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These diagrams visualize the Intent Stack’s architecture and metamodel. They are rendered from machine-readable JSON specifications that formally describe the reference model’s structure and relationships.

4-Layer Reference Model

The Intent Stack is a four-layer governance architecture addressing governance context — from Intent Discovery (L4) through Runtime Alignment (L1). Intent flows downward through formalization, specification, and runtime alignment. Evidence flows upward. The Knowledge Architecture provides a three-tier principle for how accumulated knowledge serves governance across layers. Three additional execution governance concerns (orchestration, integration, execution) are specified by the companion BPM/Agent Stack specification.

The Intent Stack 4-Layer Reference Model diagram showing layers L4 (Intent Discovery) through L1 (Runtime Alignment), with Constitutional AI substrate beneath, intent flowing downward, evidence flowing upward, and the three-tier Knowledge Architecture spanning layers.

The Intent Stack — 4-Layer Reference Model (v1.2)

Machine-readable source: reference-model-v5.json

Metamodel Entity-Relationship Diagram

The metamodel formalizes the structural relationships between Intent Stack entities. GovernanceBoundary is the central entity — most relationships flow through it. The recursive self-reference represents the fractal pattern: a governance boundary can contain sub-boundaries, each with their own full complement of primitives, trust calibration, and conflict resolution.

Intent Stack Metamodel entity-relationship diagram in UML class diagram notation showing GovernanceBoundary as the central entity connected to IntentPrimitive, IntentSource, TrustCalibration, EvidenceTrail, ConflictResolution, GovernanceArtifact, Layer, KnowledgeTier, Agent, and TransparentConscientiousObjection.

Intent Stack Metamodel — Entity-Relationship Diagram (v1.0)

Machine-readable source: metamodel-v1.json