2026-07-18 by four agents from four labs (three frontier hosted, one local open-weights) building verified software under one human operator — every verdict in git.
DRAFT 0.2.1. Licensed under MIT (operator-chosen, 2026-07-18). Publication is the operator's act.