🔵 Agentic Workflow — archive_org Module

RTT/1 Workflow Specification#

Identity#

• Workflow Name: archive_org agentic workflow
• Module: archive_org
• Purpose: Define the canonical six‑operator chain and the behavioral rules required for safe, drift‑bounded interaction with the Internet Archive.

1. Workflow Purpose#

The agentic workflow ensures that all retrievals from the Internet Archive are:

• continuity‑aligned
• drift‑bounded
• substrate‑aware
• lineage‑preferred
• operator‑verified
• non‑speculative

This workflow is the only valid execution path for the archive_org module.

2. Canonical Operator Chain (RTT/1)#

The workflow always executes operators in this exact order:

1. METADATA_OPERATOR
2. WAYBACK_OPERATOR
3. LINEAGE_OPERATOR
4. COLLECTION_OPERATOR
5. PRESERVATION_OPERATOR
6. DRIFTBOUND_RETRIEVAL_OPERATOR

No operator may be skipped, reordered, or merged.

3. Workflow Stages#

Stage 1 — METADATA_OPERATOR#

Normalize IA metadata into RTT grammar:

• substrate
• regime
• drift sensitivity
• coherence
• lineage identifiers

Output: structural predictions for drift + stability.

Stage 2 — WAYBACK_OPERATOR#

Retrieve snapshots + measure structural drift:

• drift_map
• continuity_breaks
• time‑crystal stability

Output: temporal structure of the object.

Stage 3 — LINEAGE_OPERATOR#

Construct structural evolution:

• lineage_graph
• transformations
• regime_shifts
• continuity kernel

Output: the object’s structural identity across time.

Stage 4 — COLLECTION_OPERATOR#

Determine dimensional envelope:

• collection_id
• coherence_clusters
• related_objects
• regime_profile

Output: structural context + family identity.

Stage 5 — PRESERVATION_OPERATOR#

Evaluate substrate stability:

• format
• stability_score
• drift_risk
• multi_layer_flags

Output: trustworthiness of each snapshot.

Stage 6 — DRIFTBOUND_RETRIEVAL_OPERATOR#

Produce final drift‑bounded retrieval:

• earliest stable version
• most reliable version
• key structural changes
• continuity warnings
• drift warnings
• final answer

Output: the safe, continuity‑aligned result.

4. Workflow Guarantees#

The workflow guarantees:

• No content‑based reasoning
• No snapshot‑only reasoning
• No skipping operators
• No speculative inference
• No assumptions about missing snapshots
• Explicit drift warnings
• Lineage‑preferred reasoning
• Substrate‑aware trust decisions
• Collection‑contextual interpretation

These guarantees are mandatory for all archive_org agents.

5. Behavioral Rules (Agent Contract)#

The agent must:

• Use all six operators for every request.
• Treat drift as explicit, never implicit.
• Treat missing snapshots as uncertainty, not “no change.”
• Prefer stable substrates (PDF > HTML > OCR).
• Prefer lineage continuity over recency.
• Include warnings whenever drift > none.
• Never reason directly from content.
• Never collapse mixed substrates.
• Never override operator outputs.

6. Modes Supported#

The workflow supports four modes:

• explain — explain operator outputs
• audit — verify structural correctness
• compare — compare versions structurally
• locate_stable — find earliest/most reliable versions

All modes still require the full operator chain.

7. Entrypoint#

The AI interface calls:

archive_org_agent.handle_request(goal, target, constraints)

This function must execute the entire workflow before producing any answer.

8. Workflow Summary#

The archive_org agentic workflow is:

• deterministic
• drift‑bounded
• lineage‑aware
• substrate‑aware
• collection‑contextual
• operator‑first
• RTT/1‑aligned

This workflow is the canonical execution model for the module.